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Math II

Connect real and complex numbers, polynomials, quadratics, proof, circles, trigonometry, probability, and modeling.

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A-REI.4.b M2-006-A12-V01

Reject quadratic solutions that do not make sense in context

Solve quadratics by inspection, square roots, completing the square, formula, and factoring; express complex solutions.

The rectangle turns width and length into a quadratic because their product equals the fixed area. We’ll form the area equation, factor it to find both algebraic candidates, then apply …

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A-REI.4.b M2-006-A13-V01

Find a missing coefficient in a quadratic equation when one solution is given

Solve quadratics by inspection, square roots, completing the square, formula, and factoring; express complex solutions.

A known solution must make the original equation true. We’ll substitute the given x-value everywhere it appears, simplify to a linear equation in the missing coefficient, solve that equation, and …

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A-REI.4.b M2-006-A14-V01

Use the solutions of a quadratic function to identify the graph's x-intercepts

Solve quadratics by inspection, square roots, completing the square, formula, and factoring; express complex solutions.

Graph x-intercepts occur where the output is zero. We’ll set the factored expression equal to zero, solve each factor with the zero-product property, and convert every real zero into an …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A01-V01

Solve a linear-quadratic system by substituting the line into the quadratic

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

At an intersection, the line and parabola have the same y-value, so their right sides can be equated. We’ll solve the resulting quadratic for every x-value, substitute each one back …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A02-V01

Solve a linear-quadratic system by substituting the line into the quadratic

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

Because the second equation already says y equals x, substitution removes one variable immediately. We’ll replace y in the first equation with x, solve the resulting quadratic for all possible …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A03-V01

Estimate line-parabola intersections from a graph

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

Each graph intersection shares both coordinates. We’ll locate both crossings, read x horizontally and y vertically using the displayed scales, and use the equation x squared equals two as a …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A04-V01

Determine whether a simple linear-quadratic system has two, one, or no real intersections

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

The number of real intersections equals the number of distinct real solutions after the two outputs are set equal. We’ll solve the resulting isolated-square equation with both branches and use …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A05-V01

Recognize no real solution in a line-parabola system

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

A real intersection would require the two expressions for y to be equal. We’ll simplify that equality, use the fact that a real square cannot be negative to classify the …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A06-V01

Solve a linear-quadratic system when the line is horizontal or vertical

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

A horizontal line fixes the y-coordinate of every possible intersection. We’ll substitute that fixed output into the quadratic, isolate the square, keep both square-root branches, and pair each resulting x-value …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A07-V01

Interpret line-parabola intersections in context

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

The discriminant lets us classify the intersections without solving for their exact coordinates. We’ll read the signed coefficients carefully, evaluate b squared minus four a c, and translate its sign …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A08-V01

Check a candidate point in a linear-quadratic system

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

A candidate point solves a system only if the same coordinates satisfy every equation. We’ll preserve the coordinate roles, substitute x and y into the quadratic and line separately, record …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A09-V01

Verify whether an ordered pair is a solution to a linear-quadratic system

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

Verification is a two-equation test, not a new system-solving problem. We’ll read the ordered pair as its x- and y-coordinates, substitute those same values into the quadratic and the line …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A11-V01

Solve a linear-quadratic system by substituting the line into a factored quadratic

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

The horizontal line supplies the shared output, and substituting it leaves the quadratic in ready-to-use factored form. We’ll apply the zero-product property to both factors, solve for every x-coordinate, then …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A12-V01

Solve a linear-quadratic system by substituting the line equation into the quadratic

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

At an intersection, the vertex-form quadratic and horizontal line must produce the same output. We’ll set those outputs equal, isolate the entire squared expression before taking roots, keep both branches, …

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A-REI.7 M2-007-A14-V01

Fix a setup error in a linear-quadratic system

Solve simple linear-quadratic systems algebraically and graphically.

Both relationships describe height, so a valid setup uses the same output variable and equates the ball’s height with the platform’s height. We’ll solve that one-variable quadratic, retain every time …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-A01-V01

Interpret the leading coefficient of a quadratic expression

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

The leading coefficient connects the algebraic model to units, graph shape, and physical motion. We’ll use dimensional analysis on the squared-time term, use the coefficient’s sign to determine the opening …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-A02-V01

Interpret the constant term in a contextual expression

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

The constant term is the model’s output when the input is zero, provided zero has meaning in the domain. We’ll verify that by substitution, attach the output’s units, identify what …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-A06-V01

Match quadratic graph features to an equation

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

Vertex form packages the graph’s key features into three parameters. We’ll compare the expression with a times the quantity x minus h squared plus k, read the inside sign carefully, …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-A07-V01

Interpret an ordered-pair solution in a quadratic context

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

An ordered pair from a model has to be read in input-output order and with the units attached to each coordinate. We’ll translate the coordinates into elapsed time and population, …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-A08-V01

Interpret a circle equation as a solution set

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

The exponential base is a multiplier for each equal input interval, not an amount added each time. We’ll compare the base with one to classify growth or decay, express it …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-A09-V01

Interpret the exponent in an exponential expression in context

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

The exponent counts completed intervals and therefore counts how many copies of the growth factor are applied. We’ll connect one unit of the exponent to one year, describe the repeated …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-A11-V01

Verify that a parabola has infinitely many solutions

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

Dimensional analysis follows the expression’s operations. We’ll give both addends inside the second side length compatible length units, identify the outer operation as multiplying two dimensions, and multiply their units …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-R04-V01

Interpret factors as zeros or dimensions

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

In a height model, zeros mark times when the object is at ground level. We’ll set each visible time factor equal to zero, check both times against the restricted domain, …

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A-SSE.1.a M2-008-R10-V01

Distinguish additive, power, and multiplicative growth

Interpret terms, factors, and coefficients in quadratic and exponential expressions.

The two models can share an initial value while following fundamentally different change rules. We’ll locate where the variable appears, evaluate each model at zero, and compare a constant added …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A01-V01

Connect solutions of f(x) = g(x) to graph intersections

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

The binomial inside vertex form measures signed horizontal displacement from its center, while absolute value turns that displacement into distance. We’ll identify the center from x minus h, square the …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A02-V01

Find exact intersections of two quadratic functions

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

The squared binomial measures squared distance from the center, and its coefficient scales vertical change from the vertex level. We’ll isolate that output difference, use nonnegativity and the coefficient’s sign …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A03-V01

Estimate nonlinear intersections from a graph

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

The two factors represent perpendicular side lengths, so their product represents area and carries square units. We’ll solve each factor for every algebraic zero, then apply the strict domain and …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A04-V01

Use a table to find where two functions are equal

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

The discriminant classifies the root structure and its graph behavior before we need a full solution. We’ll identify the signed coefficients, evaluate b squared minus four a c, then use …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A05-V01

Use a difference table to bracket a solution of f(x) = g(x)

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

An exponential expression separates into a starting amount, an interval multiplier, and a count of factor applications. We’ll translate the multiplier into a percent change, compute the compounded multiplier before …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A06-V01

Count solutions by counting nonlinear graph intersections

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

A shifted exponential is the sum of a changing component and a fixed baseline. We’ll separate those pieces, evaluate the initial total with the zero-exponent rule, use the base to …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A07-V01

Interpret nonlinear model intersections in context

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

The coefficient, rate expression, base, and exponent each play a different role in an exponential model. We’ll verify the starting amount at exponent zero, simplify one plus the written rate …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A08-V01

Use technology-reported intersections with correct precision

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

The named subexpression should be interpreted on its own before using the full product. We’ll identify it as the quantity factor in revenue, attach its item units, compare its value …

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A-SSE.1.b M2-009-A11-V01

Check a proposed solution to f(x) = g(x)

Interpret quadratic/exponential expressions by treating sub-expressions as meaningful units.

The expression is built from the inside outward, so grouping and operation order control its meaning. We’ll form the parenthesized difference first, square that entire quantity, apply the outside multiplier, …

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A-SSE.2 M2-010-A01-V01

Factor a difference of squares

Use expression structure to identify useful rewrites, such as difference-of-squares factoring.

A difference of squares is recognized by finding a square root for each term and confirming that subtraction lies between them. We’ll place those roots into conjugate binomials with opposite …

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A-SSE.2 M2-010-A02-V01

Classify and factor differences of squares

Use expression structure to identify useful rewrites, such as difference-of-squares factoring.

Perfect-square terms alone do not trigger the difference-of-squares identity; the operation between them matters. We’ll classify the expression as a sum, test the integer binomial conditions, and keep the requested …

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A-SSE.2 M2-010-A03-V01

Factor a perfect-square trinomial

Use expression structure to identify useful rewrites, such as difference-of-squares factoring.

A perfect-square trinomial must satisfy both the outer-square test and the exact middle-term test. We’ll take the square roots of the first and last terms, verify that twice their product …

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