Brian McLogan
How to use the pythagorean identity to simplify an expression
👉 Learn how to simplify rational identities involving addition and subtraction. To simplify rational identities involving addition and subtraction, first, we find the LCM of the denominators which most time is the product of the terms in...
Brian McLogan
Learn to find the zeros of a quadratic using the quadratic formula
👉 Learn how to solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula. A quadratic equation is an equation whose highest power on its variable(s) is 2. The quadratic formula is a formula which can be used to find the roots of (solve) a...
Brian McLogan
Apply the equality property of logarithms to solve an equation, log13 (x^2 -4)=log13 (3x)
👉 Learn about solving logarithmic equations. Logarithmic equations are equations involving logarithms. To solve a logarithmic equation, we first use our knowledge of logarithm laws/properties to express the terms in both sides of the...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to solve a quadratic equation using the quadratic formula
👉 Learn how to solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula. A quadratic equation is an equation whose highest power on its variable(s) is 2. The quadratic formula is a formula which can be used to find the roots of (solve) a...
Brian McLogan
What is the formula for a perfect square trinomial and how does the discriminant fit in
👉 Learn all about the discriminant of quadratic equations. A quadratic equation is an equation whose highest power on its variable(s) is 2. The discriminant of a quadratic equation is a formula which is used to determine the type of...
Brian McLogan
How do we solve quadratic equations
👉Learn how to solve quadratic functions. Quadratic equations are equations whose highest power in the variable(s) is 2. They are of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c. There are various techniques which can be applied in solving quadratic...
Brian McLogan
Solve a trigonometric function with sine on both sides
👉 Learn how to solve trigonometric equations by factoring out the GCF. When solving trigonometric equations involving the multiples of the same trigonometric function. It is very useful to collect similar trigonometric functions together...
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Factoring Quadratic Functions: Finding Zeros of Difference of Two Squares
In this video, the teacher explains how to identify the zeros of a quadratic function that is a difference of two squares by factoring. They provide examples and explain the concept of zeros being the input values that make the function...
Brian McLogan
Solve a quadratic equation using the quadratic formula when their are imaginary solutions
👉 Learn how to solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula. A quadratic equation is an equation whose highest power on its variable(s) is 2. The quadratic formula is a formula which can be used to find the roots of (solve) a...
Brian McLogan
Solving logarithmic equations by factoring
👉 Learn about solving logarithmic equations. Logarithmic equations are equations involving logarithms. To solve a logarithmic equation, we first use our knowledge of logarithm laws/properties to express the terms in both sides of the...
Brian McLogan
Applying the equality of logarithms to solve an equation, log3 (3x + 8) = log3 (x^2 + x)
👉 Learn about solving logarithmic equations. Logarithmic equations are equations involving logarithms. To solve a logarithmic equation, we first use our knowledge of logarithm laws/properties to express the terms in both sides of the...
Brian McLogan
Given a list of zeros, learn how to write the equation of a polynomial
👉 Learn how to write the equation of a polynomial when given rational zeros. Recall that a polynomial is an expression of the form ax^n + bx^(n-1) + . . . + k, where a, b, and k are constants and the exponents are positive integers. The...
Brian McLogan
Determine the vertices, foci and center by converting an ellipse to standard form
Learn how to graph horizontal ellipse which equation is in general form. A horizontal ellipse is an ellipse which major axis is horizontal. When the equation of an ellipse is written in the general form, we first rewrite it in standard...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to evaluate a limit by factoring
👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function involving rational expressions. The limit of a function as the input variable of the function tends to a number/value is the number/value which the function approaches at that time. The...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate a limit at infinity with a radical in denominator
👉 We will explore how to evaluate the limit at infinity. When evaluating the limit at infinity or negative infinity we are interested to know where is the graph going right and left. This is also commonly explored as end behavior of the...
Brian McLogan
Solving a logarithmic equation with two extraneous solutions
👉 Learn about solving logarithmic equations. Logarithmic equations are equations involving logarithms. To solve a logarithmic equation, we first use our knowledge of logarithm laws/properties to express the terms in both sides of the...
Brian McLogan
How to Graph a Piece Wise Function with Transformations
👉 Learn how to graph piecewise functions. A piecewise function is a function which have more than one sub-functions for different sub-intervals(sub-domains) of the function's domain. To graph a piecewise function, we graph the different...
Brian McLogan
Combining rational expression with like denominators
👉 Learn how to add and subtract rational expressions by applying the rules of exponents. When adding and subtracting rational expressions we need to have common denominators. To obtain common denominators we will need to multiply the...
Brian McLogan
Determining if a function is a polynomial or not then determine degree and LC
👉 Learn how to determine whether a given equation is a polynomial or not. A polynomial function or equation is the sum of one or more terms where each term is either a number, or a number times the independent variable raised to a...
Brian McLogan
Find the Multiplicity and Zeros of a Polynomial when It is in Factored Form
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a factored polynomial. A polynomial is an expression of the form ax^n + bx^(n-1) + . . . + k, where a, b, and k are constants and the exponents are positive integers. The zeros of a polynomial are the...
Brian McLogan
How to find the value that makes a piecewise function continuous
👉 Learn how to find the value that makes a function continuos. A function is said to be continous if two conditions are met. They are: the limit of the function exist and that the value of the function at the point of continuity is...
Brian McLogan
Free Online Tutoring solving quadratics
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations using the square root method. It is important to understand that not all quadratics have to be solved using factoring or quadratic formula. When we only have one variable but it is squared we can...
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Factorising Quadratics: Non-Monic
In this video we’re going to discover how to factorise quadratics that don’t have 1 as the coefficient of the x-squared term. These are called non-monic quadratics. We can do it by trial and error and just spotting the factors, but this...