Brian McLogan
Quadratic Equations | Solve by factoring | Free Math Videos
Quadratic Equations | Solve by factoring | Free Math Videos
Brian McLogan
Learn how to identify if a function is a polynomial and identify the 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
Using square root method to solve a quadratic equation with one variable
👉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...
Brian McLogan
Solving an equation using the half angle formula of sine
👉 Learn how to solve equations using half-angle identities. To do this we will replace every trig function with half angles using the identity. Then we will simplify and solve trigonometric functions. To find the values we will use the...
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Reverse Distributive Property: Factoring Expressions
In this video, students will learn how to reverse the distributive property by factoring expressions. The teacher explains the common mistakes students make and provides examples to help understand the process.
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Solving a quadratic by factoring a trinomial when a is equal to one
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring when a is equal to 1. A quadratic is an algebraic expression having 2 as the highest power of its variable(s). To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into factors...
Brian McLogan
How do you solve a quadratic using various methods
👉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
Learn how to understand the horizontal shift of a absolute value function
👉 Learn how to identify transformations of functions. Transformation of a function involves alterations to the graph of the parent function. The transformations can be dilations, translations (shifts), reflection, stretches, shrinks,...
Brian McLogan
What is the zero product property
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring. We will focus on factoring special techniques such as the zero product property, difference of two squares, box method and guess and check. Once we have factored the quadratic...
Brian McLogan
How to factor and solve a trinomial when it is not set to zero
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring when a is equal to 1. A quadratic is an algebraic expression having 2 as the highest power of its variable(s). To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into factors...
Brian McLogan
How to use the long division to help you divide two numbers, the long way
👉 In this video series you will learn how to divide integers. We will discuss basic division and then move to division using long division. Integers will be single digit as well as multi-digit problems. When a number the divisor does not...
Brian McLogan
Finding the zeros by factoring using the difference of two cubes
👉 Learn how to find the zeroes of a polynomial equation/expression involving the sum/difference of two cubes. Given a polynomial having the sum of two cubes, the polynomial can be factored as follows: a^3 + b^3 = (a + b)(a^2 - ab + b^2)....
Brian McLogan
How to write the transformations given a square root function
👉 Learn how to identify transformations of functions. Transformation of a function involves alterations to the graph of the parent function. The transformations can be dilations, translations (shifts), reflection, stretches, shrinks,...
Brian McLogan
How do you simplify trigonometric expressions
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities having rational expressions. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the terms on the left-hand side of the equality sign is equal to the terms on the right-hand side. To...
Brian McLogan
What does the discriminat tell us about our zeros of a equation
👉 Learn all about the quadratic formula. The quadratic formula is a formula which can be used to find the roots of (solve) a quadratic equation. The quadratic formula is given by x = (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)) / 2a, where a is the...
Brian McLogan
Solving a quadratic by factoring but first setting equal to zero
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring when a is equal to 1. A quadratic is an algebraic expression having 2 as the highest power of its variable(s). To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into factors...
Brian McLogan
How to factor a monomial to it's linear factors
👉 Learn how to factor a number, variable, and monomial completely. To factor means to write our term as a product of its factors. Therefore we will learn how to break down a number, variable, and monomial into its factors.
Brian McLogan
Value k that makes the rational piecewise function continuous
👉 Learn how to find the value that makes a function continuous. When given a piecewise function which has a hole at some point or at some interval, we fill the hole at the point or over the interval by looking for the value of the...
Brian McLogan
How to Simplify Trigonometric Expressions
👉 Learn all about the different trigonometric identities and how they can be used to evaluate, verify, simplify and solve trigonometric equations. The identities discussed in this playlist will involve the quotient, reciprocal,...
Brian McLogan
Labeling the parts of a quadratic when solving, zeros, factors, equation
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring when a is equal to 1. A quadratic is an algebraic expression having 2 as the highest power of its variable(s). To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into factors...
Brian McLogan
How to solve quadratic equations by factoring when a is equal to one
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring when a is equal to 1. A quadratic is an algebraic expression having 2 as the highest power of its variable(s). To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into factors...
Brian McLogan
Factor a trinomial using ac method when you have a coefficient for quadratic term
👉Learn how to factor quadratics when the coefficient of the term with a squared variable is not 1. To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into expressions that can be multiplied together to get the original expression. To...
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Pre-Algebra 16 - Reducing Fractions
The process of reducing any fraction to its simplest possible form is easily visualized using the number line.
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Using the zero product property and factoring a GCF to solve a quadratic
👉Learn how to solve a quadratic equation by factoring out the GCF. When factoring out the GCF from an equation we will be looking for what the terms have in common. This method is very useful for quadratic equations that does not have...