Curated Video
Sketching Quadratics with a ≠ 1: Finding Turning Points and Intercepts
The video is a lecture presentation on how to sketch quadratic graphs when the value of "a" is not equal to 1. The lecturer explains the basics of quadratic graphs, including their U or N shapes, turning points, and lines of symmetry....
Curated Video
Rationalizing the Denominator: Techniques and Examples
This video is a tutorial on how to rationalize the denominator of fractions containing square roots. The host explains the concept of irrational numbers and how it can be difficult to calculate with fractions that have irrational...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to add two radical expressions together
👉 Learn how to add or subtract radicals. A radical is a number or an expression under the root symbol. Radicals can only be added or subtracted if the numbers or expressions under the roots are the same for all terms. To add or subtract...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to solve a word problem by using factoring a quadratic
👉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
Learn to find the x and y intercepts of a rational function
👉 Learn how to find the x and y-intercepts of a rational function. The x-intercept(s) of a function occurs when y = 0 and the y-intercept(s) of a function occurs when x = 0. To find the y-intercept of a function, we plug in zero for x...
Brian McLogan
Graphing a quadratic equation using transformations
👉 Learn how to graph quadratic equations in vertex form. A quadratic equation is an equation of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c, where a, b and c are constants. The graph of a quadratic equation is in the shape of a parabola which can either...
Brian McLogan
How to take the odd root of a negative integer, cube root
👉 Learn how to find the cube root of a number. To find the cube root of a number, we identify whether that number which we want to find its cube root is a perfect cube. This is done by identifying a number which when raised to the 3rd...
Curated Video
How to Conquer Completing the Square Part A
Learn how to conquer solving a quadratic equation using the method completing the square. Part A, this video, will provide an organized list of steps to complete the square when a=1. The concept of perfect square trinomials will be...
Brian McLogan
Given the imaginary zeros find the equation of the polynomial
👉 Learn how to write the equation of a polynomial when given imaginary 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...
Visual Learning Systems
Plant Structure and Function: Vascular Tissues
Students will learn how the structures of plants such as roots, stems, and leaves enable them to live and grow. Real-life applications show how these plant structures are useful sources of food, building materials and medicine. Other...
Brian McLogan
How to factor any integer
👉 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
What does it mean to combining like terms with roots
👉 Learn the basics of simplifying radicals. A radical is an expression having the root/radical symbol. A radical expression can also be rewritten as an expression with fractional/rational exponent. The number outside the radical symbol...
Brian McLogan
Taking the root of a negative expression to an even power, root
👉 Learn how to simplify the square root of an expression. The square root of an expression is an expression which will multiply itself twice to give the original expression. To simplify the square root of an expression, we...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to solve a quadratic when a=1 using the diamond method
👉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
Solving a quadratic by solving using the difference of two squares
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring the difference of two squares. We can identify the difference of two squares but looking for binomials that have square terms. Difference of two square quadratic equations is of the...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to mentally factor a trinomial and solve the quadratic equation
we find two factors of the product of the constant term (the term with no variable) and the coefficient of the squared variable whose sum gives the linear term. These factors are now placed in separate brackets with x to form the factors...
Brian McLogan
Learn to find the solutions of a quadratic by applying 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
Given two real zeros & one complex, write the equation of the polynomial
👉 Learn how to write the equation of a polynomial when given imaginary 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...
Mazz Media
Omnivore
This live-action video program is about the term omnivore. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term omnivore through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Curated Video
Sketching Higher Order Polynomials: Focus on Quartics
The video is a lecture presentation on sketching higher order polynomials, specifically quartic functions. The presenter explains how the graph of the function changes as the power of the variable increases and examines the similarities...
Brian McLogan
Rationalizing a denominator - free math help on homework, 5root(5) / 2root(10)
👉 Learn how to find the square root of rational numbers. To find the square root of a rational number, we first express the rational number as the square root of the numerator divided by the square root of the denominator and simplify....
Brian McLogan
Learn how to solve a quadratic equation by factoring when a is not equal to one
we find two factors of the product of the constant term (the term with no variable) and the coefficient of the squared variable whose sum gives the linear term. These factors are now placed in separate brackets with x to form the factors...
Brian McLogan
How to use zero product property to solve a quadratic in factored form
👉Learn how to solve a quadratic equation using the zero product property. When a quadratic equation has been factored or is given in factored form, we can solve the quadratic equation by applying the zero product property. The zero...
Brian McLogan
How to solve a quadratic using the square root method with fraction
👉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...