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Brian McLogan
Factor out a negative one to solve a quadratic
๐Learn 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...
Brian McLogan
Tips for solving by factoring when a perfect square
๐Learn 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
Find the zeros and multiplicity by factoring a polynomial
๐ Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial that cannot be easily factored. 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...
Brian McLogan
Use the zero product property with polynomials to find the zeros
๐ 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
Solve by factoring when a is greater than 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
Find asymptotes and intercepts of a rational function
๐ Learn how to find the vertical/horizontal asymptotes of a function. An asymptote is a line that the graph of a function approaches but never touches. The vertical asymptote is a vertical line that the graph of a function approaches but...
Brian McLogan
Write the equation of the polynomial given the zeros
๐ Learn how to write the equation of a polynomial when given complex 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
Write the linear factorization and solve quadratic
๐ Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial that cannot be easily factored. 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...
Brian McLogan
How to write the equation of a polynomial with two integer zeros
๐ 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
Solving a quadratic using the square root method when there are no solutions
๐Learn 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
Solve by factoring when a perfect square
๐Learn how to solve a quadratic equation by factoring a perfect square trinomial. A perfect square trinomial quadratic equation is of the form y = x^2 +2cx + c^2, where c is a perfet square. There are couple of ways we can solve a...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to solve a quadratic by applying the difference of two squares
๐Learn 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
Find the roots of a quadratic equation by factoring
๐ Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial that cannot be easily factored. 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...
Brian McLogan
Find the x and y intercepts of a polynomial in factored form
๐ 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
x and y intercepts in factored form
๐ 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
What do the zeros roots tell us of a polynomial
๐ Learn about zeros and multiplicity. The zeroes of a polynomial expression are the values of x for which the graph of the function crosses the x-axis. They are the values of the variable for which the polynomial equals 0. The...
Brian McLogan
Factoring a trinomial when a is equal to two
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
y = ax^2 +bx+c, Solve by factoring when a is greater than one ex 27, 0 = -2x^2 - 8x - 13
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
Summary for solving a quadratic when a is not 1
๐Learn 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
How to use the zero product property to solve for the intercepts
๐Learn 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
Factoring out a GCF then factoring using various methods
๐Learn 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...
Brian McLogan
Solve by factoring when a is greater than 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
Learn how to use the zero product property to solve an equation
๐Learn 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...
Brian McLogan
How to apply factoring to a word problem of a rectangle
๐Learn the basics of factoring quadratics by using different techniques. Some of the techniques used in factoring quadratics include: when the coefficient of the squared term is not 1. In that case, we first write the quadratic in...