Brian McLogan
Using the same base of exponents to solve using the equality property
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations involving fractions. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. To solve an exponential equation, we make the base of both sides of the equation to be...
Brian McLogan
Solving Exponential equations
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. To solve an exponential equation, we isolate the exponential part of the equation. Then we take the log of both...
Brian McLogan
Converting an equation to the same base to solve
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. To solve an exponential equation, we isolate the exponential part of the equation. Then we take the log of both...
Brian McLogan
Using transformations and the parent graph to graph an exponential function
👉 Learn how to graph exponential functions involving vertical shift. An exponential function is a function that increases rapidly as the value of x increases. To graph an exponential function, it is usually very useful to make the table...
Brian McLogan
Using synthetic division to divide two polynomials with a remainder
👉 Learn about dividing by synthetic division. Synthetic division is a method of dividing polynomials by linear expressions. To divide using synthetic division, we equate the divisor to 0 and then solve for the variable, the solution for...
Brian McLogan
How to write a radical into a term with rational exponents
👉 Learn how to convert a radical to rational power. A radical is an expression having the root/radical symbol. The number outside the radical symbol (nth root) is called the index, the number/expression inside the radical symbol is...
Brian McLogan
Simplifying an expressions with parenthesis ex 2, ((6 - 2)^2) / 2
👉 Learn how to simplify mathematics expressions. A mathematis expression is a finite combination of numbers and symbols formed following a set of operations or rules. To simplify a mathematics expression means to reduce the expression...
Brian McLogan
Simplify an expression with the rules of exponents
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions by multiplying its terms. When multiplying expressions, each individual term of the expression is multiplied to its like term and the exponents are evaluated using the product rule, the quotient rule...
Brian McLogan
Simplifying the product of two rational expressions
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions by multiplying its terms. When multiplying expressions, each individual term of the expression is multiplied to its like term and the exponents are evaluated using the product rule, the quotient rule...
Brian McLogan
Using the power rule of exponents to simplify an expression
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions using the power rule of exponents. When several terms of an expression is raised to an exponent outside the parenthesis, the exponent is distributed over the individual terms in the expression and the...
Brian McLogan
Using multiple rules of exponents to simplify the expression
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions using the power rule of exponents. When several terms of an expression is raised to an exponent outside the parenthesis, the exponent is distributed over the individual terms in the expression and the...
Brian McLogan
Simplifying the root of a number and variable
👉 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
Simplify an expression using power to product and power to quotient rule
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions using the power rule of exponents. When several terms of an expression is raised to an exponent outside the parenthesis, the exponent is distributed over the individual terms in the expression and the...
Brian McLogan
How to use the division property of exponents to simplify
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions using the quotient rule of exponents. The quotient rule of exponents states that the quotient of powers with a common base is equivalent to the power with the common base and an exponent which is the...
Brian McLogan
Rules of Exponents, Radicals, Logarithms | Preparing for Precalculus Part 4
Rules of Exponents, Radicals, Logarithms | Preparing for Precalculus Part 4
Brian McLogan
Learn how to multiply two exponents with fraction powers by converting to radicals
👉 Learn how to multiply with rational powers. To multiply two or more numbers/expressions with rational exponents, we apply the basic rules of exponents. If the two numbers/expressions are the same, we simply take one of the number and...
Brian McLogan
Converting a rational exponent to radical form
👉 Learn how to convert a rational power to a radical. When the exponent of an expression is a fraction, we can evaluate/simplify the expression by converting the rational power into a radical where the denominator of the fractional...
Brian McLogan
How to simplify imaginary numbers to a higher power
In this video series I show you how to simplify complex numbers to a higher power. We notice that i raised to a power repeats itself after the 4th degree. So we will divide the power in the problem by 4 and use the remainder to simplify...
Brian McLogan
How to simplify a negative rational exponent
👉 Learn how to convert a rational power to a radical. When the exponent of an expression is a fraction, we can evaluate/simplify the expression by converting the rational power into a radical where the denominator of the fractional...
Brian McLogan
How to apply descartes rule of signs to find all positive & negative zeros of a polynomial
👉 Learn about Descartes' Rule of Signs. Descartes' rule of the sign is used to determine the number of positive and negative real zeros of a polynomial function. Knowing the number of positive and negative real zeros enables also to also...
Curated Video
Reasoning with Exponents and Radicals
In this short video we will answer a standardized math test question where we are asked to find the value of the unknown variable in a given equation for different situations. We will review the terms power, base, exponent, square root,...
Curated Video
Powers of Ten
Learn how to write numbers using the base ten system, then explore what happens when we divide or multiply these numbers. Bonus information about base systems around the world and how those systems influence the way we calculate today.
Brian McLogan
I still don't get it grouping symbols and exponents
👉 Learn how to simplify mathematics expressions. A mathematis expression is a finite combination of numbers and symbols formed following a set of operations or rules. To simplify a mathematics expression means to reduce the expression...
Brian McLogan
Use inverse operation to solve exponential equation without one to one property
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. To solve an exponential equation, we isolate the exponential part of the equation. Then we take the log of both...