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
Find the value a that makes the piecewise functions 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 use the half angle formula for tangent to evaluate for an angle
👉 Learn how to evaluate the tangent of a half-angle. When given the value of the tangent of an angle, we can evaluate the tangent of half the angle using the tangent half-angle formula. When the value of any other trigonometric function...
Brian McLogan
How to Write a Vector in the Same Direction and Magnitude
Learn how to determine the unit vector of a vector in the same direction. The unit vector is a vector that has a magnitude of 1. The unit vector is obtained by dividing the given vector by its magnitude.
Brian McLogan
Apply the dot product between two vectors
Learn how to determine the dot product of vectors. The dot product of two vectors also called the scalar product of the vectors is the sum of the product of the components of the vectors in each direction. When the magnitudes of the...
Brian McLogan
How to evaluate the limit from a table
👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function from the table of values of the function. 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...
Brian McLogan
How to take the log of both sides to implicitly derive a function
👉 Learn how to find the derivative of an implicit function. The derivative of a function, y = f(x), is the measure of the rate of change of the function, y, with respect to the variable x. The process of finding the derivative of a...
Brian McLogan
How to rotate a point 270 degrees counter clockwise
👉 Learn how to rotate a figure and different points about a fixed point. Most often that point or rotation will be the original but it is important to understand that it does not always have to be at the origin. When rotating it is also...
Brian McLogan
Learn to represent relations by mapping ordered pairs, table and graphing
👉 Learn about every thing you need to know to understand the domain and range of functions. We will look at functions represented as equations, tables, mapping, and ordered pairs. The domain is the set of all possible x or input values...
Brian McLogan
How to add and subtract three radicals, square root
👉 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 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
Learn how to solve a system of equations by substitution
👉Learn how to solve a system of equations by substitution. To solve a system of equations means to obtain a common values of the variables that makes the each of the equation in the system true. To solve a system of equations by...
Brian McLogan
Geometry - Identifying Angle Relationships with a Transversal
👉 Learn how to identify angles from a figure. This video explains how to solve problems using angle relationships between parallel lines and transversal. We'll determine the solution given, corresponding, alternate interior and exterior....
Brian McLogan
Geometry - Identifying Alternate Interior and Exterior Angles
👉 Learn how to identify angles from a figure. This video explains how to solve problems using angle relationships between parallel lines and transversal. We'll determine the solution given, corresponding, alternate interior and exterior....
Brian McLogan
Adding fractions - Math Tutoring Online - Math Skills
👉 Learn how to add and subtract fractions whose denominators are not the same. Recall that when we want to add or subtract fractions having the same denominator, we add the numerators and retain the (common) denominator. This is...
Brian McLogan
What you need to know | Functions
In this video I walk through some of the basic problems that you will want to know and remember BEFORE entering pre-calculus. "Most" pre-calculus classes start with a chapter or section on functions and while this video does not cover...
Brian McLogan
Cram For Your Exponential and Logarithmic Function Test
In this video we will study everything you need to know for exponential and logarithmic functions. We will begin by graphing and then move into simplifying expressions and solving.
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
Learn how to determine the domain of a radical function
👉 Learn how to find the domain of a radical function. Recall that the domain of a function is the set of possible input values (x-values) of the function. For a radical square-root function, there cannot be a negative number inside the...
Brian McLogan
How to write the domain of a radical function
👉 Learn how to find the domain of a radical function. Recall that the domain of a function is the set of possible input values (x-values) of the function. For a radical square-root function, there cannot be a negative number inside the...
Brian McLogan
Determining the sine of the sum of two angles
👉 Learn how to evaluate the sine of an angle in radians using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first express the given angle as a sum or a difference of two (easy to evaluate) angles, then we use the unit circle and the...
Brian McLogan
How to Find the Unit Vector U in the Same Direction as Vector V
Learn how to determine the unit vector of a vector in the same direction. The unit vector is a vector that has a magnitude of 1. The unit vector is obtained by dividing the given vector by its magnitude.
Brian McLogan
Learn how to find and classify the discontinuity of the function
👉 Learn how to classify the discontinuity of a function. A function is said to be discontinuous if there is a gap in the graph of the function. Some discontinuities are removable while others are non-removable. There is also jump...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to use the chain rule with tangent
👉 Learn how to find the derivative of a function using the chain rule. The derivative of a function, y = f(x), is the measure of the rate of change of the function, y, with respect to the variable x. The process of finding the derivative...