Brian McLogan
Expanding a logarithmic expression raised to the third power
👉 Learn how to expand logarithmic expressions involving radicals. A logarithmic expression is an expression having logarithms in it. To expand logarithmic expressions means to use the logarithm laws to expand (open up) logarithm...
Brian McLogan
Write the equation of an ellipse given the foci and major axis length
Learn how to write the equation of an ellipse from its properties. The equation of an ellipse comprises of three major properties of the ellipse: the major radius (a), the minor radius (b) and the center (h, k). The ellipse is vertical...
Brian McLogan
Standard form of an ellipse when given the focus
Learn how to write the equation of an ellipse from its properties. The equation of an ellipse comprises of three major properties of the ellipse: the major radius (a), the minor radius (b) and the center (h, k). The ellipse is vertical...
Brian McLogan
Learn to graph a horizontal parabola
Learn how to graph a horizontal parabola. A parabola is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation. A parabola is said to be horizontal if it opens to the left or opens to the right. A horizontal parabola results from a quadratic...
Brian McLogan
How to evaluate the difference of two angles for sine
👉 Learn all about sum and difference angle identities. In this video playlist, you will learn how to evaluate, solve, simplify and verify using sum and difference angle identities. We will evaluate using angles not found on the unit...
Brian McLogan
Given Sine, evaluate the half angle of cosine
👉 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
Simplifying the square root of an expression
👉 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 evaluate a quadratic function for two given values
👉 Learn how to evaluate a function and for any given value. For any function, f(x) x is called the input value or the argument of the function. To evaluate a function, all we have to do is to change the argument of the function from x to...
Brian McLogan
Factoring a trinomial
👉Learn how to factor quadratics. A quadratic is an algebraic expression having two as the highest power of its variable(s). To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into expressions that can be multiplied together to get...
Brian McLogan
Using the discriminate to describe the solutions of a quadratic
👉 Learn how to solve a quadratic equation by applying the quadratic formula. To apply the quadratic formula the quadratic equation must be equal to zero. Then you can apply the quadratic formula to determine solutions to the equation,...
Brian McLogan
Solving a quadratic equation by taking the square root of both sides
👉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
Finding the vertex and zeros of a quadratic function
👉 Learn how to graph a quadratic equation in standard form. To do this we will explore multiple methods such as the intercept method, identifying the vertex, axis of symmetry and identifying points on the graph using a table. Once you...
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Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using the Linear Combination Method
In this lesson, students will learn how to solve a system of linear equations using the linear combination method. They will understand how to manipulate the equations to eliminate variables and find the solution.
Brian McLogan
Master How to Verify a trigonometric identity using half angle formulas
Master How to Verify a trigonometric identity using half angle formulas
Brian McLogan
How to Solve and Write the Linear Factorization when Factoring a Polynomial
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial in the form of the difference of two squares. 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...
Brian McLogan
Find the slope between two points with fractions
👉 Learn how to find the slope between two points. The slope of a line is the steepness of the line. The horizontal line has a zero slope while the vertical line has an undefined slope. To determine the slope of a line passing through two...
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Equation of a Circle Centered at a Point: Explained and Solved Examples
This video is a presentation on the equation of a circle. The presenter explains the general formula for the equation of a circle centered at the origin and at a particular point of AB. The video also covers how to calculate the radius...
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Interpreting Solutions Graphically: Finding Points of Intersection in Linear and Quadratic Equations
The video is a presentation on how to interpret solutions graphically using examples of linear and quadratic equations on graphs. The presenter explains how to find the point where two graphs meet, which solves the equation. They also...
Brian McLogan
How to expand a logarithmic expression with multiple logarithms
👉 Learn how to expand logarithmic expressions involving radicals. A logarithmic expression is an expression having logarithms in it. To expand logarithmic expressions means to use the logarithm laws to expand (open up) logarithm...
Brian McLogan
Learn to determine the 18th term of a geometric sequence by using the explicit formula
👉 Learn how to find the nth term of a geometric sequence. A sequence is a list of numbers/values exhibiting a defined pattern. A number/value in a sequence is called a term of the sequence. A geometric sequence is a sequence in which...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to write the standard form of a parabola given the focus and directrix
Learn how to write the equation of a parabola given the focus and the directrix. A parabola is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation. A parabola can open up or down (if x is squared) or open left or right (if y is squared)....
Brian McLogan
How to write the equation of a parabola in conic sections given vertex and directrix
Learn how to write the equation of a parabola given the vertex and the directrix. A parabola is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation. A parabola can open up or down (if x is squared) or open left or right (if y is squared)....
Brian McLogan
How to write the equation of a parabola given the focus and directrix
Learn how to write the equation of a parabola given the focus and the directrix. A parabola is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation. A parabola can open up or down (if x is squared) or open left or right (if y is squared)....
Brian McLogan
Given the vertex and focus determine the standard form of the parabola
Learn how to write the equation of a parabola given the vertex and the focus. A parabola is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation. A parabola can open up or down (if x is squared) or open left or right (if y is squared). Recall...