Brian McLogan
Determining the Unit Vector in the Same Direction of a Vector
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
Converting from polar form to rectangular form
Converting from polar form to rectangular form
Brian McLogan
Operations with grouping symbols
👉 Learn how to add and subtract polynomials by combining like terms. Identifying like terms allows us to combine terms. Like terms are when terms share the same base and power for each variable. When you have like terms you simply apply...
Brian McLogan
Overview Teacher Explains How to Multiply Polynomials Using Distributive Property
👉 Learn how to multiply polynomials. We apply the distributive property to polynomials by multiplying a monomial to every term in a polynomial. When multiplying monomials it is important that we multiply the coefficients and apply the...
Brian McLogan
Using the formula for difference if two squares to factor a polynomial
👉Learn how to factor quadratics using the difference of two squares method. When a quadratic contains two terms where each of the terms can be expressed as the square of a number and the sign between the two terms is the minus sign, then...
Brian McLogan
Solving a quadratic equation by factoring using AC method
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
Solving a quadratic by factoring using box method a is larger 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 to solve a quadratic by the AC method of factoring
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
Factoring trinomials #2 difference of two squares
👉Learn how to factor quadratics using the difference of two squares method. When a quadratic contains two terms where each of the terms can be expressed as the square of a number and the sign between the two terms is the minus sign, then...
Brian McLogan
Power Rule of Exponents
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions using the power rule and the negative exponent rule of exponents. When several terms of an expression is raised to an exponent outside the parenthesis, the exponent is distributed over the individual...
Brian McLogan
What do I need to know for solving by completing the square
👉 Learn how to solve quadratic equations by completing the square. When solving a quadratic equation by completing the square, we first take the constant term to the other side of the equation and create a perfect square trinomial with...
Brian McLogan
Determine the end behavior of a polynomial
👉 Learn how to determine the end behavior of the graph of a polynomial function. To do this we will first need to make sure we have the polynomial in standard form with descending powers. We will then identify the leading terms so that...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to find the all the zeros of a polynomial with sum 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
Algebra 2 - Dividing complex numbers 5i / (-2-6i)
In this video tutorial I show you how to divide complex numbers. Since complex numbers have an imaginary part which we cannot divide into other numbers we rewrite the expression by multiplying by i or the conjugate on the denominator or...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to use the product rule to find the derivative
👉 Learn how to find the derivative of a function using the product 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...
Flipping Physics
AP Physics 1: Work, Energy and Power Review
Review of the topics of Work, Energy, Power and Hooke’s Law covered in the AP Physics 1 curriculum.
Brian McLogan
Find the area of a circle given the diameter - Online tutor - free Math videos
👉 Learn how to find the area and perimeter of a parallelogram. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. The area of a shape is the measure of the portion enclosed by the shape while the perimeter of a shape is...
Curated Video
Completing the Square to Solve Quadratic Equations
The video explains how to use completing the square to solve quadratic equations. It covers the process of rewriting quadratic expressions in a different format with a single variable of x by taking the linear coefficient, halving it and...
Curated Video
Python 3: Project-based Python, Algorithms, Data Structures - Project phase 4: Extract redundancies, create function and cleanup code
Look at best, worst and average cases for complexity in more detail This clip is from the chapter "Algorithms - Sort, performance, complexity and big O notation" of the series "Python 3: Project-based Python, Algorithms, Data...
Brian McLogan
Write the equation of an ellipse given the length of major and minor axis
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
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 parabola by completing the square and determine the focus & directrix
Learn how to graph a parabola in when it is given in general form. To graph a parabola in conic sections we will need to convert the equation from general form to standard form by completing the square. Once it is in standard form we can...
Brian McLogan
How to identify vertex, focus and directrix for a parabola conic sections
Learn how to graph a vertical parabola. A parabola is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation. A parabola is said to be vertical if it opens up or opens down. A vertical parabola results from a quadratic equation in which the x...