Brian McLogan
How to find the center, vertices and foci of an ellipse
Learn how to graph horizontal ellipse centered at the origin. A horizontal ellipse is an ellipse which major axis is horizontal. To graph a horizontal ellipse, we first identify some of the properties of the ellipse including the major...
Brian McLogan
Graph the equation of an ellipse with center at the origin and a vertical major axis
Learn how to graph vertical ellipse centered at the origin. A vertical ellipse is an ellipse which major axis is vertical. To graph a vertical ellipse, we first identify some of the properties of the ellipse including the major radius...
Brian McLogan
Graph the parabola by identifying the focus and vertex
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...
Brian McLogan
Graph the equation of a parabola and determine the focus and directrix
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...
Brian McLogan
Graph an ellipse and determine the foci, vertices, co vertices and center
Learn how to graph horizontal ellipse not centered at the origin. A horizontal ellipse is an ellipse which major axis is horizontal. To graph a horizontal ellipse, we first identify some of the properties of the ellipse including the...
Brian McLogan
Graph a horizontal parabola and identify the focus, vertex and directrix
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
Find the standard form of an elipse given the graph
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
Is the function even or odd? How to tell
👉 Learn how to determine if a function is even or odd. A function is even if the graph of the function is symmetrical about the y-axis, or a function is even if f(x) = f(-x). A function is odd if the graph of the function is symmetrical...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to convert rectangular points to polar points
Learn how to convert rectangular points to polar points
Brian McLogan
Use u substitution with trigonometric functions
👉 Learn how to evaluate the integral of a function. The integral, also called antiderivative, of a function, is the reverse process of differentiation. Integral of a function can be evaluated as an indefinite integral or as a definite...
Brian McLogan
Power Rule of Exponents - Cool math
👉 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
Learning to subtract a trinomial from a binomial
👉 Learn how to add and subtract polynomials by either using the vertical or horizontal method.
Brian McLogan
Using factor trees to identify the GCF and factor it out of a binomial
👉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
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
How to solve a quadratic by using the square root method
👉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
How to factor a binomial by factoring out the GCF as well as by 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
How do you solve a quadratic by factoring the difference of two squares
👉Learn 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
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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GCSE Secondary Maths Age 13-17 - Pythagoras & Trigonometry: The Sine and Cosine Rules - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary Maths videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key topic and sub topic covered in GCSE Maths in clear and easy to follow steps. This video...
Brian McLogan
Use cofunction identity to solve trigonometric equation
👉 Learn how to solve trigonometric equations. There are various methods that can be used to evaluate trigonometric identities, they include by factoring out the GCF and simplifying the factored equation. Another method is to use a...
Brian McLogan
Verifying an identity by applying the Pythagorean identities
👉 Learn how to verify Pythagoras trigonometric identities. A Pythagoras trigonometric identity is a trigonometric identity of the form sin^2 (x) + cos^2 (x) or any of its derivations. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify...
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Inertia: Understanding and Calculating Inertial Mass
This video explains the concept of inertia and how it is quantified in terms of an object's mass and acceleration. The video uses examples of cars and lorries to demonstrate how larger masses require greater forces to be accelerated at...
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Moments of Inertia of Rigid Objects with Shape
The moment of inertia of a system of particles equation is used to estimate six different moments of inertia of rigid objects with constant density.
Brian McLogan
Learn how to eliminate the parameter given sine and cosine of t
Learn how to eliminate the parameter in a parametric equation. A parametric equation is a set of equations that express a set of quantities as explicit functions of a number of independent variables, known as parameters. Eliminating the...