Brian McLogan
Factoring a trigonometric expression
👉 Learn how to simplify identities by factoring. Just like in normal algebraic expressions, trigonometric identities can be simplified by factoring out the GCFs from the terms of the identities, then common trigonometric identities like...
Brian McLogan
Factor a trigonometric equation to determine all the solutions
👉 Learn how to solve trigonometric equations using the zero product property. The zero product property states that when the product of two quantities is equal to 0, then either of the quantities is zero. When solving factored...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to subtract two radicals
👉 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
Subtracting two radical expressions when the coefficients are not the same
👉 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 use the power to quotient rule 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
How to Simplify a Radical by Prime Factorization, Root(32)
👉 Learn how to find the square root of a number. To find the square root of a number, we identify whether that number which we want to find its square root is a perfect square. This is done by identifying a number which when raised to...
Brian McLogan
Solve by factoring when a is greater 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 how to visualize factoring
👉Learn the basics of factoring quadratics by using different techniques. Some of the techniques used in factoring quadratics include: when the coefficient of the squared term is not 1. In that case, we first write the quadratic in...
Brian McLogan
What do you need to know to solve a quadratic using various methods
👉Learn how to solve quadratic functions. Quadratic equations are equations whose highest power in the variable(s) is 2. They are of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c. There are various techniques which can be applied in solving quadratic...
Brian McLogan
What do you have to know to solve a quadratic when a = 1
👉Learn how to solve quadratic functions. Quadratic equations are equations whose highest power in the variable(s) is 2. They are of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c. There are various techniques which can be applied in solving quadratic...
Brian McLogan
Summary for solving a quadratic using various methods
👉Learn how to solve quadratic functions. Quadratic equations are equations whose highest power in the variable(s) is 2. They are of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c. There are various techniques which can be applied in solving quadratic...
Brian McLogan
Summary for solving a perfect square trinomial
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring. We will focus on factoring special techniques such as the zero product property, difference of two squares, box method and guess and check. Once we have factored the quadratic...
Brian McLogan
Solving a quadratic equation by using 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
Learn how to factor out the GCF variable and number from 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
Factoring using difference of two squares
👉Learn how to factor quadratics when the coefficient of the term with a squared variable is not 1. To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into expressions that can be multiplied together to get the original expression. To...
Brian McLogan
Factoring out a GCF then factoring using various methods
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 using the difference of two squares with multiple terms, 64m^2 - 9y^2
👉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
Factoring a trinomial when a is greater than one now you know solve
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 a trinomial twice, first with the GCF
👉Learn how to factor quadratics when the coefficient of the term with a squared variable is not 1. To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into expressions that can be multiplied together to get the original expression. To...
Brian McLogan
Factor a trinomial when not in standard form
👉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
Tips for solving by factoring when a perfect square
👉Learn how to solve quadratic functions. Quadratic equations are equations whose highest power in the variable(s) is 2. They are of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c. There are various techniques which can be applied in solving quadratic...
Brian McLogan
Finding the Zeros of a Polynomial Function
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial. 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 integers. The zeros of a polynomial are the values...
Brian McLogan
Adding two rational expressions with trinomial denominators
Learn how to add/subtract rational expressions with trinomials in the denominator. When adding or subtracting two or more rational expressions with common denominators, we add or subtract only the numerator while we keep the denominator...
Brian McLogan
How to factor a binomial with gcf
In this video tutorial I will show you how to factor out the GCF of an expression. We do this by first defining the GCF of the expression as the term with common elements with every term in the expression. We then divide every term by...