Instructional Video3:40
Brian McLogan

Dividing rational expressions

12th - Higher Ed
Learn how to divide rational expressions. A rational expression is an expression in the form of a fraction, usually having variable(s) in the denominator. Recall that to divide by a fraction, we multiply by the reciprocal of the...
Instructional Video1:25
Brian McLogan

Factoring out a GCF so that you can apply the difference of two squares

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video3:42
Brian McLogan

Factoring a polynomial when a is greater than one using box method

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video14:34
Brian McLogan

Factoring a Quadratic to Factor a Polynomial

12th - Higher Ed
Factoring a Quadratic to Factor a Polynomial
Instructional Video2:16
Brian McLogan

Factoring trinomials using the diamond method, x^2 + 14x - 15

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video3:52
Brian McLogan

Factoring a trinomial using the diamond method

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video4:05
Brian McLogan

Dividing two rational expression with a lot of factoring by multiplying

12th - Higher Ed
Learn how to divide rational expressions. A rational expression is an expression in the form of a fraction, usually having variable(s) in the denominator. Recall that to divide by a fraction, we multiply by the reciprocal of the...
Instructional Video4:32
Brian McLogan

Learn how to factor using the area of a box

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video5:47
Brian McLogan

Factoring a trinomials to find the zeros of a function

12th - Higher Ed
👉Learn how to solve quadratic equations by factoring when a is equal to 1. A quadratic is an algebraic expression having 2 as the highest power of its variable(s). To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into factors...
Instructional Video2:38
Brian McLogan

Learn how to factor three different perfect square trinomials

12th - Higher Ed
👉Learn how to factor perfect square trinomials. Perfect square trinomials are formed when binomials are multiplied by themselves. To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into expressions that can be multiplied together to...
Instructional Video2:14
Brian McLogan

Learn how to factor a trinomial using a rectangle

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video4:21
Brian McLogan

Learn how to subtract two rational equations when the denominators are trinomials

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:12
Brian McLogan

Learn How to Mentally Factor a Trinomial

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video2:50
Brian McLogan

How to factor a trinomial

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video2:54
Brian McLogan

Finding the x intercepts of a quadratic equation - Free Math Help

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video3:19
Brian McLogan

Factoring a trinomial by first factoring out a negative 1

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video1:44
Brian McLogan

Factoring a GCF then a prime trinomial

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video1:30
Brian McLogan

Easiest way to factor a perfect square trinomial

12th - Higher Ed
👉Learn how to factor perfect square trinomials. Perfect square trinomials are formed when binomials are multiplied by themselves. To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into expressions that can be multiplied together to...
Instructional Video3:42
Brian McLogan

Factoring a trinomial by factoring out a variable first then solving

12th - Higher Ed
👉 Learn how to factor polynomials by GCF. 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. To factor an algebraic expression means to break it...
Instructional Video0:47
Brian McLogan

Learn how to factor out the GCF variable and number from a binomial

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video2:03
Brian McLogan

Factoring using difference of two squares

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video3:35
Brian McLogan

Factor a trinomial when not in standard form

12th - Higher Ed
👉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...
Instructional Video3:49
Brian McLogan

Learn How to Solve a Polynomial by Factoring by Grouping

12th - Higher Ed
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial by grouping. 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...
Instructional Video1:52
Brian McLogan

Mulitiplying Rational Expressions

12th - Higher Ed
Learn how to multiply rational expressions. A rational expression is an expression in the form of a fraction where the numerator and/or the denominator are/is an algebraic expression. To multiply two rational expressions, we use the...