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Brian McLogan
How to factor any integer
π Learn how to factor a number, variable, and monomial completely. To factor means to write our term as a product of its factors. Therefore we will learn how to break down a number, variable, and monomial into its factors.
Brian McLogan
What does it mean to combining like terms with roots
π Learn the basics of simplifying radicals. A radical is an expression having the root/radical symbol. A radical expression can also be rewritten as an expression with fractional/rational exponent. The number outside the radical symbol...
Brian McLogan
Taking the root of a negative expression to an even power, root
π 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 solve a quadratic when a=1 using the diamond method
πLearn 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...
Brian McLogan
Solving a quadratic by solving using the difference of two squares
πLearn 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 to find the solutions of a quadratic by applying the quadratic formula
π Learn how to solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula. A quadratic equation is an equation whose highest power on its variable(s) is 2. The quadratic formula is a formula which can be used to find the roots of (solve) a...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to mentally factor a trinomial and solve the quadratic equation
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
Given two real zeros & one complex, write the equation of the polynomial
π Learn how to write the equation of a polynomial when given imaginary zeros. Recall that 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...
Mazz Media
Omnivore
This live-action video program is about the term omnivore. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term omnivore through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Curated Video
Sketching Higher Order Polynomials: Focus on Quartics
The video is a lecture presentation on sketching higher order polynomials, specifically quartic functions. The presenter explains how the graph of the function changes as the power of the variable increases and examines the similarities...
Brian McLogan
Rationalizing a denominator - free math help on homework, 5root(5) / 2root(10)
π Learn how to find the square root of rational numbers. To find the square root of a rational number, we first express the rational number as the square root of the numerator divided by the square root of the denominator and simplify....
Brian McLogan
Learn how to solve a quadratic equation by factoring when a is not equal to 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
How to use zero product property to solve a quadratic in factored form
πLearn how to solve a quadratic equation using the zero product property. When a quadratic equation has been factored or is given in factored form, we can solve the quadratic equation by applying the zero product property. The zero...
Brian McLogan
How to solve a quadratic using the square root method with fraction
πLearn 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
Master Simplifyig the cube root of a number
Master Simplifyig the cube root of a number
Brian McLogan
Algebra 2 - Simplifying square roots with imaginary numbers, x^2 + 1 = 0
In this video tutorial I show you how simplify imaginary numbers to a higher power. When working with imaginary numbers we notice that the value of imaginary numbers repeat after the degree 4. Therefore when we have an imaginary number...
Brian McLogan
Algebra 2 - Simplifying square roots to prepare for imaginary numbers, root(9), root(20)
In this video tutorial I show you how simplify imaginary numbers to a higher power. When working with imaginary numbers we notice that the value of imaginary numbers repeat after the degree 4. Therefore when we have an imaginary number...
National Parks Service
Everglades National Park - Mangrove
Explore the mangrove habitat with Ranger Ally.
Brian McLogan
Simplifying the root of a number and variable
π 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
How to use a perfect square trinomial to solve a quadratic equation
πLearn how to solve a quadratic equation by factoring a perfect square trinomial. A perfect square trinomial quadratic equation is of the form y = x^2 +2cx + c^2, where c is a perfet square. There are couple of ways we can solve a...
Brian McLogan
Factoring and Solving quadratics as trinomials
πLearn 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...
Brian McLogan
Solving a quadratic equation by completing the square
π 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
How to take the cube root of a number using prime factorization, cuberoot(48)
π Learn how to find the cube root of a number. To find the cube root of a number, we identify whether that number which we want to find its cube root is a perfect cube. This is done by identifying a number which when raised to the 3rd...
Brian McLogan
Explain how to take the root of a number even or odd using prime factorization, root
π 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...