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
Putting an linear equation in standard form - cool math
👉 Learn how to write the equation of a line given points, slopes and intercepts. We will work on writing the equation of a line in slope intercept form and standard form as well as writing the equation of a line parallela and...
Brian McLogan
Solving a multi-step equation with fractions and variable on both sides
👉 Learn how to solve multi-step equations with variable on both sides of the equation. An equation is a statement stating that two values are equal. A multi-step equation is an equation which can be solved by applying multiple steps of...
Brian McLogan
Solving a one step equation using the reciprocal
👉 Learn how to solve one step linear equations. By one step we mean equations that take one step to solve. The one step is the inverse operation needed to isolate the variable such as addition, subtraction, division and multiplication...
Brian McLogan
How to subtract a fraction from another when the denominators are the same
👉 Learn how to add and subtract fractions whose denominators are not the same. Recall that when we want to add or subtract fractions having the same denominator, we add the numerators and retain the (common) denominator. This is...
Brian McLogan
Fraction concept with circlular wholes - help me with math - free online tutoring
👉 Learn how to understand the concept of fractions using parts of a whole. Fractions are parts of a whole and this concept can be illustrated using bars and circles. This concept can also be extended to understand equivalent fractions....
Brian McLogan
Solving an equation by converting to the same base and using equality
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations involving fractions. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. To solve an exponential equation, we make the base of both sides of the equation to be...
Brian McLogan
Use inverse operation to solve exponential equation without one to one property
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. To solve an exponential equation, we isolate the exponential part of the equation. Then we take the log of both...
Brian McLogan
Solve an exponential equation using the properties of logs
👉 Learn how to solve exponential equations in base e. An exponential equation is an equation in which a variable occurs as an exponent. e is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828. e^x is a special type of exponential...
Brian McLogan
Divide basic rational expressions fractions
Divide basic rational expressions fractions
Brian McLogan
Finding coterminal angles using graphs
👉 Learn the basics of co-terminal angles. An angle is a figure formed by two rays that have a common endpoint. The two rays are called the sides of the angle while the common endpoint is called the vertex of the angle. We measure angles...
Brian McLogan
Verifying trig identities by adding rational terms
👉 Learn how to verify rational trigonometric identities involving the addition and subtraction of terms. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the term on the left-hand side of the equality sign is equal to the term on...
Brian McLogan
Evaluating for the Tangent of a Double Angle Using the Formula
👉 Learn how to evaluate the double angle of sine. The value of the sine of double a given angle can be obtained given the value of the sine of the angle. The value of the sine of double a given angle is obtained using the formula sin(2u)...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the sum difference identities of two triangles
👉 Learn how to evaluate the secant of the sum or difference of two angles using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first use the Pythagoras theorem to obtain all the sides of the right triangle in the unit circle. Recall that...
Brian McLogan
How to Evaluate the tangent of double angle using the tangent double-angle formula
👉 Learn how to evaluate the tangent of a half-angle. When given the value of the tangent of an angle, we can evaluate the tangent of half the angle using the tangent half-angle formula. When the value of any other trigonometric function...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate for tangent using the half angle formula
👉 Learn how to evaluate the Sine of an angle using the half-angle formula. The half-angle formula for Sine is helpful when you need to determine the exact value of function given an angle but cannot use a calculator or the angle is not...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to divide two rational monomials
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions by dividing its terms. Remember that dividing a fraction is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal. When multiplying expressions, each individual term of the expression is multiplied to its like...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to take square root of a fraction that is a perfect square ex 7, root(1/100)
👉 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
Dividing two functions and determining the domain rational and radical
👉 Learn how to divide two functions. We will explore the division of linear, quadratic, rational, and radical functions. To divide two functions, we simply algebraically divide the rules (contents) of the two functions. We will then...
Brian McLogan
Multiply Examples on simplifying Complex rational fractions
Multiply Examples on simplifying Complex rational fractions
Brian McLogan
Learn how to simplify a complex rational expression by multiplying by the LCD
👉 Learn how to simplify complex fractions. To simplify complex fractions having the addition/subtraction of more than one fractions in the numerator or/and in the denominator we first evaluate the numerator or/and the denominator...
Brian McLogan
How to find the LCD to add two rational expressions
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
Given Rational a Rational Zero, Find the Equation of the Polynomial
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial given one rational zero. 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...
Brian McLogan
Finding Three consecutive even integers that equal a negative number - Online Tutor
👉 Learn how to solve equations from word problems. A word problem is a real word simulation of a mathematics principle. We can solve equation(s) from a word problems by first understanding what the problem is asking. We then assign...