Brian McLogan
Learn how to add a mixed number to a fraction with unlike denominators
👉 Learn how to add and subtract mixed numbers. Mixed numbers are numbers with two parts: the whole number part and the fraction part. Mixed numbers are ways to represent improper fractions using proper fractions.To add or subtract mixed...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to write the domain of a rational function using interval notation
👉 Learn how to find the domain of rational functions. Recall that the domain of a function is the set of possible input values (x-values) of the function. For a rational function, the denominator cannot be zero. Thus, to find the domain...
Brian McLogan
Evaluating the composition of Functions
👉 Learn how to evaluate an expression with the composition of a function and a function inverse. Just like every other mathematical operation, when given a composition of a trigonometric function and an inverse trigonometric function,...
Brian McLogan
Given two triangles in the 2nd quadrant evaluate the sum of the angles
👉 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...
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Learn to take the second derivative of exponential chain rule
👉 Learn how to find the derivative of exponential and logarithmic expressions. The derivative of a function, y = f(x), is the measure of the rate of change of the function, y, with respect to the variable x. The process of finding the...
Brian McLogan
Determining if equations are linear - Free Math Videos - Online Tutor
👉 Learn how to determine if an equation is a linear equation. A linear equation is an equation whose highest exponent on its variable(s) is 1. The variables do not have negative or fractional, or exponents other than one. Variables must...
Brian McLogan
Writing a Proof for Parallel Lines
👉 Learn how to write a proof when given angles from parallel lines and a transversalWe will explore angle relationships with parallel lines and a transversal. Parallel lines are two lines on a plane that will never intersect and a...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to add two mixed numbers with unlike denominators
👉 Learn how to add and subtract mixed numbers. Mixed numbers are numbers with two parts: the whole number part and the fraction part. Mixed numbers are ways to represent improper fractions using proper fractions.To add or subtract mixed...
Brian McLogan
Eliminating the parameter for parametric equations linear
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...
Brian McLogan
Given three real zeros, learn how to write the equation of a polynomial
👉 Learn how to write the equation of a polynomial when given rational 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...
Brian McLogan
How to Use the Double Angle Formula to Solve for the Values of X
👉 Learn how to use the double angle identities to solve trigonometric equations. When we have equations with a double angle we will apply the identities to create an equation that can help solve by inverse operations or factoring. We...
Brian McLogan
Learning to reflect a triangle over a line of symmetry
👉 Learn how to reflect points and a figure over a line of symmetry. Sometimes the line of symmetry will be a random line or it can be represented by the x or y-axis. Either way when reflecting a point and or figure over the line of...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to use sum and difference formulas to write as one trigonometric expression
👉 Learn how to write a given sum or difference of two angles formula expression as a single sum/difference of angles trigonometric function. To do this, we first identify the trigonometric function for which its sum/difference formula is...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to find the magnitude and direction of the vector
Learn how to determine the magnitude and direction of a vector. The magnitude of a vector is the length of the vector. The magnitude of a vector is obtained by taking the square root of the sum of the squares of the components of the...
Brian McLogan
Given the scalar difference of two vectors find the resultant vector
Learn how to determine the resultant vector by adding, subtracting and multiplying vectors by a scalar. We will also learn how to graph the resultant vectors to show the operations. Vectors can be added, subtracted and multiplied. To add...
Brian McLogan
How to rotate a line 270 degrees
👉 Learn how to rotate a figure and different points about a fixed point. Most often that point or rotation will be the original but it is important to understand that it does not always have to be at the origin. When rotating it is also...
Brian McLogan
Solve a quadratic by applying 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
What are the names of different types of polygons based on the number of sides
👉 Learn about polygons and how to classify them. A polygon is a plane shape bounded by a finite chain of straight lines. A polygon can be concave or convex and it can also be regular or irregular. A concave polygon is a polygon in which...
Brian McLogan
How to find the domain of a rational equation
👉 Learn how to find the domain of rational functions. Recall that the domain of a function is the set of possible input values (x-values) of the function. For a rational function, the denominator cannot be zero. Thus, to find the domain...
Brian McLogan
Solving an equations using the sum and difference formulas of cosine
👉 Learn how to solve equations using the angles sum and difference identities. Using the angles sum and difference identities, we are able to expand the trigonometric expressions, thereby obtaining the values of the non-variable terms....
Brian McLogan
Consecutive Angles Theorem with Parallel Lines
👉 Learn about parallel lines and a transversal theorems. Two lines are said to be parallel when they have the same slope and are drawn straight to each other such that they cannot meet. In geometry, parallel lines are identified by two...
Brian McLogan
Adding two vectors and then graphing the resultant vector
Learn how to add/subtract vectors. Vectors can be added, subtracted and multiplied. To add or subtract two or more vectors, we simply add each of the corresponding components of the vectors.
Brian McLogan
How to evaluate the left hand limit algebraically with a radical
👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function by rationalizing the radical. The limit of a function as the input variable of the function tends to a number/value is the number/value which the function approaches at that time. The limit...
Brian McLogan
Implicit differentiation using power rule
👉 Learn how to find the derivative of an implicit function. The derivative of a function, y = f(x), is the measure of the rate of change of the function, y, with respect to the variable x. The process of finding the derivative of a...