Brian McLogan
How to write the explicit formula of a geometric sequence given two terms of
👉 Learn how to write the explicit formula for a geometric sequence. A sequence is a list of numbers/values exhibiting a defined pattern. A number/value in a sequence is called a term of the sequence. A geometric sequence is a sequence in...
Brian McLogan
Graph an ellipse with the center not at the origin
Learn how to graph horizontal ellipse not centered at the origin. A horizontal ellipse is an ellipse which major axis is horizontal. To graph a horizontal ellipse, we first identify some of the properties of the ellipse including the...
Brian McLogan
Evaluating the composition of Functions using Right Triangles
👉 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
What is the definition of a circle
Learn all about the definition and formula that makes up a circle. Understanding the basics of circles will help us graph and write the equation of circles to solve future problems in conic sections. A circle has a center (h,k) and...
Brian McLogan
Quadratic Equations | Solve by factoring | Free Math Videos
Quadratic Equations | Solve by factoring | Free Math Videos
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the limit of a piecewise function by graphing
👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a piecewice function. A piecewise function is a function that has different rules for a different range of values. The limit of a function as the input variable of the function tends to a number/value...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the limit with sine
👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function involving trigonometric expressions. 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....
Brian McLogan
Learn how to take the derivative using implicit differentiation by taking the ln of both
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Learning to reflect a line over the y axis
👉 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
How to quickly rotate a point 180 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
Learn to add and subtract radical expressions
👉 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
Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing two functions
👉 Learn how to apply operations to functions such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing to two functions. To add/subtract/multiply or divide two functions, we algebraically add/subtract/multiply or add the rules (contents) of...
Brian McLogan
How does the discriminant relate to the quadratic formula
👉 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
Applying the difference of two squares to solve a quadratic
👉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
Graphing a quadratic function in standard form
👉 Learn how to graph quadratics in standard form. A quadratic equation is an equation whose highest exponent in the variable(s) is 2. To graph a quadratic equation, we make use of a table of values and the fact that the graph of a...
Brian McLogan
Solve a system of linear equations using substitution
👉Learn how to solve a system of equations by substitution. To solve a system of equations means to obtain a common values of the variables that makes the each of the equation in the system true. To solve a system of equations by...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to graph a system of linear inequalities of two vertical boundary lines
👉 Learn how to graph a system of inequalities. A system of inequalities is a set of inequalities which are collectively satisfied by a certain range of values for the variables. To graph a system of inequalities, each inequality making...
Brian McLogan
Finding the rate of change from a word problem
👉 Learn how to find the rate of change from word problems. The rate of change is the rate at which the the y-value is changing with respect to the change in x-value. To determine the rate of change between two points, we just need to...
Brian McLogan
Determine the slope between two points zero slope
👉 Learn how to find the slope between two points. The slope of a line is the steepness of the line. The horizontal line has a zero slope while the vertical line has an undefined slope. To determine the slope of a line passing through two...
Brian McLogan
Using Alternate Interior Angles to Show Two Lines are Parallel
👉 Learn how to prove parallel lines and relationship between parallel lines and transversals. You also learn how to find the missing value to show you that two angles are supplementary or equal to prove parallel lines. This is based off...
Brian McLogan
Using Consecutive Angles to Find the Missing Measure of an Angle
👉 Learn how to solve for an unknown variable using 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,...
Brian McLogan
Basic Math - Adding and subtracting basic numbers
👉 You will learn how to add and subtract integers. We will work through adding and subtracting two integers up to multiple integers. We can look at adding and subtracting integers by looking at there values on a number line where there...
Brian McLogan
How to Use the Distributive Property to Multiply Binomials - Polynomials
👉 Learn how to multiply polynomials. To multiply polynomials, we use the distributive property. The distributive property is essential for multiplying polynomials. The distributive property is the use of each term of one of the...
Brian McLogan
What is the definition of range of a relation
👉 Learn about every thing you need to know to understand the domain and range of functions. We will look at functions represented as equations, tables, mapping, and ordered pairs. The domain is the set of all possible x or input values...