Tenth graders investigate three different sets of data that relate temperature to another variable in the physical world. These illustrate linear, inverse and exponential relationships.

Contains relevant information on cubic roots of unity.

In this Derive activity, students understand how the software solves cubic equations and relate it to contributions made by del Ferro, Tartaglia, and Cardan in finding the method of solving cubic equations.

In this Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity, students use CAS to prove a theorem regarding cubic functions, their zeros [roots], and tangents to the curves.

This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...

This tutorial supplies a general formula (similar to the quadratic formula) to find the roots of a cubic polynomial.