Links
- WebWork: https://mathww.citytech.cuny.edu/webwork2/MAT1275-S24-Ganguli-D225
- The following 3 WebWork sets are due Friday evening (Feb 9)
- Expressions-Arithmetic-Order of Operations
- Expressions-Arithmetic-Introduction to Expressions
- Expressions-Arithmetic-Integer Exponents
Topics
- We continued with Sec 1.2: Polynomials (in particular Sec 1.2.1 and Sec 1.2.2)
First we did a couple more examples from the “Integer Exponents” WebWork:
We introduced polynomials of various degrees:
Polynomials are degree 1 are simply “linear expressions,” i.e., expressions of the form Ax + B; an example from “Linear Expressions” WebWork:
Previewing how we will solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula:
We looked at the graph of the quadratic polynomial above in Desmos, and noted how the solutions of the corresponding quadratic equation give the x-intercepts of the parabola. See: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/mutsgaaxwe
Multiplying polynomials–in particular, using “FOIL” to multiply two (linear) “binomial” expressions:
Another example from “Multiply Polynomials”:
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