Solving Equations
How can you recognize that isolating the variable will be a good strategy to solve a quadratic?
There are not x squared and x values
simplify 3i(4-6i)
12i+18
Name all the continents that Mr. Sears has taught in.
North America
South America
Asia
Africa
What is the vertex form of a graph?
y=a(x-h)^2+k
What is the term used for the perimeter of a circle?
circumference
solve for x (x-3)(x+2)2(x+1)=0
x= 3, -2, -1
solve (x-5)2>49
-2>x>12
What is Mr. Sears' first name?
Dharma
What does -b/2a help you to find?
The axis of symmetry in a standard form quadratic
Which number can you not represent with a roman numeral?
zero
A revctabgle has an area of 30 and has a width of x and length of 3x+1. What is the width?
width = 3
simplify (4-2)3
with a positive exponent
1/46
As a senior in high school, Mr. Sears spent time in a religious institution and played with the idea of being a full-time religious devotee. What religion do you think almost claimed Mr. Sears?
Buddhism
What is the discriminate and what does it help us find?
b^2 - 4ac gives the number of zeros in a quadratic
What is the area formula for a cylinder
pi r squared x height
complete the square to solve 0=x2-10x+22
5 +/_ root 3
use synthetic division to factor 3x3-4x2-28x-16 if you know that (x+2) is a factor
3x2-10x-8
Mr. Sears was in a public service TV commercial! What was the commercial about?
a. stopping smoking
b. teen abstinence
c. saving endangered animals
b. teen abstinence
describe what a quartic graph that was negative would look like
Two curves (vertices) with end points pointing down
What is the name of this sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55…? (hint: it is used to find the "golden ratio")
Fibonacci numbers
Mr. Sears' sibling situation is:
a. he's an only child
b. he's a triplet and has two other identical brothers
c. he has 5 half-brothers, 2 step-sisters, and a half-sister
c. he has 5 half-brothers, 2 step-sisters, and a half-sister
What possible zeros does this function have?
y=2x3+3x2+19x-5
plus or minus: 1, 5, 1/2, 5/2,
As a real-time unit, what does a jiffy mean?
1/100th of a second.