Showing posts with label precalculus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label precalculus. Show all posts

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Proof of the Trig Sum and Difference Formulas





Proof of the sum and difference formulas for sine, cosine and tangent

Trig Substitution & Identities




Using the trig identities for substituting a Pythagorean looking expression.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Radians and Unit Circle Trig Quiz Answers





Quiz answers on radian angles, unit circle and right triangle trig (Sections 4.1-4.4)

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Intro to Precalc


A broad overview of studying precalculus

Monday, April 19, 2010

Farkle




The old dice game "Farkle" is explained and probabilities are discussed. Special "Thank You"'s go to Br Jack, Br Chris, and all my Christian Brother buddies at Camp La Salle!


See http://www.mathorama.com/farkle.html for a written summary of the rules

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Polynomial and Rational Functions




Factoring using synthetic division, and graphing techniques for polynomial and rational functions

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Matrix Applications and Pivoting





Find the area of triangles and polygons from their co-ordinates. Use the pivot technique to find a inverse matrix or gaussian elimination or solve a system of equations

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Review of Algebra 1 Graphing and Modeling



Line and circle equations and direct and inverse relationship modeling