Showing posts with label x-intercept. Show all posts
Showing posts with label x-intercept. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

April 18th

Algebra I

Today we discussed
Our conversation about systems of equations moved on to solving the equations to find the exact point or points of intersection.  Recall that lines can intersect at a single point, no point at all (parallel lines) or at infinitely many points (same line).  The answer(s) you get when you solve the equations mathematically by substituting one of the variables is where the lines intersect.

Sections Covered in Textbook
1) 11-3: Substitution (pages 447-451)

Video Tutorials
1)  Solving systems of equations using substitution method
http://www.virtualnerd.com/algebra-2/linear-systems/solve-algebraically/solve-by-substitution/equations-solution-by-substitution

Assignments
1) Pages 450-451 #'s 17-33 odd, 41

**PLEASE CHECK ODD ANSWER IN BACK OF TEXTBOOK



Pre-Algebra

Today we discussed
Our discussions about graphing moved on to intercepts.  Intercepts are where a line crosses either the x- or y-axis.  The x-intercept can be found when y=0 and the y-intercept can be found when x=0.  Because it take only two points to determine a line, a line can be graphed by using both the x-intercept and y-intercept and connecting those points.



Sections Covered in Textbook
1) 8-9: Intercepts (pages 308-309)

Video Tutorials
1) Graphing using the x-intercept and y-intercept
http://www.virtualnerd.com/algebra-1/linear-equation-analysis/intercept/intercept-examples/x-y-intercepts-graph-standard-line

Assignments
1) Page 309 #'s 14-22 all, 27



**PLEASE CHECK ODD ANSWER IN BACK OF TEXTBOOK

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Topics for March 23rd

Algebra I

Today we discussed
We are working steadily on the concept of linear equations and their various forms.  Today we discussed the slope-intercept form of a line, and determined the x-intercepts and y-intercepts of a line.  We also summarized all we know about lines so far:



Sections Covered in Textbook
1) 10-3: Slope-Intercept Form of Linear Equations (pages 410-414)

Video Tutorials
1)  Slope-Intercept Form of a Line
http://www.virtualnerd.com/algebra-1/linear-equation-analysis/slope-intercept-form/slope-intercept-form-examples/slope-intercept-form-definition
2)  A whole bunch of videos on Slope-Intercept form can be found here....
http://www.virtualnerd.com/pre-algebra/linear-functions-graphing/slope-intercept-form/slope-intercept-form-examples

Assignments
1)  Pages 413-414 #'s 21-53 odd

**PLEASE CHECK ODD ANSWER IN BACK OF TEXTBOOK



Pre-Algebra

Today we discussed
We reviewed multi-step equations including those that contain fractions.  We discussed two different methods for solving these, with the second method involving multiplying every piece of an equation to eliminate the fractional pieces.  From there, we moved on to solving multi-step inequalities.  We also worked on translating sentences into equations and inequalities.

Recall:

When multiplying or dividing by a negative number,
you must flip/change/reverse the inequality sign
to keep the truth of the inequality!  

Sections Covered in Textbook
1) 7-6: Solving Multi-Step Inequalities (pages 270-271)

Video Tutorials
1) Solving Multi-step Inequalities


2)  Translating Sentences into Multi-Step Inequalities
https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/translating-sentence-to-multi-step-inequality/14680201/

Assignments
1) Page 271 #'s 9-33 odd



**PLEASE CHECK ODD ANSWER IN BACK OF TEXTBOOK