I'm so excited!  I've gotten 3 new students recently.  One is a college student taking a business class at the University of Tulsa.  The other two are in high school.  One goes to Berry Hill and the Other one is at Bishop Kelly.  I can't wait to get to my next lesson!!

Here is another great site to quiz yourself on math.  I've listed it in the math websites as Quiz Yourself.  http://www.mathportal.org/math-tests/math-tests-home/math-tests-home.php

Here is a great website to help you memorize your trigonometry facts!  I've listed it on the side bar under math websites as Trigonometry Facts.
http://www.mathmistakes.info/facts/TrigFacts/index.html

Using a u substitution

Solve x^4 - 3x^2 - 4 = 0 using a u substitution.

Surface Area

I enjoyed working with Hannah today!!  We were calculating the surface area of prisms.  The formula we used was SA = ph + 2B .  This means that the surface area is equal to two times the area of the base added to the perimeter times the height.

Ellipse

I enjoyed talking to Miles about ellipses yesterday afternoon.  We discussed the formula, major and minor axes, the value of a and b and the location of the foci.  Check out this video on youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR2vxfwiHAU

Finding Roots to Polynomials

Abby and I just went through this problem.  Given that the polynomial has the given root, find all roots of the polynomial.-- P(x)=x^4-5x^3+7x^2-5x+6; -i