April 16

Week 8 – Functions of a Parabola

This week we learned about the different ways to affect y=x^2 and the ways that changing certain things about it changed the parabola we had. We did some Paraboics, which were somewhat fun, and helped me learn how the different numbers affect the pattern in the parabola and the vertex. Either way, let’s get in to showing you what I know. I chose again to do this on paper instead of using $latex or anything else.

If the picture above is too difficult to read in this form, right click it, open it in a new tab and read it there. Sorry it’s low quality.

April 16

Week 7 – Graphing Linear Equations

This time we learned about how to graph linear equations, this wasn’t that hard to get the hang of, and was pretty fun to do in the right way. I enjoyed doing the “Green Globs” activity, and found it to be pretty easy. Now, graphing linear equations works like this, you’ll get something like: y=-5x+10 and you’ll have to graph that. I decided to use paper instead of $latex, sorry if this is hard to read.

Now just in case you couldn’t read some of it, here’s what the top bit says:

y=-5x+10

-5= The Slope

The slope shows the way the line goes (Bottom left to top right if positive and top left to bottom right if negative) and it shows the angle of the line, like how slanted it is.

+10 = Y intercept

The Y-intercept shows you where the line interjects with the Y axis. This is more or less the start point for graphing Linear Equations.