MTH220T Phoenix Week 1 The Quadratic Equation
Question Description
Post a 150-word response to one the discussion prompts by Day 5 in the discussion area below:
Prompt 1
View one of the following Week 1 videos:
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: Radical Notation and Simplifying Radicals
Khan Academy: Adding and Simplifying Radicals
Khan Academy: Simplifying Cube Root Expressions
Answer the following questions:
In the process of simplifying a radical expression, a student has provided you a decimal number as an answer. Is the student’s answer correct? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
Prompt 2
View one of the following Week 1 videos:
Patrick Just Math Tutorials; Radical Notation and Simplifying Radicals
Patrick Just Math Tutorials: Radicals: Simplifying Radical Expressions Involving Variables Ex1
Khan Academy: Simplifying Cube Root Expressions
Answer the following questions:
What is the difference between radical equations and fractional exponents? How are they alike? Provide an example in your explanation.
Prompt 3
View the following Week 1 video:
Distance Formula and Finding the Distance between Two Points Example 1 by Patrick Just Math Tutorials
Answer the following questions:
Is finding the distance between 2 points in the rectangular coordinate system related to the Pythagorean theorem? Why or why not? Provide an example in your answer.
Prompt 4
View the following Week 1 video:
Khan Academy: Using the Quadratic Formula: Number of Solutions
Answer the following question:
When using the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations, how do you know how many solutions you should have in the end? Provide an example in your explanation.
Prompt 5
View one the following Week 1 videos:
Solving an Equation Involving a Single Radical (Square Root) Ex 1 by Patrick Just Math Tutorials
Solving an Equation Involving a Single Radical (Square Root) Ex 2 by Patrick Just Math Tutorials
Solving an Equation Involving a Single Radical (Square Root) Ex 3 by Patrick Just Math Tutorials
Answer the following question:
Explain the method used to solve an equation containing radical expressions. Why is it necessary to check the solutions for such an equation? Provide an example in your explanation.
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