QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS

• Complex Numbers
• Solving Quadratic Equations
• What is a quadratic equation?
• Polynomials of degree 2
• A factoring tool
• A tool for solving polynomial equations
• Completing the Square
• Practice in completing the square
• Roots of Quadratic Equations
• Polynomials and Roots -- discussion of quadratics and problems
• The quadratic formula and factoring--also discussion on Higher Degree Polynomials and the Fundamental Theorem and Solving Inequalities by Graphing
• Review problems for solving quadratic equations--Go to Calculus Book I, then Functions and Geometry, then Functions, then Roots
• Graphing Quadratic Functions
• Varying a parameter in a quadratic function
• Practice in using -b/2a to find the vertex of a parabola
• Study of a quadratic polynomial
• Modeling with Quadratic Functions
• Motion of a ball under gravity
• Dropping a Baseball Problem
• Dropping a Ball from a Tower problem
• Square Roots and Radicals
• Square Roots and Radicals -- good problems

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