Learn how to Complete the Square by clicking on the Youtube video and trying the practice problems below. Happy Calculating! 🙂
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Practice Questions:
Solutions:
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If you are a human on Earth, then I’m sure you’ve heard about the coronavirus and are currently social distancing. Here in NYC, I’m quarantining like everyone else and listening to all the beautiful math language that has suddenly become mainstream (so, exciting)! #FlattenTheCurve has become NY’s new catchphrase and for anyone confused about what that means, you’ve come to the right place!
The coronavirus spreads at an Exponential Rate, which means it spreads in a way that increases faster and faster every day.
What does this mean?
For Example, one person with the virus can easily spread the virus to 5 other people, those 5 people can then spread the virus to another 5 people each for a total of an extra 25 people, these 25 people can then spread it to another 5 people each for an extra 125 infected people! And the pattern continues……. See below to get a clearer picture:
.  *Note: These numbers are not based on actual coronavirus data
The Example we just went over is equal to the exponential equation 
, but it is only that, an Example! The exact pattern and exponential equation of the future progress of the virus is unknown! We mathematicians, can only measure what has already occurred and prepare/model for the future. To make the virus spread less rapidly, it is our duty to stay home to slow the rate of this exponentially spreading virus as much as possible.
We want to #FlattenTheCurve a.k.a flatten the increasing exponential curve of new coronavirus cases that appear every day! Hopefully, this post brings some clarity to what’s going on in the world right now. Even with mathematics, the true outcome of the virus may be unknown, but understanding why we are all at home in the first place and the positive impact it has is also important (and kind of cool).
Stay safe math friends and happy mathing! 🙂
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Calling all students, teachers, and parents! As everyone is stuck at home during a global pandemic, now is a great time we are all forced to try and understand math (and our sanity level) a little bit more. Well, I may not be able to help you with the keeping sanity stuff, but as far as math goes, hopefully, the below websites offer some much needed mathematic support.
All jokes aside I hope everyone is staying safe and successfully social distancing. Stay well, math friends! 🙂
Kahn Academy: The same Kahn Academy we know and love still has amazing videos and tutorials as usual, but now they also have a live “homeroom” chat on Facebook LIVE every day at 12:00pm. The chats occur daily with Kahn Academy founder Sal and at times feature famous guests such as Bill Gates. Click the link below for more:
Study.com: In a time when companies are being more generous, Study.com is here for us as they offer up to 1000 licenses for school districts and free lessons for teachers, students, and parents. Check out all the education freebies here:
Math Planet: If you’re looking for free math resources in Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Algebra 2, and Geometry then you will find the answers you need at Math Planet. All free all the time, find their website here:
JMAP: For anyone who has to take the NYS Regents at some point (whenever we’re allowed to go outside again), JMAP has every old Regents exam as well as answers to boot! Did I mention each exam is free and printable? Find their website here:
What is your favorite educational site? Let me know in the comments, and stay well! 🙂
Extra Tip! Notice that we added the labels feet/second to our answer. Why does this make sense?? The question tells us that P(t) represents feet and that t is equal to seconds.  Another way to look at this question when applying it to the slope formula is to realize that we are finding the change of feet divided by the change of seconds.                              ____________________________________________________________________________________
Still got questions? Let me know in the comments and as always happy calculating!:)
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