Factoring Quadratics

If we have a quadratic of the form it can be useful to put it in the form , as this will give us two equations that will give us both of the solutions of the quadratic, one is and the other is . So first if we are given the factored form of the […]

Ellipses

Firstly an ellipse is a squashed circle, and a circle is just a special type of ellipse. The general formula for an ellipse is: (1) Where is the radius of the ellipse, is the radius of the ellipse in the x-direction and b is the radius of the ellipse in the y-direction. Therefore a […]