Finding Quadratic Solutions
The topic in my geometry class today involved finding solutions to quadratic equations. The actual topic was on the ratio of lengths of secants in a circle, but...
Month: May 2014
There are things
There are things I wish I could say where you could hear them but the smile I painted on to the rhythm of the metronome cannot be so easily belied as that Somew...
Pascal’s Triangle and Dice Rolls
Pascal’s Triangle Pascal’s Triangle represents the coefficients of a binomial such as \(x + 1\) raised to a power. Row n of the triangle lists the c...
Solving Simultaneous Equations: Multiple Methods
Introduction and Terms Recently, a post on the G+ Mathematics community involved how to determine \(x\) and \(y\) when: \[3x + 5y = 12 \\ x + y = 2\] This is ge...
Finding an Incenter via Formulas
Terms For every polygon, there is a largest circle that fits entirely within that polygon. If that circle touches all sides of the polygon, then it is said to b...