For a quadratic equation of the form \(y = k{(x - a)^2} + b\), the following diagram shows the main properties: If k > 0, the vertex is a minimum turning point If k < 0, the vertex is a maximum ...

The first time I wrote a computer program was back in high school. I wrote it in a language called BASIC on my TI 86. The program wasn’t fancy. It was just a menu of different mathematical ...

Curved graphs can be used to solve equations. The points at which the curve crosses a particular line on the graph are the solutions to the equation. If we want to solve the equation \(\text{x} ...