Search over 10,000 free study notes

Multiplying indices is much easier then it first seems. First you need to undertand what an index or power is, A^2 (A to the power of 2) means AxA, A^3 (A to the power of 3) means AxAxA and so on. The dif...

The degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of the polynomials in your equation. For example, if you had (x^4 + 3x^2 + 5x), then the degree of the polynomial would be 4, as the largest polynomial in ...

the method to complete the square is as follows; -take the constant (13) away from both sides of the equation leaving x and x^2 terms only on one side of the equation: x^2+8x=-13

-Add half of the v...

I always find with simultaneous equations that it is first important to remember what you are actually trying to do- to work out the values of x and y given what you know about them. So lets use this exam...

For this kind of question, the FOIL method can be used. You start by multiplying the FIRST aspects of both brackets, in this case giving 2x². Then you do the same with the OUTERS, the last elements in eac...