Quadratic Conundrums
Episode 1
The Heart Attack that gave the Quadratic Formula a Double Bypass
Pardon the silly title, but as with most silly titles, you’re supposed to be intrigued enough to sniff out what the heck it actually means.
Take quiz before continuing
It’s only three questions, but they’re not easy. Obviously, if you don’t know what to do, don’t do a dern thing! You can skip as always, and you musn’t stress: after all, the solutions are on this very page.
The Heart Attack and Double Bypass
It sounds silly—or perhaps a bit too serious—but it’s just a visual metaphor for an algebraic fork in the road.
Watch the video below and try some examples.
Below are some relevant historical examples upon which you can flex your new optics.
Exemplar Execution
Hopefully you’ve done the quiz above by now; if you haven’t taken the quiz above by now, then you should take the quiz above about now. I’m guessing you can find a link to that aforementioned quiz somewhere in these two sentences.
Once you’ve taken the quiz, check out the videos below.
A Quadratic Heart Attack
A Quadratic Double Bypass
Another Double Bypass
Report back to this page throughout the week for the next parts:
• Sum of solutions
• -b/2a quick solvers
• Different Names for the Same Things: factors = solutions/roots/zeroes/x-intercepts
For the bold…
The following video is only for the bold. No offense, but it’s probably not for you. If you make if past the first half, then you definitely earned the mind-blowing magic that the second half brings.
