Imaginary ( Complex ) Numbers, Discriminants and Real World Applications - 1. When solving a quadratic equation using the quadratic formula, it is possible for the b2 - 4ac term inside the square root (the discriminant) to be negative, thus forcing us to take the square root of a negative number. The solutions to the equation will then be complex numbers (i.e., involve the imaginary unit i).
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Business Presentation - You have a meeting with a distance learning investment company's CEO and a few other high ranking officers. You are trying to obtain a loan for a distance learning company that you would like to start. Fortunately, you have a mentor to whom you can turn for help. Write your mentor email in which you address the following:
Analyze the audience (be creative and imagine who...
Real world geometry - Assume were part of a panel of parents, teachers, and administrators working to revise the geometry curriculum for the local high school. On tonight's agenda, you will be brainstorming creative ways to teach surface area and volume. The teachers are especially interested in methods which will help the students connect geometry to life in the "real world" because student motiv...
Surface Area and Volume - You are part of a panel of parents, teachers, and administrators working to revise the geometry curriculum for the local high school. On tonight's agenda, you will be brainstorming creative ways to teach surface area and volume. The teachers are especially interested in methods which will help the students connect geometry to life in the "real world" because student motiv...
Relations vs Functions and Celsius-Fahrenheit Temperature Conversion - In the real world, what might be a situation where it is preferable for the data to form a relation but not a function?
There is a formula that converts temperature in degrees Celsius to temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. If we use the following data points:
Fahrenheit Celsius
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