Final Blog post

The post is a letter to a Math Analysis Honors student in my class next year.  

1.              What do you want to say to them to help them have the most successful year possible?  

2.              How can they best adjust to the flipped classroom and learn to work with all the technology I require of them?  (do you have any specific tips for them or experiences you could share?)

3.              What can they expect to be different from their previous math classes?

 

1.Well the key to getting an A in this class is to simply watch the videos. Once you watch the videos everything will be smooth. Don’t fall behind because it will back fire and you will be trying to catch up all year. I didn’t have the most successful year but you guys are new and I hope you don’t make the mistakes I did. Regardless of how much work it is, it will benefit you in the future.

2.Well at first it will seem scary but its simple and basic, just go home watch video take notes then come to school and ask questions, discuss, and do some practice. Be sure to practice and get used to it by the summer, it will be worth it in the future you will have a great start and will understand and be adjusted to the Flipped class room.

3.You will fell the difference but you have to accommodate to the way the teacher teaches. This will be stronger more effective way to learn your material. You can watch the lesson over and over again until you get it. There are lots of resources given by the teacher; a lot more help then pervious math classes. You will fell frightened at first but it will benefit you to better understanding of the math material.

Unit V blog post

The difference quotient is the ratio of the change in y-values over the change in x-values. It's simply a more complex variation of the formula for slope. Using Secant line and tangent line. 

A and B are points on the graph of f. A line passing trough the two points A ( x , f(x)) and B(x+h , f(x+h)) is called a secant line.

The slope of the parabola at the point (2,4). As you see in the picture the graph will be y=x^2 with a tangent line at (2,4)

Unit U blog post

1. A continuity function is a function where there are no jumps no holes no asymptotes.

A discontinuity is a function with a hole, an asymptote, a jump, or oscillating behavior. 

2. A limit is the intended height of a function. A limit exist when the intended height approaching from the right and left are the same. A limit doesn't exist when you get different intended heights approaching to the left and approaching to the right. The difference from a limit and a value is that even if you have a hole (which is the value) on the intended height it will still be a limit, but its value wont be  .

3. We evaluate limits numerically we will get x-values really close to the original "x" from both the right and the left. There we will see if the intended height will be the same , which will tell us if we have a limit or not.  

To evaluate limits graphically we look at the graph, we look at the point as x approaches whatever from the right and the left, from there we can conclude if its a limit or not. 

To evaluate limits algebraically we simply just substitute the x approaches to the function. However sometimes it might not work so we use factoring, if that also fails we multiple by the conjugate.  

CITATIONS: 

maretbccalculus2007-2008.pbworks.com

www.analyzemath.com

tutorial.math.lamar.edu

Unit T post #4

Why do sine and cosine NOT have asymptotes, but the four other trig graphs do? 
Well then sine and cosine do not have asymptotes because they will be 1 which will make them 0. There them having no asymptote.  And for the 4 rest trig functions they will have some because even if they are equal to 0 they will have an asymptote Tangent and cotangent at 0 and 180 , or pi. Secant will be 0. As well as cosecant. 

Unit T post #3

Why is a "normal" tangent graph uphill, but a "normal" cotangent graph downhill?
This is because there ratios are both over 1. Cotangent is the reciprocal of tangent , there for it will be the exact graph but tangent going from down to up, and cotangent going from top to bottom.

www.analyzemath.com

Unit T post # 2

How do the graphs of sine and cosine relate to each of the others? 

Tangent?  tanx=sinx/cosx. if sine and cosine are positive, tangent is also positive. If one of them is negative, tangent is negative. If both are negative, obviously tangent is positive. Therefore there would be asymptotes where cosx=0, so where x is equal to zero. There would be asymptotes at pi/2 and also at 3pi/2 and it would go on forever. 

Cotangent? cotx=cosx/sinx. The ratio of cosx/sinx because of triangles would be x/y . Therefore, there would be asymptotes where y is equal to 0 which would be at 0 and pi.\

Secant?  Since secant is the reciprocal of cosine, you would have an asymptote where 1/x this will be undefined, so where its x=0 on the unit circle which would be 0 and pi. 

Cosecant? Cosecant is the reciprocal of sine,  1/y. There would be asymptotes where y=0 because i-1/0 is 0. y=0 so there would be asymptotes at pi/2 and 3pi/2 and will go on forever.

Unit T Post #1

How do the trig graphs relate to the Unit Circle? 
A. Period ? Why is the period for sine and cosine 2pi, where as the period for tangent and cotangent is pi? 
The period for sine and cosine is 2pi because the period infers to how long it takes to repeat the patterns of positive and negative values based on the different quadrants. Also, for sine how we know its 2pi because the pattern is positive to positive to negative to negative, which is one full rotation . and is similar to cosine.  On the other hand for tangent and cotangent it takes half of the unit circle to repeat the pattern of positives or negatives so there period is pi. 
B. Amplitude? How does the fact that sine and cosine have amplitudes of one ( and the trig functions don't have amplitudes) relate to what we know about the Unit Circle? 
This most importantly is related in how the radius of the circle is 1. The greatest values that are on the unit circle to the left and the right is 1 as well as up and down. picture: www.rasmus.is