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    DeeDuck33

    [501]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 04/15/08
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    daveshanFromGMU wrote:

    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.

    Math, it burns!

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    someone198

    [502]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 06/08/05
    • level: 27
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    daveshanFromGMU wrote:

    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.

    Sorry, incorrect.

    tomtitan wrote:

    Easy:
    1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format
    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    Edited on 04/30/2008 5:09pm
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    Spacerac

    [503]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 01/14/08
    • level: 15
    • rank: Ginsu Knife
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    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

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    Amity_Phantom

    [504]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 04/17/07
    • level: 10
    • rank: Holy Level 10!
    • posts: 2,582
    Spacerac wrote:
    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

    X= -b+ ll b^2-4ac

    2a

    (The double line is the square root sign, and the underline is a fraction)

    Or something like that.

    Edited on 04/30/2008 5:59pm
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    Valin610

    [505]Apr 30, 2008
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    Or you can use the Quadratic Equation. Don't forget the song!

    "X equals negative b.
    Plus or minus the square root.
    b squared minus 4 a c.
    All over 2 a."
    (Sung like Pop Goes the Weasel)
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    Spacerac

    [506]Apr 30, 2008
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    • level: 15
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    Valin610 wrote:
    Or you can use the Quadratic Equation. Don't forget the song!

    "X equals negative b.
    Plus or minus the square root.
    b squared minus 4 a c.
    All over 2 a."
    (Sung like Pop Goes the Weasel)
    I prefer the "try random x values on the calculator method" XD though the Quadratic Equation admittedly works better.
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    Eman5805

    [508]Apr 30, 2008
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    • level: 14
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    I know I aced my final algebra exam, but when the heck did this become the "Discuss Advanced Algebra Motivational Posters on DA" thread?? Because I think someone needs to change the sign, and I need to start steering clear of it...
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    Yourdogsdead

    [509]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 09/15/07
    • level: 4
    • rank: Thighmaster
    • posts: 103
    Eman5805 wrote:
    I know I aced my final algebra exam, but when the heck did this become the "Discuss Advanced Algebra Motivational Posters on DA" thread?? Because I think someone needs to change the sign, and I need to start steering clear of it...


    Good question, i get enough of math at school
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    DeeDuck33

    [510]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 04/15/08
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    someone198 wrote:

    A bunch from "The Boiling Rock." Don't click if you don't want to be spoiled.

    http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5757/95stormtrooperem3.jpg

    http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2423/94typicalzukoluckhi6.jpg

    http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2540/96thisisgonnabefunvg4.jpg

    http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9725/91zukosgirljp1.jpg

    http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9991/92youmiscalculatednz8.jpg

    obedient minion


    Those were great!
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    daveshanFromGMU

    [511]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 07/27/07
    • level: 8
    • rank: Super-Friend
    • posts: 849
    Where did you get the BR picks?
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    zimtower

    [512]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 12/28/03
    • level: 5
    • rank: Caveman Lawyer
    • posts: 271
    Amity_Phantom wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

    X= -b+ ll b^2-4ac

    2a

    (The double line is the square root sign, and the underline is a fraction)

    Or something like that.


    Wow these motivational posters really do work!
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    xXKarisuXx

    [513]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 04/10/06
    • level: 12
    • rank: Evil Bert
    • posts: 585
    zimtower wrote:
    Amity_Phantom wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

    X= -b+ ll b^2-4ac

    2a

    (The double line is the square root sign, and the underline is a fraction)

    Or something like that.


    Wow these motivational posters really do work!

    I was just about to say, "Hey, I can do that!"
    Though my TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator helps as well.
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    SpiffyBacon

    [514]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 01/16/08
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    • rank: Holy Level 10!
    • posts: 454
    xXKarisuXx wrote:
    zimtower wrote:
    Amity_Phantom wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

    X= -b+ ll b^2-4ac

    2a

    (The double line is the square root sign, and the underline is a fraction)

    Or something like that.

    Wow these motivational posters really do work!
    I was just about to say, "Hey, I can do that!" Though my TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator helps as well.

    Aaah, the algebra crap is good, but that's old. What about parametric equations?

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    daveshanFromGMU

    [515]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 07/27/07
    • level: 8
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    • posts: 849
    SpiffyBacon wrote:
    xXKarisuXx wrote:
    zimtower wrote:
    Amity_Phantom wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

    X= -b+ ll b^2-4ac

    2a

    (The double line is the square root sign, and the underline is a fraction)

    Or something like that.

    Wow these motivational posters really do work!
    I was just about to say, "Hey, I can do that!" Though my TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator helps as well.

    Aaah, the algebra crap is good, but that's old. What about parametric equations?

    LEAVE PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS ALONE!!!!

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    SpiffyBacon

    [516]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 01/16/08
    • level: 10
    • rank: Holy Level 10!
    • posts: 454
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    SpiffyBacon wrote:
    xXKarisuXx wrote:
    zimtower wrote:
    Amity_Phantom wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

    X= -b+ ll b^2-4ac

    2a

    (The double line is the square root sign, and the underline is a fraction)

    Or something like that.

    Wow these motivational posters really do work!
    I was just about to say, "Hey, I can do that!" Though my TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator helps as well.

    Aaah, the algebra crap is good, but that's old. What about parametric equations?

    LEAVE PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS ALONE!!!!

    Not even as a motovational poster?

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    zimtower

    [517]Apr 30, 2008
    • member since: 12/28/03
    • level: 5
    • rank: Caveman Lawyer
    • posts: 271
    SpiffyBacon wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    SpiffyBacon wrote:
    xXKarisuXx wrote:
    zimtower wrote:
    Amity_Phantom wrote:
    Spacerac wrote:
    someone198 wrote:
    daveshanFromGMU wrote:
    Guys, it comes out to about .70472 or about -1.419. Just plug it in to a graphing calculator and find what X equals when y is 0.
    Sorry, incorrect.
    tomtitan wrote:
    Easy:1: Turn it into an ax^2+bx+c=0 format

    7x^2+5x-6

    2: If this were a graph, you need to find what X equals when Y=0. To do that, use the quadratic formula: "negative b plus-or-minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac over 2a" (I cannot for the life of me figure out the right html format to write that as an equation)

    3: Do the math.

    X=.635 and X=-1.350

    Plug them in, and you'll see they fit (approximately; they had to be rounded).

    Thank you!

    I was close..

    X= -b+ ll b^2-4ac

    2a

    (The double line is the square root sign, and the underline is a fraction)

    Or something like that.

    Wow these motivational posters really do work!
    I was just about to say, "Hey, I can do that!" Though my TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator helps as well.

    Aaah, the algebra crap is good, but that's old. What about parametric equations?

    LEAVE PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS ALONE!!!!

    Not even as a motovational poster?

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    daveshanFromGMU

    [518]May 1, 2008
    • member since: 07/27/07
    • level: 8
    • rank: Super-Friend
    • posts: 849

    zimtower wrote:

    QFT!

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    Spacerac

    [519]May 1, 2008
    • member since: 01/14/08
    • level: 15
    • rank: Ginsu Knife
    • posts: 5,899
    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    someone198 wrote:

    A bunch from "The Boiling Rock." Don't click if you don't want to be spoiled.

    http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5757/95stormtrooperem3.jpg

    http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2423/94typicalzukoluckhi6.jpg

    http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2540/96thisisgonnabefunvg4.jpg

    http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9725/91zukosgirljp1.jpg

    http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9991/92youmiscalculatednz8.jpg

    obedient minion


    Those were great!
    Agreed. I really like "miscalculated." All your posters are just so... truthful.
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    tomtitan

    [520]May 1, 2008
    • member since: 03/01/07
    • level: 19
    • rank: Fall Guy
    • posts: 10,891
    All these numbers made my brain hurt.

    Joke is, my maths teacher wasn't in today, so I didn't need to hand it in!
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