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Algebra 1 Algebra 2 Math Math Analysis Pre-Calculus

From Low to High with Absolute Value

For those of you who know how to solve absolute value inequalities, here is how they also mean something like “numbers between 8 and 14.”

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Math Math Analysis Pre-Calculus Proofs Proving Identities Trigonometry

Another Trig Identity

A moderately difficult trig identity: prove \frac{ \frac{1}{tan(x)}+cot(x) }{ \frac{1}{tan(x)}+tan(x) }= \frac{2}{sec^2(x)} using u-substitution.

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Complex Numbers Math Math Analysis Pre-Calculus Trigonometry

Sin x from Euler’s Formula

Here’s one of the things about complex numbers which is easier if you know it so well you don’t have to think about it: the formula for sin x. Nice and easy. Assumes you already know Euler’s formula, eix = cos x + i sin x.

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Math Analysis Pre-Calculus Proofs Proving Identities Trigonometry

Proving Trig Identities: Some Strategies

Assuming you know the basics (tan=sin/cos, etc), here are strategies and examples for proving simple trig identities.

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Math Math Analysis Pre-Calculus Proofs

Ten-year-old Finds Math Secret! (Summing an Arithmetic Series)

Gauss was just ten years old when he discovered how to quickly add up a long series of numbers. Here I tell the story of how he outwitted his teacher and I also walk you through a mathematical proof.