“you don’t have to like math, but you can like my video” we love you. i thought i was about to have to cheat my way through the end of my math class and you saved me. thank you for being so much better than my actual math teacher
@@ryanmarvel737 she isn't writing backwards. in her perspective she is writing the correct way , left to right. in the original , it would show as her writing right to left. however the video is flipped, and it shows he writing left to right. it appears as if she is left handed in the video. she is not. she is right handed in reality.
@@johndeschlong591 oh yeah yeah i see. i forgot about how when u watch a previously record video it's flipped. i completely ignored that u said the video was flipped
Ryan Marvel huh? What do you mean its flipped when you watch a previously recorded video? The only time a video is flipped is when you are viewing a front facing preview screen on a camera, or when you are using the front camera on a phone. Otherwise it was a stylistic choice done in post processing. Or, at least in this case it was done as an aesthetic teaching method to allow interaction with the viewer and the board.
mine is 3 years, I had to suffer for 3 years because when my teacher first introduced factoring I was lost because I thought the numbers should be both multiplied by the given and now that I learned how to factor properly I feel so dumb
I was this close to just dropping out. I am not great at algebra and I feel like I’m just burned out and done. Your video helped soothe that frustration I’ve been on UA-cam for an hour sifting through a dozen long confusing videos. I appreciate that you have posted this thank you so much. Your voice is soothing which helped with my frustration and the explanation was clear and simple. Again THANK YOU.
My teacher literally wants us to go by trial and error. I said "there must be a better way!" and looked you up immediately. You are a godsend, magic x trick for the win. Little does she know, I got NancyPi in my corner. Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Is she writing backwards? What?! Genius. If this is hard for me staring at the paper in the usual order, I couldn’t imagine writing everything facing the other way
It's also not all that difficult. Start with your name, and then a small sentence. Your mind can flip pretty quickly, like swapping left/right on a game controller. It's weird, but after a game or two your mind adjusts for you.
@@abdulmoiz74 first you have to listen to a bunch of Beatles records on vinyl, played backwards, and when you learn to think backwards, then you can write backwards 😅
So, Im 37, and have been out of math class for a long time...in fact I'm convinced I got a B in college algebra bc I ran into my professor at a bar one night, but anyway. I've been trying to just see how much I could remember and I literally put my book away already and did some dishes because for some reason, quadratics are always my kryptonite. Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I just got 5 correct in a row and feel like a friggin' magician.
Hey, I have a quick question. Doine some market research and wondering if you have you would ever pay for a college algebra course? If so, what would the course have to cover, and how much would you be willing to pay for it?
@@ariston111 yes i would and i would pay about $100-150 if it covered as much material needed to prepare for precalc. Mostly factoring would be nice - the more 1on1 the better.
Unlike most of those who watch your videos, I am not a student of maths but a college lecturer in English who pursues maths as a hobby. And you have strengthened my interest and determination to work on the subject. I want to congratulate you on your systematic approach and clarity which make your lessons invaluable. Many thanks.
Hello Dr Geralyn Pinto, are you the Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English at St Agnes College, Mangalore, India? i have read many of your papers and they are amazing Dr. Have a great day! I am actually from Bengalore. Good day!
I loved this explanation, math seriously has widen since I was in school, my brother needed help and this video pretty much just taught us how to simplify something so difficult, you are my Go-to match teacher from now on
Thank you!!! My college instructor was having his own math party online by saying “you guys know this”, “should of learned before attending course”, etc. Thank you for showing this to us!!!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'm helping my son (first-year in HS) with factoring polynomials, and it's been decades since I last did these in Algebra class. I can now understand what he's learning and help him figure out the problems.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This lesson in my college algebra class had me in tears! No one explained the simplification of the magic X in any other tutorial but that is all I needed to understand what was going on! Gods bless you woman!
The most comprehensive and understandable video I've watched ever on solving quadratic equations by factorisation. Thank you. One more like, One more subscriber.👏
Thanks so much for sharing this. I've been helping my 15 yr. old son with Algebra 2, and he's currently factoring quadratics. Algebra 2 was the highest level of math I completed in college about 25 years ago (and I haven't used it since), so I've basically been relearning it while I'm helping him out. We were having a really hard time factoring whenever the x^2 had a coefficient and there was no GCF for abc. He had shown me the "magic X" technique for simpler quadratic equations, but didn't know how to apply it for the harder ones like the one you demonstrated. So thanks to your tutorial and a couple of practice problems, we were finally able to nail it. As a GenX parent I can't be more thankful to have virtual tutors like yourself accessible in a moment's notice on UA-cam. Back in my day, you were pretty much dead if you didn't understand a math concept/application and 1) your math teacher never explained it clearly and 2) you had nobody in your family that was a math wiz. So thanks a million!
Thank you. Thank you. I was teaching high school algebra and factoring 30 years ago and learned the X factor (for when the x squared has a coefficient that makes it more complicated). The student who taught this to the class called it "Texas" style, having moved from Texas to N. California. Now I'm in my 70's helping teenage grandchildren with their trigonometry at the community college. My memory is not so great anymore and we got stuck on factoring quadratics for about a week. I am so glad I found your excellent video. Everything else I looked at on UA-cam fell short of that final Texas method for solving the more complicated problems. You are genius! and I can once again look good for my grandkids.
Hey, I have a quick question. Doine some market research and wondering if you have you would ever pay for a college algebra course? If so, what would the course have to cover, and how much would you be willing to pay for it?
thank you! I have struggled and struggled with this, my algebra teachers like to have us "guess" until we figure it out. This is so awesome! Looking forward to following you thru my Trig class next semester! You are so much better than any of the professors!
I liked your explanation. Factoring quadratics is a critical skill in algebra and algebra 2 that students often struggle with. Your explanation is clear and concise.
I really didn't know what I was going to do. I'm borderline C/D in class, and this exam I'm prepping for was going to make or break my grade. This was so timely. I know you shared this years ago, but its relevant today as it was then. What a blessing you are, thank you!
Dude, literally, I have a math exam tomorrow and I had NO IDEA what I was doing, it all just seemed like magic, sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn’t, and I couldn’t find out a pattern, this honestly saved me.
@BARKER wait how.. her fingers and pen are lining up with the glass screen, from her perspective she'd be writing backwards which looks like normal on our side of the glass? brah?
@@nathanielbird9552 she is writing on a glass type of board. It would look flipped because the camera is facing the other side. So Nancy mirrored or 'flipped' the video so we can what she is writing in her perspective. I suck at explaining, but I hope that helps. For example: if Nancy wrote 'Hello' on the board, we would see it as 'olleH'. So Nancy mirrored the video for us to see it the correct way.
Nancy so much you saved my math life I have a final exam coming up and finding the 2 numbers was hard as hell thank you so much you saved my life without knowing it again thank you so deeply
Really, I have math class and it’s hour and half and I completely don’t understand anything things, but when i watch nancy video I understand before she explain. 🤣
I am a practicing engineer, but haven't thought about factoring a quadratic once in 30+ years. Recently was helping my daughter with math and I was struggling to remember how (I'd just plot it in Excel and not bother factoring it, and I've never seen an engineer actually use factoring in the workplace) and we found this video and it was exceedingly helpful in explaining it well to her. She's got her grades up to a B now in a couple days. Thank you!
Nancy you are the best. You make complicated math so easy to learn and understand . My kids and I learn more from you than in math class. Thank you so much
not even joking this thing works miracles. i dont even pay attention (i dont bring my glasses and i cant see the board) in class nor do i write notes. jammed this vid in one night before my test, and i solved all the problems on my study guide with little effort. love love love.
I WISH I would’ve found this video before we did our factoring test. My math teacher made it seem SO much harder than it should’ve been. Thank you so much for finding easier methods to explain!
Ok, so, back in the day, I used to love math. However, that was before they threw letters in the mix. Finally got the hang of that for the most part and then they decided it was a great idea to throw in shapes and I was done lol. Anyways, my point was, I didn't love it so much anymore and wasn't having much fun. That is until I started watching your videos. Now, I can solve the problems easily and math is fun again. Makes me feel smart again - that means the world to me. All that to say, you just helped a ton! Thank you so much. Keep up the great work. All the best...
My best teacher and iron my name is Anna and my name is Anna and my family name is Selsa and so there is a lot of stuff you need to know about my my brother name is a Johnny Chavo
You are the greatest Nancy, I was in tears because all my factoring came out wrong. I have never before heard your explanation on how to do factoring before. This blew my mind. Bless you for giving me hope. 🏆
A bautiful fact about factoring quadratic is, that the two numbers wich add to b and multiply to ac are just the zero points of the equasion. So you can just use the quadratic formula to find them without any of that magic X stuff
May I just THANKYOU so much. I've checked over 6 videos on this, using the people I always do and NOTHING made sense. I have my exam in 2 days and thanks to you I might actually have a chance at passing it. Your explanation was the best by far.
Words can't explain how grateful I am, thanks to you. It felt like a burden off my chest once I actually started understanding the easier way to factorise. Thank you so much and have a merry christmas! :)
Thank you so much, life saver! Back into college algebra after not having attended college for a while, having taken my last course as calculus 2. Rusty math skills required a fresh start and even that is tricky. In just a few minutes I got back in track. I appreciate it much.
I'm seriously wondering why I'm paying to take a class that's basically sending me to watch videos on YT too. Unfortunately the videos my instructor linked are nott nearly half as useful as this one.
Nancy I am 58 and watching because I never understood any math in high school and only took one math class in college. Could you please, as you are explaining "how to solve", could you also explain what this is used for. And not just for this video but all of your vids. I, long ago and far away, asked this question in a math class in college when we were learning matrixs (or is it matrices, I am also a creative speller so spelling may not be correct). I was given an answer by the instructor that was in essence: "I don't know And it doesn't matter". Well it does matter! I always had a hard time with something if there was not a stated or obvious application. Enjoy your vids, it's never too late to learn. Thank you
Used a lot in Engineering. I'm watching the video for a refresh on factorising because we're studying Calculus Optimisation and sometimes you need to factorise before you can find the derivate on a function.
Matrices are essential in computer graphics. You can express translations, rotations, scaling, shearing and perspective projection with matrices. And the cool thing is you can encode all into a single matrix.
You're just juggling number to achieve a result. What math is used for? Anything and everything. It's like asking what numbers are good for. The short answer is whatever you want to use it for. Khan made a decent video that kinda covers that basic idea. ua-cam.com/video/kpCJyQ2usJ4/v-deo.html And of course you can just look up specific examples of anything www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/quadratic-equation-real-world.html
When I was at college the way I understood quadratic equations was to visualise them on a graph. I'm sure you all know that y=x^2 graph looks like. It's a simple parabola (v-shape graph) with the lowest point at x=0. In other words, the solution to x^2 is 0, it's the value of x which gives y=0. So, the solution to a more complex equation,such as x^2+4x-12 it is simply saying what are the 2 values x where value of y is 0, i.e. the points along the x-axis where the graph cuts the x-axis. To visualise this, go to www.desmos.com/calculator and enter the quadratic x^2+4x-12 into the left panel and you'd see the parabolic graph where it cuts the x-axis at x=2 and x=-6.
I have a state exam and covid messed us up a lot so last yr we didn't learn the basics. I love how calm you are it calms my brain and makes it easy to take in the information 😊 thank youu
I realised that with this method you always have to simplify the left and the right fraction, even if you have -2/2 you have to write it as -1/1. Otherwise you get a wrong function at the end.
OMG i used to watched your videos on my way to college on a bus when i need help in college way back in 2012 and now I'm going to attend university and i have to review too much its been a decade and you videos are worth GOLD!! OR BITCOIN THIS DAYS , I love you!!
I have a D-F in Math, and in all my other subjects I have a 3.8 grade average. Doesn't really make sense right, haha. Anyway this helped so hopefully it will bring my grade up. I'm subscribing thanks so much!! :)
I feel like my math teacher just explained factoring in a weird way so I just didn’t understand. But this made it way easier to understand, thank you☺️
I’m 63 years young, and a CPA, so I use math every minute of my workday. If I had a math teacher who explains math and breaks it down to it’s simplest form, I would have enjoyed math better as an elementary and high school student. Thank God I worked very hard at math and succeeded.
What are you thinking Nancy are you dumb to something something is wrong with you man see the only brightest teacher I've ever watched on UA-cam so I don't know what you're saying you're dumb place
That x method is terrific, it actually permits you to come up with the answer mentally without even putting to paper. I can't think of any other method that would enable one to mentally factorise a trinomial with a leading co-efficient greater than one.
I know you're never going to see this but you have saved my life
she did see it XD
She did seeit
She did see it
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Ah, someone had a gun to your head forcing you to factor? Me too.
your voice is the most calming thing when you’re having a breakdown, thank you so much
No kidding! This morning: *voice breaks* I'm fine This evening: yea im cooooll
ikr !!
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@Tushaar Verma no shutup
@Tushaar Verma I don’t understand?
When my teachers started doing this it was all too complicated too quickly, pretty sure that your explanation saved my life, thanks so much.
“you don’t have to like math, but you can like my video” we love you. i thought i was about to have to cheat my way through the end of my math class and you saved me. thank you for being so much better than my actual math teacher
Everyone: *watches and tries to understand
Me: tries to figure out how she's writing🤔
she writes on a window
the video is flipped
duh its just how is she writing backwards
@@ryanmarvel737 she isn't writing backwards. in her perspective she is writing the correct way , left to right. in the original , it would show as her writing right to left. however the video is flipped, and it shows he writing left to right.
it appears as if she is left handed in the video. she is not. she is right handed in reality.
@@johndeschlong591 oh yeah yeah i see. i forgot about how when u watch a previously record video it's flipped. i completely ignored that u said the video was flipped
Ryan Marvel huh? What do you mean its flipped when you watch a previously recorded video? The only time a video is flipped is when you are viewing a front facing preview screen on a camera, or when you are using the front camera on a phone. Otherwise it was a stylistic choice done in post processing. Or, at least in this case it was done as an aesthetic teaching method to allow interaction with the viewer and the board.
I like your relaxed, laid back style. It gives me hope that I can master this without struggling all the time.
i agree 100%
I really was going to say the same. She is so relaxed.
anyone else cramming this in before a test
before Exam bro
Paul Ps haha good luck bro
Thank you
Yeah hahah
Got finals 4 hours from now
You taught me more in 10 minutes than my teacher did in 3 class days
mine is 3 years, I had to suffer for 3 years because when my teacher first introduced factoring I was lost because I thought the numbers should be both multiplied by the given and now that I learned how to factor properly I feel so dumb
Same
fr literally doing my online test now and tryna learn while taking the test lol cus i learn nothing from my teachers classes
its cuz you dont pay attention to your teacher in class
You’ve learned how to learn apply yourself who cares what your teachers says you wanted to learn something so you done research to learn good job
I was this close to just dropping out. I am not great at algebra and I feel like I’m just burned out and done. Your video helped soothe that frustration I’ve been on UA-cam for an hour sifting through a dozen long confusing videos. I appreciate that you have posted this thank you so much. Your voice is soothing which helped with my frustration and the explanation was clear and simple. Again THANK YOU.
My teacher literally wants us to go by trial and error. I said "there must be a better way!" and looked you up immediately. You are a godsend, magic x trick for the win. Little does she know, I got NancyPi in my corner. Thank you thank you thank you!!!
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@@jaijaikrishan921 imagine self promoting smh
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For interest sake, how old are you?
@@Robertianocockrell why does that matter lmao 😂 random question
My teacher was literally using squares and triangles to factor and I wanted to kms thanks for helping Nancy ❤️
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Is she writing backwards? What?! Genius. If this is hard for me staring at the paper in the usual order, I couldn’t imagine writing everything facing the other way
More likely it's that she writes the normal way then flips the video.
It's also not all that difficult. Start with your name, and then a small sentence. Your mind can flip pretty quickly, like swapping left/right on a game controller. It's weird, but after a game or two your mind adjusts for you.
the video is flipped lmao
@@abdulmoiz74 first you have to listen to a bunch of Beatles records on vinyl, played backwards, and when you learn to think backwards, then you can write backwards 😅
I LOVE YOU NANCY. i was near tears minutes ago because nothing my teacher said made any sense. If only all teachers were as helpful as you ;-;
@Q QLOKE omg samee they r both good
Yeah,She is very good at explaning maths to us.Thank u Nancy!!!Now I startes seeing Quadratics Expression more easy.
how do you write backwards ?
The video is probably just mirrored. Unless she's left handed.
Yeah pretty sure they just flipped the image
Nephtali Moreno she actually has a rare disorder that causes her brain to flip images and words in her head
@@bunnylow5753 I'm dead 😂😂😂
@Roberto Murillo what
Why would someone dislike this. I mean... you guys get how many students she saved from failing? Including me LOL
yes ikr i was thinking that too lol
it's probably the math trs mad at her for teaching better than them lmao XD
She should be our maths teacher..
hahaha preachhhhhh
they prolly failed their test🙄💔
So, Im 37, and have been out of math class for a long time...in fact I'm convinced I got a B in college algebra bc I ran into my professor at a bar one night, but anyway. I've been trying to just see how much I could remember and I literally put my book away already and did some dishes because for some reason, quadratics are always my kryptonite. Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I just got 5 correct in a row and feel like a friggin' magician.
This is truly amazing, I spent all of high school dreading this but she makes this really understandable. Very grateful, thank you!!
Excellent video
Hey, I have a quick question. Doine some market research and wondering if you have you would ever pay for a college algebra course? If so, what would the course have to cover, and how much would you be willing to pay for it?
@@ariston111 yes i would and i would pay about $100-150 if it covered as much material needed to prepare for precalc. Mostly factoring would be nice - the more 1on1 the better.
You literally taught me more in 9 minutes than I ever learned in 2 weeks from my geometry class trying to figure this out
Unlike most of those who watch your videos, I am not a student of maths but a college lecturer in English who pursues maths as a hobby. And you have strengthened my interest and determination to work on the subject. I want to congratulate you on your systematic approach and clarity which make your lessons invaluable. Many thanks.
Is this Geralyn Pinto? I think I saw your comment on this video
@@Prucix Yes it is Geralyn Pinto from Mangalore in South India.
Hello Dr Geralyn Pinto, are you the Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English at St Agnes College, Mangalore, India? i have read many of your papers and they are amazing Dr. Have a great day! I am actually from Bengalore. Good day!
Tysm, whenever my tutor explains this, she goes too fast and writes down countless formulas that I can't even muster up, you saved my life there
I wish you were my math teacher
UC... She is our teacher.
I do like her, but my math teacher is already pretty good
where were math teachers like her when I was in school? I would have stayed after school for her!
Fax she cute af
@@saulcastillo524 LMAOO
Basic Type Factoring: 0:32
Factor out a GCF, Then Revert Back to Basic Type Factoring: 3:48
Magic-X Technique: 5:09
Appreciate it. Couldn’t handle the whole video, especially a stiff guy like me😏
@@Yuki-xl1xg bro wtf? You are pathetic
@@Yuki-xl1xgain’t no way
Why do I haven't seen this sooner? This 9 minute video is worth a the week of my instructor teaching factoring. Salute!
I loved this explanation, math seriously has widen since I was in school, my brother needed help and this video pretty much just taught us how to simplify something so difficult, you are my Go-to match teacher from now on
Kya chutiya hotai ho bai tumlog maths ka m bhi nahi ata 🤣
Thank you!!! My college instructor was having his own math party online by saying “you guys know this”, “should of learned before attending course”, etc. Thank you for showing this to us!!!!
WATCHING THIS 5 YEARS LATER AND YOU SAVED ME THANK YOU SO MICH
Nancy: I have never run across the magic “X” technique before. That is a wicked trick! Thank you
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'm helping my son (first-year in HS) with factoring polynomials, and it's been decades since I last did these in Algebra class. I can now understand what he's learning and help him figure out the problems.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This lesson in my college algebra class had me in tears! No one explained the simplification of the magic X in any other tutorial but that is all I needed to understand what was going on! Gods bless you woman!
The most comprehensive and understandable video I've watched ever on solving quadratic equations by factorisation. Thank you.
One more like,
One more subscriber.👏
I literally looked up 5 different videos to learn this, and your vid is the only one that I understand. Thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing this. I've been helping my 15 yr. old son with Algebra 2, and he's currently factoring quadratics. Algebra 2 was the highest level of math I completed in college about 25 years ago (and I haven't used it since), so I've basically been relearning it while I'm helping him out.
We were having a really hard time factoring whenever the x^2 had a coefficient and there was no GCF for abc. He had shown me the "magic X" technique for simpler quadratic equations, but didn't know how to apply it for the harder ones like the one you demonstrated. So thanks to your tutorial and a couple of practice problems, we were finally able to nail it. As a GenX parent I can't be more thankful to have virtual tutors like yourself accessible in a moment's notice on UA-cam. Back in my day, you were pretty much dead if you didn't understand a math concept/application and 1) your math teacher never explained it clearly and 2) you had nobody in your family that was a math wiz. So thanks a million!
Hi mom
Your voice is softer than Downy Liquid Fabric Softener
Fantastic huh?
Lol true
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Are u sponsored?
Christiano Rubaldo lmao 😹😹😹😹
Thanks for the explanation. Factoring quadratics throughout algebra took me forever to learn, when I first did it at school.
Thank you. Thank you. I was teaching high school algebra and factoring 30 years ago and learned the X factor (for when the x squared has a coefficient that makes it more complicated). The student who taught this to the class called it "Texas" style, having moved from Texas to N. California. Now I'm in my 70's helping teenage grandchildren with their trigonometry at the community college. My memory is not so great anymore and we got stuck on factoring quadratics for about a week. I am so glad I found your excellent video. Everything else I looked at on UA-cam fell short of that final Texas method for solving the more complicated problems. You are genius! and I can once again look good for my grandkids.
I’m just about to finish up on my freshman year and I gotta say, I wish I had an Algebra teacher like you. You’re an amazing teacher and an angel.
Head up Algebra 2 kicked my ass so I reccomend taking that course serious
Hey, I have a quick question. Doine some market research and wondering if you have you would ever pay for a college algebra course? If so, what would the course have to cover, and how much would you be willing to pay for it?
@@CarlosRodriguez-vy1kb oh god, how hard is it? I need to take it
@@dddaaa6965 pretty fucken hard if u don’t study enough
thank you! I have struggled and struggled with this, my algebra teachers like to have us "guess" until we figure it out. This is so awesome! Looking forward to following you thru my Trig class next semester! You are so much better than any of the professors!
That's what my teacher said too
I liked your explanation. Factoring quadratics is a critical skill in algebra and algebra 2 that students often struggle with. Your explanation is clear and concise.
I really didn't know what I was going to do. I'm borderline C/D in class, and this exam I'm prepping for was going to make or break my grade. This was so timely. I know you shared this years ago, but its relevant today as it was then. What a blessing you are, thank you!
Dude, literally, I have a math exam tomorrow and I had NO IDEA what I was doing, it all just seemed like magic, sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn’t, and I couldn’t find out a pattern, this honestly saved me.
She's writing backwards. The dedication she has.
@BARKER wait how.. her fingers and pen are lining up with the glass screen, from her perspective she'd be writing backwards which looks like normal on our side of the glass? brah?
@@nathanielbird9552 she is writing on a glass type of board. It would look flipped because the camera is facing the other side. So Nancy mirrored or 'flipped' the video so we can what she is writing in her perspective. I suck at explaining, but I hope that helps.
For example: if Nancy wrote 'Hello' on the board, we would see it as 'olleH'. So Nancy mirrored the video for us to see it the correct way.
@@haninmohamed4201 i went to a second of her videos and got it, thonks anywayy
The video is flipped. She's not writing backward.
Nancy so much you saved my math life I have a final exam coming up and finding the 2 numbers was hard as hell thank you so much you saved my life without knowing it again thank you so deeply
Always save people from stuff because my name is name
In 3 minutes I understood what I didn't understand in an 1 hour college lecture. Thank you soo much!
Really, I have math class and it’s hour and half and I completely don’t understand anything things, but when i watch nancy video I understand before she explain. 🤣
Thank you so much Nancy, I was having difficulties with factoring and you helped me make it feel effortless, you’re appreciated.
I am a practicing engineer, but haven't thought about factoring a quadratic once in 30+ years. Recently was helping my daughter with math and I was struggling to remember how (I'd just plot it in Excel and not bother factoring it, and I've never seen an engineer actually use factoring in the workplace) and we found this video and it was exceedingly helpful in explaining it well to her. She's got her grades up to a B now in a couple days. Thank you!
This is way easier than what I learned in HS or what my college algebra teacher taught us. I may actually pass this exam. Thanks!
gives me hope :)
Did you pass?
@@beamed7008 Everybody knows when you are behind a police car that you don't pass. What's wrong with you?
@@almoemason Did you pass the exam
@@beamed7008 What are you talking about? I would never agree to take a field sobriety test.
Nancy you are the best. You make complicated math so easy to learn and understand . My kids and I learn more from you than in math class. Thank you so much
not even joking this thing works miracles. i dont even pay attention (i dont bring my glasses and i cant see the board) in class nor do i write notes. jammed this vid in one night before my test, and i solved all the problems on my study guide with little effort. love love love.
I WISH I would’ve found this video before we did our factoring test. My math teacher made it seem SO much harder than it should’ve been. Thank you so much for finding easier methods to explain!
THANK YOU NANCY! YOU LITERALLY MADE ME STOP FROM CRYING ABOUT MATH! :)
damn u down bad
Actually thank you so much. I tried doing this on ALEKS but its explanation was actual nonsense. I would never have figured it out without you.
Ok, so, back in the day, I used to love math. However, that was before they threw letters in the mix. Finally got the hang of that for the most part and then they decided it was a great idea to throw in shapes and I was done lol. Anyways, my point was, I didn't love it so much anymore and wasn't having much fun. That is until I started watching your videos. Now, I can solve the problems easily and math is fun again. Makes me feel smart again - that means the world to me. All that to say, you just helped a ton! Thank you so much. Keep up the great work. All the best...
relatable
oh my god, i just came here after finding out i have end of year tests that i'm going to fail. AND YOU'VE GIVEN ME HOPE!!!! Thank you!!!
Just a question, which school do u study in? I might know. I'm 14 and I study at NAISAK
My best teacher and iron my name is Anna and my name is Anna and my family name is Selsa and so there is a lot of stuff you need to know about my my brother name is a Johnny Chavo
You are the greatest Nancy, I was in tears because all my factoring came out wrong. I have never before heard your explanation on how to do factoring before. This blew my mind. Bless you for giving me hope. 🏆
The only thing I'm thinking about for 9:14mins is how impressive your backward writing is
shes writing normally, the camera is inverted
A bautiful fact about factoring quadratic is, that the two numbers wich add to b and multiply to ac are just the zero points of the equasion. So you can just use the quadratic formula to find them without any of that magic X stuff
I'm more impressed than anything else that she's writing this all back to front so we can see it the right way around on the glass 😀
its flipped
@@aaron4965 you think she's right handed and flipped the video in post? That's my illusion ruined 😂
Thank you for teaching me!! Gone from anxious to confident in less than an hour ☺️
May I just THANKYOU so much. I've checked over 6 videos on this, using the people I always do and NOTHING made sense. I have my exam in 2 days and thanks to you I might actually have a chance at passing it. Your explanation was the best by far.
So glad you’re back.
@Akash Pal no
would you please stop finding your x just accept that he is gone
Jrc Destreza 😂😂😂
I don't even want the damn x (I have no choice)
no one would bounce on nancy she too fine and intelligent
First she's gotta find the Y to know why he left.
oof, i can't even like the comment cause its on 420 likes.... F
Words can't explain how grateful I am, thanks to you. It felt like a burden off my chest once I actually started understanding the easier way to factorise. Thank you so much and have a merry christmas! :)
Writing backwards so naturally is the most impressive thing about this.
Watching this before finals....
Gud luck
@@skytroopers6918 saying good luck about 2 months after she took the test
@@luchovargas9357 lmaoo
@@luchovargas9357 lmfao!
Thank you so much, life saver! Back into college algebra after not having attended college for a while, having taken my last course as calculus 2. Rusty math skills required a fresh start and even that is tricky. In just a few minutes I got back in track. I appreciate it much.
Our math teacher just told us to go watch math videos lol
😂😂😂😂
I'm seriously wondering why I'm paying to take a class that's basically sending me to watch videos on YT too. Unfortunately the videos my instructor linked are nott nearly half as useful as this one.
Nancy I am 58 and watching because I never understood any math in high school and only took one math class in college. Could you please, as you are explaining "how to solve", could you also explain what this is used for. And not just for this video but all of your vids. I, long ago and far away, asked this question in a math class in college when we were learning matrixs (or is it matrices, I am also a creative speller so spelling may not be correct). I was given an answer by the instructor that was in essence: "I don't know And it doesn't matter". Well it does matter! I always had a hard time with something if there was not a stated or obvious application. Enjoy your vids, it's never too late to learn. Thank you
Used a lot in Engineering. I'm watching the video for a refresh on factorising because we're studying Calculus Optimisation and sometimes you need to factorise before you can find the derivate on a function.
Matrices are essential in computer graphics. You can express translations, rotations, scaling, shearing and perspective projection with matrices. And the cool thing is you can encode all into a single matrix.
It is used in engineering but it is also used for problem solving skills.
You're just juggling number to achieve a result. What math is used for? Anything and everything. It's like asking what numbers are good for. The short answer is whatever you want to use it for. Khan made a decent video that kinda covers that basic idea.
ua-cam.com/video/kpCJyQ2usJ4/v-deo.html
And of course you can just look up specific examples of anything
www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/quadratic-equation-real-world.html
When I was at college the way I understood quadratic equations was to visualise them on a graph. I'm sure you all know that y=x^2 graph looks like. It's a simple parabola (v-shape graph) with the lowest point at x=0. In other words, the solution to x^2 is 0, it's the value of x which gives y=0.
So, the solution to a more complex equation,such as x^2+4x-12 it is simply saying what are the 2 values x where value of y is 0, i.e. the points along the x-axis where the graph cuts the x-axis.
To visualise this, go to www.desmos.com/calculator and enter the quadratic x^2+4x-12 into the left panel and you'd see the parabolic graph where it cuts the x-axis at x=2 and x=-6.
Extremely Helpful. I have been struggling with this for about an hour. Your method really makes things a lot easier. Thank You!
I have a state exam and covid messed us up a lot so last yr we didn't learn the basics. I love how calm you are it calms my brain and makes it easy to take in the information
😊 thank youu
I realised that with this method you always have to simplify the left and the right fraction, even if you have -2/2 you have to write it as -1/1. Otherwise you get a wrong function at the end.
OMG i used to watched your videos on my way to college on a bus when i need help in college way back in 2012 and now I'm going to attend university and i have to review too much its been a decade and you videos are worth GOLD!! OR BITCOIN THIS DAYS , I love you!!
thanks that X magic method is really helpful
the one time i’m missing from school we do this and now i’m so lost in the homework 💧👁👄👁💧
Nancy, you keep saving my life as math comes in on one of my ears and a day later leaves on the other! Thanks!
"You don't need to like math but you can like my video"
Me:😂🤣
I have a D-F in Math, and in all my other subjects I have a 3.8 grade average. Doesn't really make sense right, haha. Anyway this helped so hopefully it will bring my grade up. I'm subscribing thanks so much!! :)
I am almost crying with how much I appreciate you right now. THANKYOU NancyPi!!!! Subscribed
I’ve never seen that X method. It’s awesome! I struggle with this. Thank you, Nancy!!
Thank you Nancy! I like the magic X! That was awesome.
That magix X trick is AMAZING!!
Honestly, fabulous teacher! Makes everything seem so simple! Love you sooooo much! Thanks for making me reach astar in math!
I feel like my math teacher just explained factoring in a weird way so I just didn’t understand. But this made it way easier to understand, thank you☺️
I’m 63 years young, and a CPA, so I use math every minute of my workday. If I had a math teacher who explains math and breaks it down to it’s simplest form, I would have enjoyed math better as an elementary and high school student. Thank God I worked very hard at math and succeeded.
WOW I don't know how to thank you! I was struggling to do this in precalc and you saved me!
What are you thinking Nancy are you dumb to something something is wrong with you man see the only brightest teacher I've ever watched on UA-cam so I don't know what you're saying you're dumb place
Thank you for helping you helping me in my freshman in high school
trae young had a coma reading your comment
That x method is terrific, it actually permits you to come up with the answer mentally without even putting to paper. I can't think of any other method that would enable one to mentally factorise a trinomial with a leading co-efficient greater than one.
Those dislike are from math teachers who are horrible at teaching
This comment is so underrated
You should have 100 million subribers...you are better than my algebra teacher...😍
pewdiepie does so he must be great at teaching math
@@overlord-6644 XD
@@overlord-6644 but t series has more
dave forfav t series isn’t a person hence they can’t become a teacher
i dont know how but this woman i found on a random sunday is gonna be the reason i pass methods ty so much wtf how was that so good????
Is no one going to talk about the fact that she is writing backwards just so we can read it
It's called mirroring the video silly
@@lastchance1036 Oh loll
thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! your a good teacher!
Found this video when my daughter asked me to help her with her homework. You Truly are a life saver :)
does the magic X really work for ANY factoring quad?
Yare Yare Daze
@Ayesha Younis, yup.
It works on any quadratic equation, in fact, this is what i was actually taught straight off the bat in my school..
@Ayesha Younis, yup.
It works on any quadratic equation, in fact, this is what i was actually taught straight off the bat in my school..
Not if the last number isn’t a constant
no it doesnt
"Thank GOD", and thank you very much ☺️ That was REALLY EASY and REALLY good 😎 😉
I flipping love you. U don't know how much your explaining and everything helps. I love how there is like a window thingy to write on
no one gonna go over the fact she's technically writing backwards on her side?
She flips the clip before posting most likely
No one gonna talk about how she is writing backwards?
I noticed that too lmao
I notice that too
She just writes normally on glass and then flips the video in post
@@XlarallUntang She writes on glass but not normally, it's backwards.(as you can tell by her facial expressions when she's writing)
Bruh your profile pick fits
Your skill in writing backwards on the glass is amazing.
Thank you this helps so much!
Hot damn! This is the best way to factor quadratics, thank you.
How else u factored those??
Thank you so much,this is the first maths video on UA-cam I actually genuinely understood!
Excellent video