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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2023
  • The zeros of a function are the x values at which the value of the function is zero. This is equivalent to solving for x by setting the function equal to 0.
    The video shows the following
    * How to find the possible zeros (rational)
    * How to do synthetic division
    * How to check and see which of the possible zeros are actual zeros
    * What to do after finding one of the zeros to find the rest of the zeros

КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @junkmail4613
    @junkmail4613 7 місяців тому +7

    That was beautiful!!! (75 retired Electrical engineer here) Never heard of synthetic division. Wait, in hindsight, I remember polynomial division looking like long division, but it was demonstrated quickly, and rarely used in developing other math. Just needed to know it could be done, but again rarely used.. YOU ARE a prime tutor. I value your lessions!

  • @29brendus
    @29brendus Рік тому +7

    Although I am an engineer now I struggled with maths in secondary school and in University. I had a sucession of very bad maths teachers. No, I'm not a bad workman blaming my tools, but for maths in particlar, one needs a good methodical teacher. I learned more here in these videos that in 8 years of maths study and must admit that I had never heard of synthetic division? I did matrices in UNI, but nobody ever said they could be applied to solve equations? I'm 67 and semi-retired but always fascinated by maths! Thanks.

  • @Farhaan155
    @Farhaan155 Рік тому +18

    I am happy that you are frequently posting lecture videos❤

  • @larrymorley2579
    @larrymorley2579 Рік тому +17

    Maybe a video on "synthetic division" would be good?

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  Рік тому +5

      That's a great idea 💡.
      I'll post one soon.

    • @sashazxtt
      @sashazxtt Рік тому +2

      I was going to say I needed a refresher 😀

  • @lorenzocole8166
    @lorenzocole8166 Рік тому +3

    I see all of your tutoring shorts. I have searched UA-cam for about a week finally discovered your channel and I had to subscribe.

  • @empathy800
    @empathy800 Рік тому +5

    I simply used factoring by grouping.
    (3x^4-9x^2-12) -10x^3+40x=
    3(x^4-3x^2-4) -10x(x^2-4)= 3(x^2)^2-3(x^2)-4 -10x(x^2-4)=
    X^2-4(3(x^2+1)-10x)
    x=+/-2,3,1/3
    Note: i did have to use the quadratic formula. Hence, im not sure if it was less steps.

    • @empathy800
      @empathy800 Рік тому

      @forcelifeforce you're correct. Once I saw the coefficient, I defaulted to wanting to use the quadratic formula instead of factoring directly.

    • @user-ss9kg4of4x
      @user-ss9kg4of4x 4 місяці тому

      expand out second bracket: 3x^2 -10x+3 then ( 3x-1)(x-3 )
      x=+-2, 3,1/3

  • @luisclementeortegasegovia8603
    @luisclementeortegasegovia8603 Рік тому +1

    It great that you are posting these videos!!
    To teach it's the best thing a man can do! 👍

  • @sharifahmed45
    @sharifahmed45 Рік тому +4

    Thanks prof, could you please kindly increase your upload and concentrate one specific playlist like precalculus, Trig, Calculus, and linear algebra. You are greatly needed in your expertise. Thanks again

  • @lalaromero8907
    @lalaromero8907 Рік тому +1

    You are amazing teacher!

  • @tendaichaonwa9995
    @tendaichaonwa9995 Рік тому +1

    Thanks Prof T. I learnt a new cool way of factoring polynomials from your video, I taught it to my learners and they enjoyed it. Please do a video on synthetic multiplication.

  • @panyachunnanonda6274
    @panyachunnanonda6274 Рік тому

    Thank you, I love this VDO clip.

  • @KnowYourself06
    @KnowYourself06 Рік тому +9

    I watch his videos religiously.
    But This one went over my head. 😢😢
    After getting 12 values for p/q, why pick 2.🧐??

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  Рік тому +18

      I could've picked any number from the list of p/q. However, I picked 2 because I knew it would work since I knew the answer ahead of time. This was done to save time for the video.

    • @torque7742
      @torque7742 Рік тому

      ​@@mrhtutoringso how we also know the Answer ahead of Time.

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  Рік тому +2

      @@torque7742 I tried dividing by other p/q before making the video.

    • @torque7742
      @torque7742 Рік тому +1

      @@mrhtutoring could you make a video how we get Quick answers
      In less time.

    • @domosautomotive1929
      @domosautomotive1929 Рік тому +1

      You can also use Descartes' rule of signs to narrow down the list of possible rational zeros. If you determine that there is only 1 positive zero, once you find it you can focus on the negative zeros.

  • @robertjohnson1962
    @robertjohnson1962 12 днів тому

    Sorry, I had an Amazon delivery, could you repeat that? Just kidding, you are the best. Thank you!

  • @FirasTaibi
    @FirasTaibi Рік тому +1

    i found this pretty helpful
    Thank u teacher

  • @TechnocratSohail
    @TechnocratSohail Рік тому +1

    Great going..

  • @JASONKINGMATHK
    @JASONKINGMATHK 6 місяців тому

    좋은강의입니다

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  6 місяців тому

      댓글 감사합니다 ~

  • @PlanetNumeracy
    @PlanetNumeracy 3 дні тому

    Nice solution!

  • @jesusvega6316
    @jesusvega6316 Рік тому +4

    Thank you

  • @user-kl9ki2gj2g
    @user-kl9ki2gj2g Рік тому

    I remember before taking limits, derivatives and integrals there was a whole ass unit about partial fractions, the remainder theory and many more.

  • @LeonKayombo-yk4tc
    @LeonKayombo-yk4tc Рік тому +1

    Ooh nice it is !

  • @jefferynewton9578
    @jefferynewton9578 3 місяці тому

    Outstanding

  • @user-iq3gz6fm2q
    @user-iq3gz6fm2q 10 місяців тому

    ขอบคุณครับ

  • @teluguprapancham5147
    @teluguprapancham5147 Рік тому +1

    sir upload all algebra and arthematic concepts viodes and shortcuts

  • @georiashang1120
    @georiashang1120 7 місяців тому +1

    have you ever heard a method called "double cross"?
    1 -5 6
    3 5 -2
    1*3=3, 6*(-2)=-12, 1*5+3*(-5)=-10,(-5)*(-2)+5*6=40, 1*(-2)+3*6+(-5)*5=-9
    (x^2-5x+6)(3x^2+5x-2)=0
    (x-2)(x-3)(3x-1)(x+2)=0
    easy peacy

  • @AnonGeek
    @AnonGeek Рік тому +3

    How did he factorize the equation of degree 2?

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  Рік тому +6

      It's mostly guessing and checking.

    • @sashazxtt
      @sashazxtt Рік тому +3

      @@mrhtutoring and years of experience 😀

    • @hang10wannabe
      @hang10wannabe 8 місяців тому

      You can also use the quadratic equation to figure it out if you're not confident in factoring: ax2 + bx + c

  • @mrengine970
    @mrengine970 Рік тому +1

    Cant we just test the all the factors of 12 by substituting it into p(x) then take the one that gives zero ? Then do synthetic division from there?

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  Рік тому +3

      That's possible only when q=1.
      If not, you have do p/q for possible zeros

  • @JulesMoyaert_photo
    @JulesMoyaert_photo 8 місяців тому

    👍

  • @josephshaff5194
    @josephshaff5194 10 місяців тому

    Does Rational Zeros Theorem work on all degrees of Polynomials quintic and above ?

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  10 місяців тому +1

      Yes.

    • @josephshaff5194
      @josephshaff5194 10 місяців тому

      @@mrhtutoring Thanks !
      I tried it on my TI-84 CE+.
      Gotta start doing more Matlab & Python

  • @onlygoodpartloop
    @onlygoodpartloop 6 місяців тому

    Thank You so much sir, I just started learning math from zero I stuck on this topic for over 5 hours now, I was asking why I'm dividing those terms in synthetic division I tried chat gpt, bard but nothing and now you showed from start to end how to use the method and it's really beautiful method 🤍, I will still try to figure out how the method came into existence .

  • @torque7742
    @torque7742 Рік тому

    Professor could you please bring chapters of class 11th math
    Long video.
    Basic concepts.

  • @md.hossain4974
    @md.hossain4974 Рік тому +1

    Is the possible rational roots method only applicable for polynomials of 4?

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  Рік тому +3

      No, it works for all

    • @md.hossain4974
      @md.hossain4974 Рік тому

      @@mrhtutoring then if we get a binomial like 4x^2 + 3x + 2 = 0, then the roots willbe two conjugate complex numbers... How can you derive a possible rational root which is complex, otherwise we are not getting a solution...

    • @carultch
      @carultch 4 місяці тому

      @@md.hossain4974 The rational roots theorem in general, works for a polynomial, regardless of the degree of the polynomial. It works for quadratics, cubics, quartics, and anything beyond.
      The reason it doesn't work for your specific example, is that the rational roots theorem isn't a guaranteed way to solve for polynomial roots. It's just a way to take educated guesses to solve for polynomial roots in the special case that you have at least one root. Once you find a rational root, you can use it to reduce the degree of the polynomial, and simplify your work to find the rest. For instance, if you find one rational root to a cubic, you can reduce it to a quadratic, and use the quadratic formula to find the two remaining roots.
      There are formulas that work as master keys for general solutions to the quadratic, the cubic, and the quartic. But the quartic is the end of the line; Galois proved there is no quintic formula, or anything beyond.

  • @geremymuccleswood307
    @geremymuccleswood307 10 місяців тому

    Is there another way of doing these types of questions? 😅 I thought it was quite time consuming😊 thx

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  10 місяців тому

      Not without a graphing a calculator.

    • @pureffm
      @pureffm 10 місяців тому

      @@mrhtutoring Could we not use an obvious root and then use a, b constants for the x² and x terms, then develop the equation and finally solve the two unknown system by equating the constant terms to the initial equation? Seems it would be faster.

    • @hang10wannabe
      @hang10wannabe 8 місяців тому +1

      @@pureffm Without a graphing calculator, there is no "obvious" root in most of these problems. There is a guess and check method unless you try factoring by grouping but I'm not confident in that.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 5 місяців тому

      There is a quartic formula, that is the master key for solving any quartic equation with a 4th power as the highest power. The quartic is as far as we can go, if we want a formula that just uses elementary functions to find the solution to a polynomial. Quintics and beyond, have no such formula.

  • @seventhunder777
    @seventhunder777 Рік тому

    I am a little lost. but will come back to it later.

  • @HH_Vision
    @HH_Vision Рік тому

    but what if there is a quartic without any rational zeros? like this one x^4-8x^3+6x^2+7x-3=0? How would You solve it?

    • @eccentrico5965
      @eccentrico5965 Рік тому +1

      Sad to say, but the method he used only works if P(x) contained at least rational real roots-the definition of rational root or rational zero theorem itself. It means u need to use the general formula for P(x) with degree of n.

    • @HH_Vision
      @HH_Vision Рік тому

      @@eccentrico5965 Yeah i know, I was only wondering how one would solve a quartic without any real rational roots.

    • @carultch
      @carultch Рік тому

      @@HH_Vision There is a quartic formula that can solve ANY quartic, just like there is a quadratic formula, but it is very difficult and computationally intensive to use, that it is rarely used in practice. You are generally better off using Newton's method to extract the decimal expansion of the root of a quartic, which is what I'd usually do if I had to solve one in a practical application. I know how to solve cubics with Cardano's formula, and I've only been able to figure out how to use Ferrari's quartic formula in special cases of quartics.
      Interestingly enough, the quartic is the end of the line, when it comes to a formula as the master key for finding the roots of a polynomial. There is no quintic formula, or anything beyond. Not that we haven't discovered one yet, but Galois (pronounced Gal-wah) proved that it is impossible for one to exist, using only arithmetic, powers and roots, and even elementary transcendental functions like trig.

  • @charlesabernathy5842
    @charlesabernathy5842 Рік тому

    Professor, one those or any number must have a singular verb. For example, one of those numbers is the correct one. You use 'is' because the verb agrees with 'one' not these numbers or numbers. That's because the verb in the sentence agrees with the subject noun or pronoun that precedes the preposition in a a sentence or phrase. Google verb and preposition agreement. However, things for showing us your brilliant techniques of computations.

    • @mrhtutoring
      @mrhtutoring  Рік тому

      Thanks for pointing out the mistake.
      But when I'm teaching or making the videos, grammar is the last thing on my mind. There's so much going on in my head when I'm making these videos by myself~

  • @moeberry8226
    @moeberry8226 9 місяців тому

    This would have been harder if you don’t state that the zeros are rational.

  • @jakeowens1770
    @jakeowens1770 Рік тому

    Moses!

  • @christiaan3315
    @christiaan3315 2 місяці тому

    Horner's rule does it much faster.

  • @brianoconner7645
    @brianoconner7645 Рік тому

    The guessing part is so annoying/random. Yet that’s what you have to do, right?

  • @Lesser302
    @Lesser302 Рік тому

    If you could see my face at the door of that 😮 I’m going to need a minute or 2 🤤🙃👀

    • @Lesser302
      @Lesser302 Рік тому

      Door is nothing like End is Ai going crazy

  • @jorgesolis7891
    @jorgesolis7891 10 місяців тому

    All i know is that 0 doesn't excist....