February 8, 2013
This worksheet is made up of a collection of graphs of polynomial and rational functions, challenging students to observe key features and come up with an equation for each. solutions
January 26, 2013
A PowerPoint presentation on Solving Polynomial Equations by Factoring. (Use PowerPoint’s pen tool on an interactive white board to solve the problems on the screen.)
Here is a PowerPoint I use when introducing end-behavior of polynomial functions. For each slide everyone raises arms or lowers arms to indicate the end-behavior of the polynomial. The left arm indicates what happens to \(y\) as \(x\rightarrow -\infty \) and the right arm indicates what Read more…