Graphing Polynomials - Cool math Algebra Help Lessons - Basic Shapes

$Cool math fractal$

Your browser does not support the IFRAME tag.

$cool math anxiety survival and success guide$ $cool geometry art - fractals, polyhedra, more$ $other math stuff$
$cool math lessons$ $cool math games and practice problems$ $cool math games$ $free online math dictionary$
$Cool Math 4 Kids$

Coolmath Algebra
Graphing Polynomials Lesson 2 - Basic Shape - Even Degree (Intro to Zeros) (page 3 of 5)
---- This algebra lesson explains the basic shapes of the graphs of even degree polynomials and gives an introduction to zeros.

Your browser does not support the IFRAME tag.

	Your browser does not support the IFRAME tag.


Graphing Calculator	Scientific Calculator	<< a new window will open for these

Check out this guy:

f ( x ) = x^4 - 2x^3 - 5x^2 + 6x

Stick him into the graphing calculator and see what happens!

x^4-2x^3-5x^2+6x

Your graph should look like this:

Graph of f ( x ) = x^4 - 2x^3 - 5x^2 + 6x

Two things to notice here:

	Both tails shoot up
	This guy crosses the x-axis 4 times... What's his degree? 4! Repeat after me... Duuuuuude!

(We aren't going to worry at all about how high the mountains are and how low the valleys are. We'd really need Calculus to nail this info.)

f ( x ) = x^4 - 2x^3 - 5x^2+ 6x ... I'm going to start calling everything but the x^4 "plus some x stuff"

f ( x ) = x^4 - 2x^3 - 5x^2 + 6x ... the x^4 rules the basic shape, the other stuff gives it the cool wobbles

Continued on the next page

The printing and distribution and/or downloading of these lessons is strictly prohibited.


Graphing Calculator	Scientific Calculator	<< a new window will open for these

||||| copyrights and fair use of these lessons |||||

.....::::::::::::::: HELP SUPPORT COOLMATH :::::::::::::::.....
::::::: link to us ::::::: advertise with us ::::::: why we have ads ::::::: cool math games store :::::::

|| about us || about our Cool Math Games || safe surfing || privacy policy || terms of use || copyrights & fair use ||

|| cool math pre-algebra || cool math algebra || cool math precalculus / calculus || cool math anxiety survival || geometry / art / fractals / polyhedra ||
|| free online brain bender and jigsaw puzzles || cool math books || other math stuff ||

|| cool math lessons: how to... || cool math games & practice problems || cool math 4 kids lessons and games || cool math games for arithmetic ||
|| free online math dictionary || geometry / trigonometry reference || cool math for teachers || cool math for parents || cool math games ||

|| Coolified Games || Cool Math 4 kids || Spike's Game Zone || Finance Freak || Totally Stressed Out || Science Monster lessons ||