Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Quadratic Functions

stardard form is ax² + bx + cy² + dy + e= 0.

if your equation looks like 2x² + 2y² = 4 , then it is a circle because a = c.


if c or a = 0, the equation is a parabola.


if a and c have different signs, the equation is a hyperbola


if a is not equal to to c, but they have the same signs, then the graph would look like a ellipse.

Multiplying Matrix

to determine how you need to multipy the matrices you must write a demension statement.
[5,6] [5,2,1]
[3,8] [2,6,9]
[6,8]

this demension would be 3 x 2 times 2 x 3.

the underlined number must be the same for the problem to be able to solve it.
the numbers on the outside need to be the same as well.
the equation for this is :