2.1 Understanding Graphs
Supercharge your thinking with the language of algebra.
Seeing Solutions
Practice Seeing Solutions
Revealing Patterns
Practice Revealing Patterns
Graphing Equations
Practice Graphing Equations
Diminishing Returns
Intercepts
Practice Intercepts
Up and Down
Practice Up and Down
Minimums and Maximums
Practice Minimums and Maximums
Graph Gallery
Practice Graph Gallery
Optimizing Revenue
Steepness
Practice Steepness
The Y-Intercept
Practice The Y-Intercept
Parameters
Practice Parameters
Equations and Lines
Practice Equations and Lines
Problem Solving with Lines
Practice Problem Solving with Lines
Multiplying Equations
Practice Multiplying Equations
Parabola Features
Practice Parabola Features
Shaping Parabolas
Practice Shaping Parabolas
Building Quadratics
Practice Building Quadratics
Course description
This course explores the twin pillars of algebraic thinking—equations and graphs. With these two tools, we'll unpack algebra's big ideas and develop a powerful perspective to solve its essential problems. By the end of this course, you'll understand graphs and their relationship to the equations they represent, enabling you to answer questions involving equations even when it's impossible to solve them by hand. Though a familiarity with solving equations is helpful, we'll start with a review of the basics and build on them throughout the course. When you finish, you'll be ready to conquer a wide range of algebraic techniques in Algebra 1.
Topics covered
- Algebraic Expressions
- Coordinate Plane
- Equations
- Graphs
- Linear Equations
- Ordered Pairs
- Rates
- Simplifying
- Systems of Equations
- Variables
Prerequisites and next steps
Though a familiarity with solving equations is helpful, we'll start with a review of the basics and build on them throughout the course.
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