The Substitute Teacher: Teaching Quadratic Identities
This is what I have learnt today in class:
1
The word quadratic comes from the Latin 'quadratum'
which means four-legged figure with large testes
2
Ancient Babylonians were interested in
approximating square roots on clay tablets
3
The axis of symmetry lies halfway
between X= me and X= the door
4
It is difficult to find the axis of a parabola when
the x-intercepts happen to be irrational numbers
5
An indefinite function is sometimes negative
and sometimes an incredible waste of time
6
When you think you have solved a quadratic equation
You may notice that there are 3 possibilities of intersection
7
There is no known correlation between
The axis of symmetry and the axis of evil
NOW TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE:
Show that the quadratic equation
2x2-Kx+K-2+0 has no irrational co-efficients
denomination
for raj
I.
seek immediacy
fight anything that holds your incarnate hostage
clear yourself of all forecasts
in one powerful feral motion
empty your drones
fuse them to your metabolism
make them impenetrable
II.
pair your shrouds
narrow your petitions into a pocket of sage
render your tableaux into sacrament
salvage only the portable
and ossify your souvenirs
into a golden parabola
III.
tenderize your fledglings
carry your permeable orphanage like a cloud
be a servant not a tenant;
traffic only in preludes
