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  • čas přidán 6. 10. 2015
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Komentáře • 78

  • @shalersasandre4600
    @shalersasandre4600 Před 7 lety +213

    You really are an engaging math teacher, and certainly dont fit the stereotype of a math teacher!!! Your youtube videos are so much more intresting than my coaching classes or school. Please, do keep doing what you are doing, for atleast I, for one am really grateful. And i am sure there are many.
    Thanks a lot, sir.

    • @HelloThere-gm6sl
      @HelloThere-gm6sl Před 4 lety

      Shalersa Sandre I would like this but it’s sitting on 69

    • @vineparadise1368
      @vineparadise1368 Před 4 lety

      I would like it and I did :)

    • @willcucked5575
      @willcucked5575 Před rokem

      "the stereotype of a math teacher", lmao. the girl tried to be kind but failed

  • @kabirgambhir4656
    @kabirgambhir4656 Před rokem +17

    I am a 11th student (in India high school is 11th and 12th), wasn't able to understand this method from past 5-6 months, but this 1 video did something that no other teacher did in such a long time. thnx

  • @danielbrown9460
    @danielbrown9460 Před 8 lety +77

    This is a much better explanation to what I got in highschool. Great Job

    • @abtsamgondal5687
      @abtsamgondal5687 Před 8 lety +7

      +Daniel Brown Yeh he is the best
      he is our head maths teacher and the best in my eyes

  • @williamdoughty3742
    @williamdoughty3742 Před 4 lety +43

    man like eddie promising he won't spoil the subheading when he spoilded the seubheading in the video title

  • @avi12
    @avi12 Před 5 lety +65

    1:56 "But 1 and 7, at least last I checked, 1 and 7 do not add up to 6"
    Good point

    • @Crucizer
      @Crucizer Před 4 lety

      You know, you can solve that equation with that method, he just didn't wanted to.

    • @TYCuber
      @TYCuber Před 3 lety +1

      @@Crucizer no you can’t

    • @Crucizer
      @Crucizer Před 3 lety

      @@TYCuber You can watch this really amazing video to learn how to. It's a bit long but you can learn a lot. There you go -> czcams.com/video/MHXO86wKeDY/video.html

    • @itznidal9501
      @itznidal9501 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TYCuber You can, but not with whole numbers.

    • @heybois8999
      @heybois8999 Před 2 lety

      @@TYCuber you can do 7 and -1

  • @gavinwhitford5145
    @gavinwhitford5145 Před 9 měsíci +1

    You are by far the best teacher I’ve ever seen teach it’s honestly incredible

  • @GianlucaBerger
    @GianlucaBerger Před 2 lety +3

    I have a quiz on this, Friday and this helped so much. Thank you

  • @cowboybob7093
    @cowboybob7093 Před 10 měsíci

    Brings up "perfect square" - 2:42
    Explains and demonstrates at six:13 of _Completing the Square (1 of 2: How does it help?)_
    Very simple, but with so many new concepts at once some can get lost

  • @daydreamingstayscheming
    @daydreamingstayscheming Před 7 lety +10

    Legend Eddie

  • @gamingshortswithdj9802

    So engaging and now i finallt understand this thanks so much!!! I'm having fun learning and its a weekend....

  • @christianstojgtr
    @christianstojgtr Před 2 lety +2

    tysm mate, you got me through math

  • @sunrain4820
    @sunrain4820 Před 9 měsíci +1

    It’s done being USED!

  • @cowboybob7093
    @cowboybob7093 Před 10 měsíci

    1:35 - Should this work with the answer derived at 8:04 ?
    He says "like you predicted"
    But the prediction (as I see it) is multiplication
    And his method ultimately used addition 8:04

  • @Ken.-
    @Ken.- Před 6 měsíci

    7:05 He says that those two numbers will give the results of _ + _ = 6, but
    (-3 - sqrt(2)) + (-3+ sqrt(2)) doesn't equal 6. It equals -6.

    • @Ken.-
      @Ken.- Před 6 měsíci

      okay I've figured it out. He shows the roots as if they are the factors. The factors to be made equal to zero would be (x + 3 - sqrt(2)) and (x + 3 + sqrt(2))
      so 3 - sqrt(2) + 3 + sqrt(2) = 6
      and 3 - sqrt(2) * 3 + sqrt(2) = 7

  • @MrThunderStuck
    @MrThunderStuck Před rokem +1

    Mr. Woo you said at 5:55 "all quadratics all of these guys they all end up with tow solutions don't they" , what if the quadratic is x^2 -10x + 25 =0. Then X would be 5 only, which is only one solution. Is this a special case or does it still have two solutions like 5 + 0, 5 - 0 etc?

    • @MrThunderStuck
      @MrThunderStuck Před rokem +1

      ok I found my answer to my own question on your other posted video. Quadratic Functions: What the Discrimant tells you . 4:00 czcams.com/video/dZs9tIVnQvk/video.html
      One Double root or Two Equal roots. Keep up the good work. Eddie Woo. I love maths when I was 14 your videos has respark the same love now that I am 55.

  • @complex_variation
    @complex_variation Před 5 lety +17

    if you could work for khan academy it would be great

    • @NihilistEmier
      @NihilistEmier Před 3 lety +2

      No he is good but sal khan is also a really good teacher

    • @alisonlilley3039
      @alisonlilley3039 Před 2 lety

      Yes…it would then feel like what was being taught was interesting and exciting - almost magic - instead of a robot teaching for an exam outcome

  • @musebibs
    @musebibs Před 3 lety

    You areee thee best !!!😭💞💕💖i always get u

  • @Keegan6059
    @Keegan6059 Před rokem

    Thanks mr duff

  • @zakariaibrahim6781
    @zakariaibrahim6781 Před 4 lety +2

    Why did the two solutions multiply to 7?

    • @nohackers2037
      @nohackers2037 Před 4 lety

      ??
      The last number will always be multiplied
      (x+2)(x-3) = x^2 - x -6
      Therefore 7 is also multiplied

  • @wunthaaung6340
    @wunthaaung6340 Před rokem

    Cherrybrook teacher wearing Castle Hill's tie?? :o

  • @WhatsPopping223
    @WhatsPopping223 Před 5 lety +2

    Anyone know how to do completing square for xsquared + 8x

  • @asammammadov3373
    @asammammadov3373 Před 2 lety

    I wonder how come an area has a side (width or height) that is negative?

    • @carultch
      @carultch Před 2 lety

      It's not necessarily a literal square in geometry. It is more of an application of squaring numbers in general.
      The namesake of squaring numbers comes from the area of squares in geometry, but there are applications all over math and science where squaring numbers has nothing to do with actual squares where you can measure both sides with a ruler. It only relates to actual squares on a graph of the variables involved.
      I'll give you an example. The energy stored in a deformed spring is given by the equation E=1/2*k*x^2, where k is the stiffness constant, and x is the distance it is stretched from its relaxed position (where x is defined as zero). The reason why 1/2 is in this equation isn't important for my main point, but I'll be willing to address this question if you'd like to know.
      If you've ever played with a spring, you know that some springs can be both stretched and compressed, depending on how they connect at the ends, and as long as it has the right geometry to not buckle. There is symmetry to a spring's behavior in compression, to its behavior in tension, just like there is symmetry in the equation of y=x^2. The spring applies a force that is proportional to, and opposite, the deformation from its neutral state. When the spring is compressed, x is a negative number by convention. Since there is energy stored in a spring, both when stretched 3 cm, and when compressed 3 cm, we can square either 3 cm or -3cm, and end up with the same energy stored in the spring, in both modes of loading. The energy stored in the spring is proportional to the "area" of the square of the deformation of the spring.
      For tension, it makes sense for the 3cm deformation to correspond to the side of a 3x3 square that is 9cm^2 in area. But for the compression case, no literal square is -3cm by -3cm. Yet energy stored in the spring is still proportional to the same 9cm^2 in area, that the -3 cm x -3 cm square would have.

  • @saffasamreen4893
    @saffasamreen4893 Před 6 lety +2

    I'm sorry, please, correct me if I am wrong, but, those roots do not add up to 6!

    • @brenopascoal4888
      @brenopascoal4888 Před 5 lety

      He forgot a minus sign over there. They add up to -6, which is (-b/a) of that equation

    • @afaqabas
      @afaqabas Před 5 lety +1

      Shouldn't they add to 6 but they add to -6 instead.

  • @cucikacui6224
    @cucikacui6224 Před rokem

    how come the root -3 - sqrt 2 and -3 + sqrt 2 add up didnt go to 6? It is -6 instead?

    • @longmah3364
      @longmah3364 Před rokem

      I would suggest you watch this video. It also from Eddie too. czcams.com/video/fVmwyVLEXoU/video.html

    • @FuqYoMarmar
      @FuqYoMarmar Před rokem

      Because -3 +- sqrt(2) are the roots. Sum of roots add up to -b/a where we have the equation ax^2 + bx + c.

  • @camembertdalembert6323
    @camembertdalembert6323 Před 4 lety +6

    "1 and 7 do not add up to 6" WHAAAAAAT !!! this is incredible.

    • @mohammed.anas.08.
      @mohammed.anas.08. Před rokem

      Yeah , that's can be add ( +7,-1).but, if you multiply you get -7 not +7 🤦

  • @barryhughes9764
    @barryhughes9764 Před 6 lety +1

    Why would not just use the quadratic formula?

    • @himanshupadnani8586
      @himanshupadnani8586 Před 6 lety +7

      Barry Hughes Good One,
      P.S. The Quadratic formula you are talking about is derived from this very completing squares method...

    • @barryhughes9764
      @barryhughes9764 Před 6 lety +4

      Himanshu Padnani. Yes I am aware that the quadratic formula is derived from completing the square, but that's not what I asked. What I am trying to get at here is , why isn't this question asked, why would you need to complete the square? What are the advantages over using the formula? Showing someone how to complete the square without explaining the ' why you would need ' to do it is rather pointless. It becomes analogous to teaching someone calculus, by various methods of integration and differentiation without explaining the concept of the 'limit' from which it is derived. Don't get me wrong here, I appreciate your reply and thank you for it. I personally find that quite a lot of mathematical concepts and ideas become difficult to understand if not explicitly explained and derived from first principles, what's the point in learning by rote? There's those who know what they teach and those who can teach what they know, and they are as different as chalk and cheese. Peace to you and respect.

    • @geraldhuang7858
      @geraldhuang7858 Před 6 lety +4

      Barry Hughes It's not very intuitive, people don't just intuitively use the formula if they are not exposed to it. It's faster yes, but the core understanding behind these elegant ideas is lacking.

    • @wsk5nwytscnkfsu
      @wsk5nwytscnkfsu Před 4 lety +1

      Barry Hughes Because you can always forget or misremember a formula. But you will remember the method used to derive it. And you will be able to derive the formula whenever you forget.

    • @mathsangler
      @mathsangler Před 2 lety +1

      As you probably know, completing the square has one advantage over the formula. Its format reveals the coordinate of the turning point of the curve in a very visual way.

  • @gimili5727
    @gimili5727 Před 4 lety +1

    Why u dont use quadratic formila?

    • @wsk5nwytscnkfsu
      @wsk5nwytscnkfsu Před 4 lety +2

      Denzel curry the goat Because they haven’t learned it yet. This is usually taught right before you learn the quadratic formula, because this method is how you derive the quadratic formula.

    • @nohackers2037
      @nohackers2037 Před 4 lety

      @@wsk5nwytscnkfsu
      Not in my school. We learn quadratic first

    • @wsk5nwytscnkfsu
      @wsk5nwytscnkfsu Před 4 lety

      No Hackers
      That’s interesting. How was the quadratic formula introduced (proved) to you if your class didn’t learn this method first?

    • @nohackers2037
      @nohackers2037 Před 4 lety +2

      @@wsk5nwytscnkfsu
      Well we haven't proved it yet. I'm proving it myself and I don't like the proof by completing the square. Makes sense but it's wierd.
      I'm proving it by graphing
      (If you're interested on what I've done see below)
      So I have ax^2 + bx + c = 0
      Now notice how the turning point of a quadratic it's slope is flat (0). So derive the function and we get
      2ax + b = 0. And this is a line that crosses the x axis right above the quadratic. We now find the x value which is -b/2a . That is the center of our quadratic. Now we have a distance with some form of "d". There is positive d and negative d (root to the right of our center, root to the left of our center)
      Root->\ - -b/2a. + /

    • @Milkinporsche
      @Milkinporsche Před 3 lety

      Quadratic formula is the shortcut of completing the square, they need to understand how to complete the square in order to learn quadratic formula.

  • @Crucizer
    @Crucizer Před 4 lety +3

    Awesome Video! But I don't agree about the comment you made in 0:52. It's not trial and error method, you should never teach that mate. In this video, czcams.com/video/MHXO86wKeDY/video.html , 3b1b explained
    the same method (splitting the middle term) but without using the trial and error method but using maths. He actually solved the same example you chose to make the students understand that splitting the middle term method is not good enough.

  • @harshithgowni1528
    @harshithgowni1528 Před 5 lety +8

    But 7-1 gives you 6.

  • @pathfinder750
    @pathfinder750 Před 5 lety +1

    Spoiler free lesson 😂

  • @prlreviews1729
    @prlreviews1729 Před 3 lety

    i know im 6 years late but you did not explain th epart of completing the square where you have to divide b by 2 and square it, thats how you got 9. you just gave the kids another problem without fully explaining the first one. wow

  • @Holobrine
    @Holobrine Před 6 lety +2

    Sneaky with that multiplication of your solutions! You are supposed to switch their signs, which makes no difference with multiplication, but eagle-eyed students may have noticed when you add your solutions as is, the sum is -6 instead of 6.

    • @rajamr5167
      @rajamr5167 Před 6 lety

      Holobrine
      We got the value of X (i.e) -3-√2 or -3+√2
      If you want check whether it is correct or not then substitute the value of in the starting equation i.e X^2+6X+7=0.
      Why are you adding those values??

    • @SardarAqibMahmood
      @SardarAqibMahmood Před 5 lety

      ax^2 +bx + c = 0, then sum and product of roots of the Quadratic equation are
      -b/a and c/a respectively. And you can easily see that the sum and product of roots is - 6 and 7 accordingly. So solutions are correct.

  • @slohan1460
    @slohan1460 Před 6 lety +1

    M8