Computer Math Mini-Project Mr.

Yates Name __________________

ALGEBRA II WITH TRIGONOMETRY Date ___________________

Must be done with your computer’s calculator and the GeoGebra graphing software.

1) Open up your calculator (StartProgramsAccessoriesCalculator). Go to the

scientific view.

2) Find 20(3+4)(1+32) =

3) Find 5^5 =

4) Find 5!. Factorial (!) means multiply every natural number up to and including
the given one. So 5! = 5*4*3*2*1. Find your answer using the factorial function
(!), then verify your answer by performing the multiplication.

5) Find 12! =

6) Find sin(30°) =

7) Radians are an alternate way to measure angles, instead of in degrees. Think of

how we can measure in inches or in centimeters. Find cos(7π/4 radians) =

8) Find 5cos(70°) =

9) Find 3sin(1 radian) =

10) Find the angle tan-1(2) (inverse tangent) in degrees:

11) Find the angle tan-1(2) in radians:

12) Find the area of a circle with diameter 7in. Recall Acircle = π ⋅ r .
2

13) Find 212 + 282 =

14) Find the square root of that answer (inverse x^2)

15) Download the GeoGebra graphing software from the projects section of
Blackboard. Save it.
16) Graph y=2sin(4x)+cos(2x), by inputting that function down below. Sketch it:

17) What is the maximum of that graph? Use the point tool to put a point at a
maximum, then read off its y-value for an estimate of the maximum.

18) What is the minimum?

19) What is the height from top to bottom?

20) Graph y=4x3-7x2+2x-3 by inputting that function down below. Sketch it:

21) When the graph crosses the x-axis, these are called the zeros or roots of the
function. What are the zeros of y=4x3-7x2+2x-3? Your answers may be
approximate.

22) What is the y-intercept of this function?

23) What is the y-value when x = 2?

24) Make up a polynomial using powers of x (similar to the one you just graphed).
Write it here.

25) Graph that polynomial (y = …). Identify the zeros with points on the graph. Print
out a copy of your graph and attach it to this page.