Math 3: Pre-Calc Chapter: Lines

Name: Ryan Ackles

Date: January 26, 2017
Please upload your notes and problem sets to this document. Make sure I can read the notes and see
your problem set. In addition, please answer the following questions:
What did you grapple with?
What habit of a mathematician did you use and why?

Beautiful Notes and Problem Set

What did you grapple with?
I grappled especially with learning how to formulate the General Linear Equation, where the
equation Ax + By = C equals the graphing of a line. As I worked through these problems, I
gradually got a sense for, given two points on a graph, which x/y values would fall with the A and B
coefficients and how they could equal C. I still think I could use some additional practice with
deriving this equation and investigating how to graph it, but I learned through this problem set that it
can be transformed into the much commonly-known y = mx + b form, a tactic that can surely help
me in the future when I attempt more of these types of problems.
What habit of a mathematician did you use and why?
Throughout this exploration, I was able to use the habit of a mathematician Be Confident, Patient,
and Persistent. Though a lot of this content was review, some of it was new and I knew that in
order to successfully solve these problems and get something out of this experience, I had to keep
a positive mentality. I refused to get frustrated, even if I thought I should have known something
that I didnt quite know. That really helped me move through the process and complete all of my
work in a timely manner. Below is all of my work, which includes the notes, Quick Review 1.1, and
Section 1.1 for the Lines chapter.