Month: February 2023

Although there’s an element of Calculus in this week’s post, and even more so, of Trigonometry, I am including it in the Algebra category because that is the more interesting aspect of this problem. The following equation is the path of a projectile propelled at an angle \(\boldsymbol\theta\), where: \[y ...

Sometimes it is easy to see exactly where a function has its highest or lowest values just by looking at its graph. Most often, though, the answer requires analytical work. I am starting this new Blog with an example on how to find analytically on what interval(s) a function is increasing ...