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The discussion revolves around finding learning resources for understanding expansions and compressions of graphs in precalculus, particularly focusing on how to write functions based on these transformations. Participants express their struggles with the material and seek effective resources to aid their learning.

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  • One participant expresses difficulty in understanding expansions and compressions of graphs and requests resources for learning this topic.
  • Another participant suggests checking the "Learning Resources" link in the forums for potential materials.
  • A participant shares their experience of using YouTube for learning trigonometry through visual examples, suggesting that similar resources might be helpful for the current topic.
  • There is a mention of a small inventory of resources available, indicating limited options for learning materials.

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Participants generally agree on the need for additional resources, but there is no consensus on specific materials or methods that would be most effective.

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Participants have noted challenges in finding suitable learning resources, and there is an indication that existing materials may not fully address their needs.

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Does anyone know where I might find some learning resources on expansions/compressions of graphs - in particular, taking the compressions/expansions/translations and writing the function?

I'm finding this very counter-intuitive and have gone over all the material I have on the subject for the course but I'm still struggling with it. I've tried to find something for this on the Khan site but no results when I did the search. So if anyone knows any great resources for learning this i'd appreciate it.
 
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Sn0man said:
Does anyone know where I might find some learning resources on expansions/compressions of graphs - in particular, taking the compressions/expansions/translations and writing the function?

I'm finding this very counter-intuitive and have gone over all the material I have on the subject for the course but I'm still struggling with it. I've tried to find something for this on the Khan site but no results when I did the search. So if anyone knows any great resources for learning this i'd appreciate it.

Try the first link of the forums labeled "Learning Resources".
 
Klungo said:
Try the first link of the forums labeled "Learning Resources".

That was the first place I looked.
 
Sorry about that, my phone froze.

I checked the label and saw a pretty small inventory. When I had trouble learning trigonometry, I went on youtube and watched them do 2 or 3 examples.

You visually see what they refer to as they explain the concept. Usually, they're less than 10 minutes videos and you'll get more out of it than texts.
 
Klungo said:
Sorry about that, my phone froze.

I checked the label and saw a pretty small inventory. When I had trouble learning trigonometry, I went on youtube and watched them do 2 or 3 examples.

You visually see what they refer to as they explain the concept. Usually, they're less than 10 minutes videos and you'll get more out of it than texts.

Good idea - i'll give it a look and see if I can find something on there.

Thanks
 
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