B.O.B. Week 4

This past week has been okay for me. I still struggle with completing the square sometimes; I know how to do it, but I tend to make silly mistakes that give me the wrong answer. It's frustrating, because I know I know how to do it. I just keep forgetting to multiply by 8, or divide by 5, and so I end up with the wrong number.

In regards to the "function of" problems, I'm sort of doing okay. At the beginning it was hard for me to understand; I kept substituting the wrong variables. When were were working on the Extreme Values worksheet on Thursday, I did well on the first problem or two. When we had to find the maximum area or values, however, I was lost. I didn't understand what to do to solve, and when I did do something I didn't know what that value stood for. However, when Mr. Jackson reminded us of -b/2a, it worked. It was great to be able to solve the problem and actually know how/why I was doing it.