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Where the blood mixes Mooch literary paragraph

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There are many examples found in the literature that Mooch is a individual that has complex characteristics. To begin with, Mooch is a person who cares about his friend. Mooch demonstrates this caring personality when he told his Floyd that when Floyd was drunk, Mooch put him behind the bar under the rubbish bins so that he won’t be robbed. Mooch is a person who takes care of his friend although both he and Floyd have the problem of addiction to alcohol, Mooch still thinks of his friend and cares for his safety. The behaviour of settling Floy at a safe place when he was drunk illustrates this caring characteristic. However, Mooch is a person who lacks self-discipline. The problem of being unable to control himself is shown when he said that he stole his girlfriend June’s grocery money to buy beer at the bar. Mooch is a character that has difficulty of controlling his own behaviour. Mooch shows his problem by stealing money from June because he is addicted to alcohol, which shows that he has difficulty with his self-discipline. Finally, Mooch is a person who is able to over come difficulty in life. He demonstrates this characteristic when he tells June that “[he] walks pass this bridge ever day”. Mooch is a tough person who can overcome bad and difficult things in his life. He shows this personality as he is able to walk across the bridge where he witnessed his friend’s death on many years ago. This shows that Mooch is a person who can move on with life and not let the bad things in the past affects his life. Because of the examples provided, it is evident that Mooch is a character with a complex personality.

Transforming Parabolas

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Graph red (parent function): f(x)=x^2

Graph blue: opens up and is wider f(x)=1/5x^2+6

Graph green: opens down and is narrower f(x)=-3x^2-4

Graph purple: shifted right f(x)=(x-5)^2-2

Graph black: shifted left f(x)=(x+4)^2-5

In my equations, it shows that changing the a, h and k in a quadratic equations in vertex form have different effect on the parabola. For example, in graph blue and graph green, it shows that as a gets smaller, the parabola opens wider and it opens narrower when a is bigger. Also, these two graphs show that if a is positive, the parabola opens up and it opens down when a is negative. The vertex of the parabola depends on h and k. From graph black and graph purple, it shows that by changing the h of the function, we can shift the parabola to the left or to the right. if h is positive, the parabola is shifted left and if h is negative, the parabola would be shifted to the right. So the x value of the parabola’s vertex is decided by h.From all the four graphs, we can learn that the k in the function depends the y value of the vertex. In conclusion, the vertex of the parabola can be written as (-h,k).

Self Assessment:

1: How did you represent the same mathematical idea in multiple ways in this assignment?

I represent the same mathematical idea in multiple ways by showing the parabolas in both forms of functions and graphs.

2: State some of the relevant mathematical vocabulary words you used to demonstrate your understanding.

Vertex, function, parabola, positive/negative, quadratic equation

3: How did you use formatting to share your information in a clear and organized way?

I coloured the parabolas in different colours so that it is more clear and easy yo separate them. Also, I showed the parabolas’ vertex in the graph so that it is easier for me to show the relationship between a, h, k and the vertex of the parabola.

Chapter 1 Edublog Assignment

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I felt quite comfortable with most of the information and knowledge in chapter 1 and there’s actually nothing hard for me. I usually learn new materials best when I am solving questions on my own or with one to two partners. I plan to prepare for the test by reviewing the questions that I made mistakes on. I have already completed all the assigned practice problems. The statement means that I should study harder and try my best to learn more useful knowledge in math class.