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You Must Still Think Yourself, CAS Can Only Help

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Have the class learn about and make conjectures about a line intersecting a cubic.  In this making conjectures about a line intersecting a cubic lesson, learners draw lines that intersect a cubic at three different points.  Students determine the sum of the intersection points.  Learners repeat the process for various cubics.  Students make a conjecture that the sum of the three x-values of the intersection points is always -a.

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9th - Higher Ed
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