Preparatory Algebra 2 [Business] - PAB112

Math Instructor

Course Description:

This course will focus on rational expressions, complex numbers, complex fractions, roots and radicals. There will also be a focus on quadratic equations and functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and systems of nonlinear equations All topics include applications and problem solving techniques.

Students will be provided with clear and logical presentations on techniques to evaluate problems both analytically and graphically, apply theorems and solve problems.

List of Topics:

 Simplify rational and radical expressions
 Determine the domain of a rational or radical function
 Solve rational and radical equations, including the solution for complex roots
 Develop and solve rational equations from advanced word problems
 Completing the Square
 The Quadratic Formula
 Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs
 Properties of Logarithms
 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
 Exponential Growth and Decay
 Systems of Nonlinear Equations in Two Variables

Semester: Spring

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