Math 102/Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Equations and Inequalities

• Linear equations
• Quadratic equations
• Radical equations and factorable equations
• Solving inequalities
• Equations and inequalities with absolute value
• Applications (interest, rate, mixture)

Chapter 1 Objectives

You should be able to do the following...

Section 1.1:

• Solve a linear equation
• Solve equations leading to linear equations
• Solve problems modeled by linear equations

Section 1.2:

• Solve quadratic equation by factoring
• Solve quadratic equation by completing the square
• Solve quadratic equation using quadratic formula
• Solve problems modeled by quadratic equations

Section 1.4:

• Solve radical equations
• Solve equations quadratic in form
• Solve equations by factoring

Section 1.5:

• Use interval notation
• Use properties of inequalities
• Solve inequalities

Section 1.6:

• Solve equations involving absolute value
• Solve inequalities involving absolute value

Section 1.7:

• Translate verbal descriptions into mathematical expressions
• Solve interest problems
• Solve mixture problems
• Solve uniform motion problems