Fundamentals
Fundamentals
Fundamentals
• REAL NUMBERS
• EXPONENTS AND RADICALS
• ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
• RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
• EQUATIONS
• COMPLEX NUMBERS
• MODELING WITH EQUATIONS
• INEQUALITIES
• CIRCLES
• LINES
• SOLVING EQUATIONS AND
INEQUALITIES GRAPHICALLY
• INVERSE VARIATION
2.ABSOLUTE
VALUE AND
DISTANCE Definition of Absolute Value
If a is a real number, then the
absolute value of a is:
the distance from to on the
real number line
THE REAL LINE
(COORDINATE LINE / REAL NUMBER LINE)
Distance between points on the real line
where and is an
integer
Example:
means
BUT
or equivalently
EXPONENTS If is even, then we require that .
Example: Simplifying by Writing Radicals as Rational Exponents
1 1
( ) =( 𝑎 ) =𝑎
1 3 3
2 2
√ 𝑎 √ 𝑎= 𝑎𝑎 2 2 4
RATIONALIZING THE
STANDARD FORM
DENOMINATOR
AThe
fractional
procedureexpression
of eliminating
whose 1 = 1 ∙ 1= 1 √ 𝑎
=
√ 𝑎
∙ 𝑎
denominator
the radical incontains
a denominator
no radicals √ 𝑎 √ 𝑎 √ 𝑎 √ 𝑎
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√𝑎 √𝑎
𝑛 𝑚𝑛 𝑛 −𝑚
=√ 𝑎
𝑛
= √ 𝑎 =𝑎
𝑚+𝑛− 𝑚 𝑛 𝑛
𝑚<𝑛,𝑎>0
Example: Rationalizing the Denominator
√ 1 √𝑎 √𝑎 √𝑎
7 4 7 4 7 4
7 1 1
= = ∙ = =
𝑎 √𝑎 √𝑎 √𝑎 √𝑎 𝑎
3 7 3 7 3 7 4 7 7
3.ALGEBRAIC monomial
6
EXPRESSIONS
Using addition, subtraction, binomial
multiplication, division, powers,
and roots to combine variables, 5 𝑥 +1
such as , , and , and some real
numbers .
four terms 1 3
8− 𝑥 + 𝑥 − 𝑥
2
2
MULTIPLYING
ALGEBRAIC
EXPRESSIONS
use the Distributive Property
repeatedly to multiply algebraic
expressions.
Example: Multiplying Polynomials
Find the product:
Solution: Using the Distributive Property
Using Table
Form:
i n g Tr in o mi a ls
Facto r
rm
l o f t h e fo
a t r i n o m i a
To fa cto r
o te t h a t :
, we n
Check the
Answer
Multiplying
gives
Example
Factor: by Trial and Error.
Solution:
4. RATIONAL
EXPRESSIONS
Fractional Expression
a Fractional Expression is a quotient
of two algebraic expressions.
Rational expression
a Rational Expression is a fractional
3𝑥
expression with its numerator and √𝑥 −2
denominator are polynomials.
Multiplying
By using the
formula
Using the
Formula
Discriminant
l y i n g b y L C D
M u l t i p
Isolating th
en squaring
Setti n g n e w
v a r i a b l e
6. COMPLEX
NUMBER
Complex number
Adding and
Subtracting
Multiply complex
numbers like binomials.
Dividing
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12. INVERSE
VARIATION
Example: The formula 𝑇=gives us the temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit at a depth in feet below Earth’s surface. At the depth of 500 ft,
the temperature may be 28°F. Find the temperature at the depth of 2000
ft.
30
28
25
Temperature (0 Fahrenheit)
20
15 14
Depth Temperature 10
7
500 ft 28 5
1,000 ft 14
0
400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200
2,000 ft Depth (feet)
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