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LCC > SAS/SEM Division > Department of Mathematical Skills

Math 112 Course Topics

• Review of Introductory Algebra Topics

  • Variable Expressions
  • Equations and Inequalities
  • Linear Equations in Two Variables
  • Polynomials
  
  

• Factoring

  • Common Factors of a Polynomial
  • Factoring Trinomials of the form
    ax² + bx + c
  • Special Factoring
  • Solving Equations by Factoring
    



• Rational Expressions and Equations

  • Introduction to Rational Expressions
  • Operations on Radical Expressions
  • Rational Equations

  • Proportions and Similar Triangles

• Radical Expressions and Rational Exponents

  • Rational Exponents and Radical Expressions
  • Simplifying Radical Expressions
  • The Pythagorean Theorem
  • Operations on Radical Expressions
  • Radical Functions
  • Solving Radical Equations
  • Complex Numbers
    



• Quadratic Functions and Quadratic Inequalities

  • Introduction to Quadratic Equations
  • Solving Quadratic Equations by Taking Square Roots and by Completing the Square
  • Solving Quadratic Equations by Using the Quadratic Formula and by Graphing
  • Equations That Are Quadratic in Form
  • Quadratic Functions