Review of Solving Equations

You should be able to

• solve a quadratic as a by-product of any work you do for the equations of this semester (usually factoring, if you cannot factor it, by the quadratic formula)

• factor a polynomial by grouping to solve its equation

• Given a polynomial and a factor, use division to find all of the zeros.

• solve a square root equation by squaring both sides

• solve exponentials with a common base for an exact answer, or with log to get a rounded answer

• solve logarithmic equation using properties of logarithm

• factor to find a common denominator to use to solve rational equations (and reject answers when appropriate)