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Basic exponent rules
Combining "like terms"
Distributive property (including the FOIL method)
Solving linear equations
Perfect squares and simplifying square roots
Basic factoring
Section 1.2
Evaluating functions
Sum, difference and product of two functions
Composition of two functions
Section 1.3
Finding intervals of increase/decrease/constant from a graph
Section 1.4
Average rate of change
Identifying parts of a linear function
Application problems
Section 1.5
Point-slope equation
Comparing linear functions
Section 2.1
Solving for a variable
Solving rational equations
Solving radical equations
Solving quadratic equations (square root property)
Applied problems
Section 2.3
Transformation of graphs
Writing an equation given a transformed graph
Section 2.4
Evaluating piecewise functions
Sketch to fit the narrative
Section 2.6
Finding domain and range of a function from a graph
Finding domain of a function algebraically
Analyzing functions given their graphs
Section 3.1
Writing an equation of variation
Identifying the type of variation
Applied problems (direct variation)
Applied problems (inverse variation)
Section 3.2
Exponents
Section 3.3
Simplifying radical expressions
Solving radical equations
Section 4.1
Analyzing exponential functions
Growth or decay equations
Section 4.2
Graphing an exponential function
Translating a graph of an exponential function
Domain and range of an exponential function
Solving exponential equations using common bases
Section 4.3
Converting logarithmic and exponential equations
Solving basic logarithmic equations
Section 4.4
Expanding logarithmic expressions
Writing an expression as a single logarithm
Solving logarithmic equations with change of base formula
Solving exponential equations by using logarithms
Section 4.5
Writing an exponential function equation given the table
Section 5.1
Finding an inverse of a function
Determine if two functions are inverses
Graphing an inverse function
Section 5.2
Graphing a logarithmic function
Solving logarithmic equations (basic)
Solving logarithmic equations (advanced)
Section 5.3
Graphs of natural exponential functions
Solving natural exponential equations
Applied problems with natural exponential function (growth/decay, continuous compounding)
Applied problems with natural exponential function (Finding time, half-life and doubling)
Section 6.1
Solving quadratic equations by factoring
Solving equations that can be written as a quadratic
Writing quadratic equations given roots and leading coefficient
Applied problems
Section 6.2
Solving quadratic equations with square root property
Solving quadratic equations with quadratic formula
Applied problems
Section 6.3 and 6.4
Analyzing a graph of a parabola
Graphing a parabola in vertex form
Finding x-intercepts and vertex of a parabola
Re-writing a parabola in standard form
Finding maximum/minimum of a parabola
Applied problems involving max/min of a parabola
Section 7.1
Finding zeros and multiplicities
Writing an equation of a polynomial
End behavior of polynomials
Section 7.2
Sketching a graph of a polynomial
Matching a polynomial to its graph
Analyzing graphs of polynomials
Section 7.4
Analyzing graphs of rational functions
Finding vertical and horizontal asymptotes of a rational function
Matching a rational function with its graph
Section 7.5
Solving rational equations
Solving for a variable in terms of other variables