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2 Polynomials and Rational Functions
Chapter Outline
2.1 Factoring Review
2.2 ADVANCEDFACTORING
2.3 POLYNOMIALEXPANSION ANDPASCAL’STRIANGLE
2.4 RATIONALEXPRESSIONS
2.5 POLYNOMIALLONGDIVISION ANDSYNTHETICDIVISION
2.6 SOLVINGRATIONALEQUATIONS
2.7 HOLES INRATIONALFUNCTIONS
2.8 ZEROES OFRATIONALFUNCTIONS
2.9 VERTICALASYMPTOTES
2.10 HORIZONTALASYMPTOTES
2.11 OBLIQUEASYMPTOTES
2.12 SIGNTEST FORRATIONALFUNCTIONGRAPHS
2.13 GRAPHS OFRATIONALFUNCTIONS BYHAND
2.14 REFERENCES
Here you will deepen you knowledge about polynomials from your work in algebra. You will review factoring and
learn more advanced factoring techniques. You will learn how to divide polynomials and how polynomials and
rational expressions are related. You will then focus on rational functions and learn about their unique features
including three different types of asymptotes. Finally, you will put it all together and learn how to graph rational
functions by hand.