Coverage:

1. Rational Exponents and Radicals P. 25-29

2. Complex Numbers P.126
a. Adding, subtracting and multiplying complex
numbers
3. Sequences and Series (Video Reference in online
classroom)
a. Arithmetic Sequences and Series 
b.Geometric Sequences and Series 
4. The Binomial Theorem (Video Reference in online
classroom)
a. Expanding a binomial using pascal’s Triangle
b.Finding the rth term of a binomial expansion
5. Modeling Variations P.159

Review Notes:
1. Rational Exponents and Radicals
3
 √ a =¿ a 2 3
2

3
 x =√ x 4
4 3

m
 a n =√ am
n

Properties of nth roots:

 √ a √ b= √ ab
n n n

√ a √a
n


n
=
b √n b
 √ √ a= √ a
m n mn

Laws of Exponents with rational exponents

 m n
a a =a
m+n

am

m−n
n
=a
a
 (abc )n=a n b n cn

 m n
(a ) =a
mn

Rationalizing the Denominator

1 √a √ a
 √ a . √a = a

2. Complex Numbers
Addition:
 (a+bi)+(c+di)=(a+c)+(bi+di)
Subtraction:
 (a+bi)-(c+di)=(a-c)+(bi-di)
Multiplication
 (a+bi)(c+di)=(ac-bd)+(ad+bc)i

 i=√−1

 2
i =−1

 3
i =−i

 4
i =1
3 and 4. Important formulas for sequences and
Binomial Expansion.
6 ) Variations
Be familiar with the keywords. Directly
proportional, Inversely proportional and Jointly
proportional.