Algebra II Workbook For Dummies

To succeed in Algebra II, start practicing nowAlgebra II builds on your Algebra I skills to prepare you fortrigonometry, calculus, and a of myriad STEM topics. Workingthrough practice problems helps students better ingest and retainlesson content, creating a solid foundation to build on for futuresuccess.Algebra II Workbook For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps youlearn Algebra II by doing Algebra II. Author and math professorMary Jane Sterling walks you through the entire course, showing youhow to approach and solve the problems you encounter in class.You'll begin by refreshing your Algebra I skills, because you'llneed a strong foundation to build upon. From there, you'll workthrough practice problems to clarify concepts and improveunderstanding and retention.* Revisit quadratic equations, inequalities, radicals, and basicgraphs* Master quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions* Tackle conic sections, as well as linear and nonlinearsystems* Grasp the concepts of matrices, sequences, and imaginarynumbersAlgebra II Workbook For Dummies, 2nd Edition includessections on graphing and special sequences to familiarize you withthe key concepts that will follow you to trigonometry and beyond.Don't waste any time getting started. Algebra II Workbook ForDummies, 2nd Edition is your complete guide to success.

Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Algebra II 5Chapter 1: Going Beyond Beginning Algebra 7Chapter 2: Handling Quadratic (and Quadratic-Like) Equations andInequalities 19Chapter 3: Rooting Out the Rational, the Radical, and theNegative 39Chapter 4: Graphing for the Good Life 55Part II: Functions 83Chapter 5: Formulating Functions 85Chapter 6: Specializing in Quadratic Functions 99Chapter 7: Plugging In Polynomials 109Chapter 8: Acting Rationally with Functions 129Chapter 9: Exposing Exponential and LogarithmicFunctions 147Part III: Conics and Systems of Equations 169Chapter 10: Any Way You Slice It: Conic Sections 171Chapter 11: Solving Systems of Linear Equations 197Chapter 12: Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations andInequalities 211Part IV: Other Good Stuff: Lists, Arrays, and ImaginaryNumbers 223Chapter 13: Getting More Complex with ImaginaryNumbers 225Chapter 14: Getting Squared Away with Matrices 233Chapter 15: Going Out of Sequence with Sequences andSeries 249Chapter 16: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sets andCounting 263Part V: The Part of Tens 277Chapter 17: Ten Basic Graphs 279Chapter 18: Ten Special Sequences and Their Sums 285Index 291