{"id":106,"date":"2023-06-21T13:22:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introduction-equation-solving-techniques\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T18:49:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T18:49:43","slug":"introduction-equation-solving-techniques","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introduction-equation-solving-techniques\/","title":{"raw":"1.3   Introduction to Equation-Solving Techniques","rendered":"1.3   Introduction to Equation-Solving Techniques"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: Solve special types of equations that involve radicals, absolute value, and polynomials<\/h2>\r\nWe have solved linear equations, rational equations, and quadratic equations using several methods. However, there are many other types of equations, and we will investigate a few more types in this section. We will look at equations involving rational exponents, polynomial equations, radical equations, absolute value equations, equations in quadratic form, and some rational equations that can be transformed into quadratics. Solving any equation, however, employs the same basic algebraic rules. We will learn some new techniques as they apply to certain equations, but the algebra never changes.","rendered":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: Solve special types of equations that involve radicals, absolute value, and polynomials<\/h2>\n<p>We have solved linear equations, rational equations, and quadratic equations using several methods. However, there are many other types of equations, and we will investigate a few more types in this section. We will look at equations involving rational exponents, polynomial equations, radical equations, absolute value equations, equations in quadratic form, and some rational equations that can be transformed into quadratics. 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