Math 102 Formulas

Prerequisite Formulas
Formulas of special importance that students are expected to know upon
entering this course:
- Geometric Formulas
Square
Rectangle
Triangle

Area

Perimeter

A s2
A lw
1
A (bh)
2

P 4s
P 2l 2 w

P a bc

- Sum of the Angles in a triangle

A B C 180

- Square of a Binomial

( a b) 2 a 2 2ab b 2

- Pythagorean Theorem

a2 b 2 c2

Course Formulas
Formulas that students are required to memorize in this course:
Chapter 5
- Factoring Formulas
Difference of Squares

a 2 b 2 (a b)( a b)

Sum and Difference of Cubes

a 3 b 3 (a b)(a 2 ab b 2 )

Chapter 6

- Distance, rate, time

d rt , r d / t , t d / r

Chapter 7

m
- Slope of a Line

y 2 y1
x 2 x1

- Forms of Linear Equations

Slope-intercept form

y y1 m( x x1 )
y mx b

General form
Horizontal line
Vertical line

yc
xc

Point-slope form

Ax By C 0

Chapter 8

I prt

- Simple Interest
Chapter 9

x if x 0

x if x 0

- Absolute Value of x
Chapter 10

a2 a

2
- Principal Square Root of a

1
an

n a

m
an

n a m (n a ) m

a
- Fractional Exponents

m
n

1
m
an

Chapter 10 - cont.
- Laws of Radicals
n

a n (n a ) n a

a n b n ab

a n a

b
b

mn

a mn a

- Imaginary Unit

(i 2 1)

Chapter 11
- Quadratic Formula
2
If ax bx c 0,

then

b b 2 4ac
x
2a

- Forms of Quadratic Functions

General Form

y ax 2 bx c

Standard Form

y a ( x h) 2 k

- Line of Symmetry for a Parabola

b
2a

Chapter 13
- Distance Formula

d ( x 2 x1 ) 2 ( y 2 y1 ) 2

- Midpoint Formula

y y2
x1 x 2
, 1

2
2