Why It Matters: Rational Expressions and Equations
Why study rational expressions and equations?
If you were around in , you probably heard about Occupy Wall Street, the protest against social and economic inequality in the US. According to Wikipedia, the main issues raised by Occupy Wall Street were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption, and the perceived undue influence of corporations on government—particularly from the financial services sector. The OWS slogan, "We are the ", refers to income inequality and wealth distribution in the U.S. between the wealthiest and the rest of the population. To achieve their goals, protesters acted on consensus-based decisions made in general assemblies which emphasized direct action over petitioning authorities for redress.



Learning Outcomes
- Define and simplify rational expressions
- State the domain of a rational expression
- Perform mathematical operations on rational expressions
- Solve a single variable equation containing a rational expression