1. Quote of the Day
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. -Albert Einstein

2. Multiply and Divide Rational Expressions
Section 12.5

3. Objectives:
Multiply and divide rational expressions

4. Key Vocabulary:
Multiplicative inverse
Polynomial
Rational expression

5. Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions

6. Example 1:
Find the product.

7. #1: Find the product.

8. #2: Find the product.

9. Example 2:
Find the product.

10. Example 3:
Find the product.

11. #3: Find the product.

12. #4: Find the product.

13. Example 4:
Find the quotient.

14. Example 5:
Find the quotient.

15. #5: Find the quotient.

16. #6: Find the quotient.

17. Example 6:
The amount A (in millions of dollars) spent on all advertising and the amount T(in millions of dollars) spent on television and advertising in the United States during the period can be modeled by where x is the number of years since Write a models that gives the percent p (in decimal form) of the amount spent on all advertising that was spent on television advertising. Then approximate the percent spent on television advertising in 2003.

18. Partner Work
Page 806 #6, 12, 18, 23

19. Homework Assignment Page 806 #4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26
34, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52