Expert: Richard J. Raridon - 8/16/2006

Question
I guess I was looking for something that could help me link the 2 more directly as I will be teaching the 2 subjects.  I'm having a hard time looking for a direct correlation between topics within the 2 subjects.  There just may not be any.
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Can you tell me any (and every) relationships between chemistry and algebra 2?  If you know of any teaching implications, that would be great.  Thanks.

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Chemistry, like almost everything, requires math.  Algebra would be useful for calculating the quantities for balancing equations and certainly useful in physical chemistry and radiochemistry.

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When you took chemistry didn't you use the ideal gas law, van der Waals's equation, calculate the mass of a molecule, go from Fahrenheit to Celcius?  Those all involve algebra and I just looked at the first two chapters in an old chemistry text that I have.