Syllabus Math 026

INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA 640:026

Course Description
01:640:026
Math 026
IMA
Intermediate Algebra (E3)
Prerequisite: 01:640:025 or demonstrated proficiency in Elementary Algebra.
Absolute value equations and inequalities; functions; linear graphs and systems; rational and polynomial expressions; radical expressions and rational exponents; quadratic functions, graphs, equations, and inequalities; topics in analytic geometry.



SYLLABUS
Text: Hirsch/Goodman, Understanding Intermediate Algebra, 6th Ed., 2006: Thomson Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
(ISBN: 0-534-999727; ISBN13: 9780534999728)
Periods Sections Topic
1/2 1.1 - 1.5 (Course orientation) Real numbers: their operations and properties.
The number line.
Algebraic expressions.
Translating sentences into algebraic form.
Basic first-degree equations and inequalities.
2 1/2 2.1 - 2.4 First-Degree equations and Inequalities and their applications.
Interval Notation. Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.
3 3.1 - 3.5 Graphing Straight Lines.
Functions.
3 4.1 - 4.4 Equations of a Line.
Solving Linear Systems in Two variables.
Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables.
1 EXAM I
2 1/2 5.1 - 5.7 Polynomial functions.
Operations with Polynomials.
Factoring.
Solving polynomial equations by factoring.
Polynomial division.
3 6.1 - 6.8 Rational Expressions and Functions.
Operations with rational expressions.
Rational and literal equations, and their applications.
2 7.1 - 7.3 Integer Exponents.
Scientific Notation.
Rational Exponents (and radical notation).
2 1/2 7.4 - 7.7 Radical expressions.
Operations with radicals.
Radical equations.
1 EXAM II
3 7.8, 8.1 - 8.5 Complex numbers.
Quadratic Functions.
Quadratic equations and their applications.
Equations reducible to quadratic form.
1 8.6 Graphing Quadratic Functions.
1 8.7 Quadratic and Rational Inequalities.
1 8.8 The Distance Formula: Circles.
1 Catch Up and Review


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