INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA 640:026
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01:640:026 Math 026 IAL |
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. |
| Text: Hirsch/Goodman, Understanding Intermediate Algebra, 6th Ed., 2006: Thomson Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. | ||
| 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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