COLLEGE ALGEBRA
MATH 110

Southwestern   
Adventist University 
 
     Distance Education Lawrence E. Turner, Jr., Ph.D.  


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I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear the sound of closing doors.
James Caballero, Everybody a mathematician?, CAIP Quarterly 2 (Fall, 1989).

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Chapter 1     Basic Algebraic Operations
 objectives
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  real numbers
  property of operators
 factorization and prime numbers
 computing prime factors
 multiplying multinomials
 writing out algebraic steps
 assignments (7th edition)
 
Test 1 (chapter 1)
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Chapter 2     Equations and Inequalities
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 operations
 what is an equal?
 solving quadratic equations
 complex numbers
 assignments (7th edition)
 
Test 2 (chapter 2)
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Chapter 3     Graphs and Functions
 objectives
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 composition of functions
 assignments (7th edition)
 
Test 3 (chapter 3)
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Chapter 4     Polynomials and Rational Functions
 objectives
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 Descartes' rule of signs
 zeros of polynomials
 graphing rational functions
 assignments (7th edition)
 sample test questions

Chapter 5     Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
 objectives
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 calculator computations
 compound interest
 logarithmic functions
 changing multiplication into addition
 assignments (7th edition)
 sample test questions
 
Test 4 (chapters 4 and 5)
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 sample test questions (chapter 5)
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Chapter 6     Systems of Equations and Inequalities
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 linear equations
 assignments (7th edition)
 sample test questions

Chapter 7     Matrices and Determinants
 objectives
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 operations on a matrix
 gaussian elimination
 methods to solve equations
 assignments (7th edition)
 sample test questions
 
Final Exam (chapters 6 and 7, and comprehensive)
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 sample test questions (chapter 6)
 sample test questions (chapter 7)
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