COLLEGE ALGEBRA
MATH 110
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outhwestern
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
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real numbers
property of operators
factorization and prime numbers
computing prime factors
multiplying multinomials
writing out algebraic steps
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Chapter 2
Equations and Inequalities
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operations
what is an equal?
solving quadratic equations
complex numbers
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Chapter 3
Graphs and Functions
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composition of functions
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(chapter 3)
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Chapter 4
Polynomials and Rational Functions
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Descartes' rule of signs
zeros of polynomials
graphing rational functions
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Chapter 5
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
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calculator computations
compound interest
logarithmic functions
changing multiplication into addition
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Test 4
(chapters 4 and 5)
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Chapter 6
Systems of Equations and Inequalities
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linear equations
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Chapter 7
Matrices and Determinants
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operations on a matrix
gaussian elimination
methods to solve equations
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Final Exam
(chapters 6 and 7, and comprehensive)
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