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Forgotten algebra, a self-teaching refresher course (with the optional use of the graphing calculator), Barbara Lee Bleau

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Forgotten algebra

Barbara Lee Bleau

a self-teaching refresher course (with the optional use of the graphing calculator)

Covers symbols, first- and second-degree equations, signed numbers, right triangles, polynomials, inequalities, logarithms, exponents, factoring, and graphs

Signed numbers -- Grouping symbols and their removal -- Solving first-degree equations -- A special type of equation: the fractional equation -- Another special type of equation: the literal equation -- Applied problems -- Positive integral exponents -- Negative exponents -- Division of powers -- Review of fractions: addition and subtraction -- Review of fractions: multiplication and division; complex fractions -- Square roots and radicals -- Fractional exponents -- Simplifying expressions with fractional exponents -- Additional practice with exponents -- Multiplication of monomials and polynomials -- Division of polynomials -- Factoring polynomials -- Factoring a special binomial -- Factoring (continued) -- Solving quadratic equations by factoring -- Solving second-degree equations: quadratic formula -- Graphing linear equations in two variables -- Graphing quadratic equations -- Functions -- Solving systems of equations -- Solving systems of equations (continued) -- Solving inequalities: first-degree -- Solving quadratic inequalities -- Logarithms -- Right triangles