INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA

Catalog description

This course presents topics such as factorization of polynomials, linear inequalities, problem solving; absolute-value equations and inequalities; operations and simplifications with algebraic fractions; linear equation graphics, linear equations systems and solution methods; graphics, substitution and elimination. Topics include inequalities for two variables and rational exponentials, as well as solutions of radical expressions, equations involving radicals, and quadratic inequalities. The course consists of 45 hours of lectures and 30 hours of laboratory.