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If not indicated otherwise, I have made all graphics myself, using Microsoft Visio, Desmos, Geogebra, Overleaf, Google Workspace, etc.
With questions or corrections (this text was created in the course of a single summer, so it will certainly undergo adjustments over time), please email ldewolf@siena.edu.
Suggested sections for Level I course:
- 1.1 Real Numbers
- 1.2 Working With Fractions
- 1.3 Working With Decimals
- 1.4 Powers and Radicals
- 1.5 Estimation, Common Sense, and Intuition
- 2.1 Algebraic Expressions
- 2.2 Factoring Techniques
- 2.3 Rational Expressions
- 2.4 Algebravaganza (Exam 1 here)
- 3.1 Solving for a Variable
- 3.2 Solving Inequalities
- 3.3 Lines and Circles
- 3.4 Modeling With Equations
- 3.5 Solving Systems of Linear Equations (Exam 2 here)
- 4.1 Functions, Domain, and Notation
- 4.2 Graphing Functions With Transformations
- 4.3 Compositions of Functions
- 4.4 Inverse Functions
- 5.1 Linear Functions and Rate of Change
- 5.2 Quadratic Functions
- 5.3 Polynomial Functions
- 5.4 Roots of Polynomial Functions (Exam 3 here)
- 6.1 Rational Functions
- 6.3 Basics of Exponential Functions
- 6.4 Basics of Logarithmic Functions
- 8.1 Geometry Essentials
- 8.2 Solving Problems With Geometry (Final exam here)
Suggested sections for Level II course:
- 1.5 Estimation, Common Sense, and Intuition
- 2.2 Factoring Techniques
- 2.4 Algebravaganza
- 3.3 Lines and Circles
- 3.4 Modeling With Equations
- 3.5 Solving Systems of Linear Equations
- 3.6 Vectors and Matrices (Exam 1 here)
- 4.1 Functions, Domain, and Notation
- 4.2 Graphing Functions With Transformations
- 4.3 Compositions of Functions
- 4.4 Inverse Functions
- 5.1 Linear Functions and Rate of Change
- 5.2 Quadratic Functions
- 5.3 Polynomial Functions
- 5.4 Roots of Polynomial Functions (Exam 2 here)
- 6.1 Rational Functions
- 6.2 Asymptotes and Limits
- 7.1 Exponential Functions
- 7.2 Logarithmic Functions
- 7.3 Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
- 7.4 Applications
- 8.1 Geometry Essentials
- 8.2 Solving Problems With Geometry (Exam 3 here)
- 8.3 Trigonometry Via Triangles
- 8.4 Trigonometric Functions
- 8.5 More (and Inverse) Trig Functions
- 8.6 Trigonometric Identities
- 8.7 Solving Trigonometric Equations (Final exam here)
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