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COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 
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Tentative schedule | 
Quick list: Chapter R 4-9; Chapter 1 1-6; 2 1-4; 3 1-6; 4 1-3,5; 5 1-2; 6 1-7.
 
No classes on: Monday September 2; Friday October 11; Wed-Fri November
27-29.
 
Last date to withdraw without W is August 26; Last date to withdraw with
W not F is September 27.
 
Last day of Classes is December 6. 
Detailed schedule:
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Week 1 Aug 19-23  | 
Section R.3: Geometry Review (brief!); Section R.4: Integer Exponents; Section R.5: Polynomials Section R.6: Factoring Polynomials. | 
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Week 2 Aug 26-30  | 
Section R.7: Rational Expressions; Section R.8: Square Roots; Radicals; Section R.9: Rational Exponents; Section 1.1: Equations. | 
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Week 3 Sept 4-6  | 
(Monday is holiday) Section 1.2: Setting Up Equations: Applications; Section 1.3: Quadratic Equation. | 
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Week 4 Sept 9-13  | 
Section 1.4: Radical of Equations; Equations Quadratic in Form; Section 1.5: Solving Inequalities ; Review. | 
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Week 5 Sept 16-20  | 
Test 1 on Sept 16; Section 1.6: Equations and Inequalities Involving Absolute Value; Section 2.1: Rectangular Coordinates. | 
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Week 6 Sept 23-27  | 
Section 2.2: Graphs of Equations; Section 2.3: Lines; Section 2.4: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines; Circles. | 
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Week 7 Sep 30- Oct 4  | 
Section 3.1: Functions; Section 3.2: Properties of Functions; Section 3.3: Library of Functions; Piecewise-defined Functions. | 
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Week 8 Oct 7-10  | 
Section 3.4: Graphing Techniques: Transformations; Section 3.5: Operations on Functions; Composite Functions. | 
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Week 9 Oct 14-18  | 
Monday Review (not 3.5); Test 2 on Oct 16; Section 3.6: Mathematical Models: Constructing Functions. | 
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Week 10 Oct 21-25  | 
Section 4.1: Quadratic Functions and Models; Section 4.2: Polynomial Functions; Section 4.3: Rational Functions I. | 
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Week 11 Oct 28-Nov 1  | 
Section 4.5: Polynomial and Rational Inequalities; Section 5.1: Synthetic Division; Section 5.2: The Real Zeros of a Polynomial Functions. | 
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Week 12 Nov 4-8  | 
Section 6.1: One-to-one Functions; Inverse Functions (just up to Example 4); Section 6.2: Exponential Functions. | 
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Week 13 Nov 11-15  | 
Review (not 6.2); Test 3 on Nov 13; Section 6.3: Logarithmic Functions. | 
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Week 14 Nov 18-22  | 
Section 6.4: Properties of Logarithms; Exponential and Logarithmic Models; Section 6.5: Logarithmic and Exponential Equations. | 
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Week 15 Nov 25  | 
Section 6.6 Compound Interest. | 
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Week 16 Dec 2-6  | 
Section 6.7: Growth and Decay; Logistic Models; Review for Final. |