Detailed schedule:
| Date | Sections covered | 
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Week 1 Aug 21-23  | 
Section P.2: Exponents and Scientific Notation; Section P.3: Radicals and Rational Exponents; Section P.4: Polynomials. | 
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Week 2 Aug 28-30  | 
Section P.5: Factoring Polynomials; Section P.6: Rational Expressions; Section 1.1: Graphs and Graphing Utilities. | 
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Week 3 Sep 6  | 
(Monday is holiday). Section 1.2: Linear Equations and Rational Equations; Section 1.3: Models and Applications (continued next week). | 
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Week 4 Sep 11-13  | 
Finish Section 1.3; Section 1.5: Quadratic Equations; Section 1.6: Other Types of Equations (factoring); Review for Test 1. | 
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Week 5 Sep 18-20  | 
Test 1 on Sep 18; Section 1.6: Other Types of Equations (radical, quadratic form); Section 1.7: Linear Inequalities and Absolute Value Inequalities. | 
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Week 6 Sep 25-27  | 
Section 2.1: Basics of Functions and Their Graphs; Section 2.2: More on Functions and Their Graphs; Section 2.3 Linear Functions and Slope. | 
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Week 7 Oct 2-4  | 
Section 2.4: More on Slope; Section 2.5: Transformations of Functions; Section 2.6: Combinations of Functions: Composite Functions. | 
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Week 8 Oct 11  | 
Section 2.7: Inverse Functions; Review for Test 2. | 
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Week 9 Oct 16-18  | 
Test 2 on Oct 16; Section 2.8: Distance and Midpoint Formulas: Circles; Section 3.1: Quadratic Functions. | 
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Week 10 Oct 23-25  | 
Section 3.2: Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs; Section 3.3: Dividing Polynomials: Remainder and Factor Theorems; Section 3.4: Zeros of Polynomial Functions. | 
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Week 11 Oct 30-Nov 1  | 
Section 3.5: Rational Functions and Their Graphs; Section 3.6: Polynomial and Rational Inequalities (continued on Week 12). | 
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Week 12 Nov 6-8  | 
Finish Section 3.6; Section 3.7: Modeling Using Variation; Review for Test 3. | 
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Week 13 Nov 13-15  | 
Test 3 on Nov 13; Section 4.1: Exponential Functions; Section 4.2: Logarithmic Functions. | 
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Week 14 Nov 20  | 
Section 4.3: Properties of Logarithms (continued on Week 15). | 
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Week 15 Nov 27-29  | 
Finish Section 4.3; Section 4.4: Exponential and Logarithmic Equations; Section 4.5: Exponential Growth and Decay; Modeling Data. | 
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Week 16 Dec 4-6  | 
Section 5.1: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables (up to and including Example 3); Review for Final. |