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College Algebra: Guide Homepage

Welcome

Welcome to the College Algebra (VSL). This page covers the SJRState course MAC 1105. The box one the left side of this page contains handouts on .pdf form that you may find useful in your study of this subject. By hovering over the Guide homepage on the top left or selecting a chapter on Chapters box, you will be directed to pages related to the chapters in the text containing videos specific to the skills covered in that respective chapter.

College Algebra Chapters

This page has video tutorials on Review Topics that may be helpful at the beginning of this course:
 -  The Sum and Difference of Cubes
 -  Special Product: Square a binomial
 -  Special Product: Difference of Squares 
 -  Solving Linear Equations - Multiple Step Equation
 -  Solving Linear Equations: Addition Rule
 -  Solving Linear Equations: Division Rule 
 -  Solving Linear Equations: Two Step Equations 
 -  What is a Polynomial 
 -  What is a Coefficient 
 -  Introduction to the Distributive Law and more

This chapter page has video tutorials on:
 -  Solving Linear Equations - Multiple Step Equation
 -  Using Factoring to Solve a Quadratic Equation 
 -  Quadratic Equations
 -  Solve a Quadratic Equation using Completing the Square 
 -  Using the Square Root Property to solve a Quadratic Equation
 -  Solving a Radical Equation
 -  Dividing Complex Numbers and more

This chapter page has video tutorials on:
 -  The Slope of a Line Given its Equation
 -  The Slope of a Line Given Two Points 
 -  Using the Slope Equation to find the slope of a line passing through two points 
 -  Using the Slope Equation to Show the Slope of a Horizontal Line is Zero 
 -  Slope Intercept Equation of a Line 
 -  Using the Slope Equation to Show the Slope of a Vertical Line is Undefined
 -  Graph a Circle

This chapter page has video tutorials on:
 -  Relations and Functions
 -  Difference Quotient 
 -  Finding Values of a Function 
 -  Finding the Domain of a Rational Function
 -  Graphing by Transformations 
 -  Write Equation using Transformations
 -  Applying the Slope Intercept Equation to Cost 
 -  Maximize Area 

This chapter page has video tutorials on:
 -  The Slope of a Line Given its Equation
 -  The Slope of a Line Given Two Points
 -  Quadratic Function Open Up or Open Down

This chapter page has video tutorials on:
 -  Composite Function
 -  Rewrite Logarithm
 -  Find Inverse Function 
 -  Expand a Logarithm
 -  Exponential Growth 
 -  Exponents - Zero as an Exponent