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Introduction to Algebra
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- How to add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative integers, decimals, and fractions
- How to evaluate powers and roots, and simplify expressions with exponents
- How to solve single-variable and multi-variable equations and inequalities
- How to graph lines and inequalities, using both slope-intercept and point-slope form
- How to graph quadratics, and solve for their roots using the quadratic formula
Prerequisite
Instructors
Zach Wissner-Gross
John Lee
Vivek Venkatachalam
Kenny Peng
Michael Fountaine
Stephen Face
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