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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Fundamentals
The Distributive Property (factoring, distributing, the FOIL method)
Arithmetic with Rational Expressions (simplifying rational expressions, performing multiplication with rational expressions)
Exponents and Radicals (basic exponent and radical properties and using them to rewrite expressions)Quick Fraction Review Chapter 2 Linear Equations and Inequalities
Linear Equations
Linear Inequalities
Absolute Value Equations
Absolute Value InequalitiesChapter 3 Quadratic Equations
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
Solving Quadratic Equations by Extracting Roots
Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the SquareSolving Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic FormulaChapter 4 The x-y Coordinate PlaneChapter 5 Lines and ParabolasChapter 6 Nonlinear InequalitiesChapter 7 FunctionsChapter 8 Quadratic FunctionsChapter 9 Transformations and CombinationsChapter 10 Polynomial FunctionsChapter 11 Systems of Equations and InequalitiesChapter 12 Exponents and Logarithms

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