| Number | Topic | Author | Status (note: no chapters have exercises written yet) |
| 1 | Introduction | Cox/Perry | tex'ed - needs exercises only |
| 2 | Graphs of Lines | Ushe | tex'ed - needs exercises,minor editing only - diagrams may need to be re-done |
| 3 | Systems of Equations | Ushe | partially complete- handwriting only |
| 4 | Absolute Values | Hu | half finished - tex'ed |
| 5 | Exponents | Fetteroll | complete in handwriting ???- also Shu An has incorporated this into chapter 6 |
| 6 | Polynomials/Factoring | Hu | rough draft complete and tex'ed but no exercises yet |
| 7 | Nonlinear Equations | Cox | maybe not started- Prof. Cox recently agreed to write this section |
| 8 | Logarithms | Perry | to be started August 2004 |
| 9 | Rational Functions | TBA | need volunteer to write this section |
| 10 | TBA | TBA | need volunteer to write this section |
| 11 | TBA | TBA | need volunteer to write this section |
| 12 | TBA | TBA | need volunteer to write this section |
DRAFT CHAPTERS- You will probably need to rename with a .tex extension
instead of .txt if you want to compile these files in tex.chap1.txt POSTED AUGUST 7,2005 CH 1.1-1.3 EVERYONE USE THIS AS THE MODEL!
draft6b.txt CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS UPDATED AUGUST 5, 2004 10 AM 1. Review (topics from Algebra I or Beginning Algebra) [COX 1.1-1.3/PERRY 1.4] 1.1 Graphing on the real number line M1.1-1.4 1.2 Graphing in the Cartesian Plane R^2 (plotting points) M3.1 1.3 Solving linear equations in one variable M2.1 1.4 Functions (definition,relations,domain,range,vert line test, graphing by plotting points,f(x) style notation) 2. Graphs of Lines [USHE] 2.1 Slope (point-slope and slope-intercept form of linear equation, graphing, parallel and perpendicular lines) M3.2-3.3 - LARGE SECTION 2.2 Graphing Linear Inequalities M3.4 2.3 Applications of Linear Equations 3 Solving Systems of Equations [USHE ] 3.1 Systems of equations in 2 variables - algebraic and geometric, emphasizing alg. M4.1 3.2 Systems of equations in 3 variables- algebraic and geometric, emphasizing alg. M4.2 3.3 Applications of systems of equations (word problems) 3.4 Solving nonlinear systems (easily solved systems, e.g., y=x+2,x^2-y=0) 4. Absolute Values [HU] 4.1 Definition of absolute value (algebraic and geometric) M2.1 - [+++"the absolute value", file draft 5] 4.2 Solving equations involving absolute value (e.g., |2x+5|=11) - [+++"the equation with absolute value", file draft 5] 4.3 Solving inequalities involving absolute value (e.g., |2x-3|<5) (maybe add more sections, harder problems) 5. Exponents [FETTEROLL] 5.1 Properties of exponents (whole number exponents) M 5.1 [+++"definition of exponent",file draft5] 5.2 Rational exponents (including radical notation) M7.1 5.3 Simplifying expressions involving radicals M7.2-7.3 6. Polynomials/Factoring [HU] 6.1 Addition and Multiplication of Polynomials [+++"polynomials and their operations",draft6] 6.2 Factoring: Common Factors,Grouping [+++"factoring by GCF and grouping", draft6] 6.3 Factoring: Trinomials (used to be section 6.4)[+++"factoring quadratic trinomials",draft6] 6.4 Factoring: Formulas (used to be section 6.3)[+++"factoring by formulas", draft6] 6.5 Advanced Factoring 7. Nonlinear Equations [COX ?] 7.1 Complex Numbers and Quadratic Formula 7.2 Solving equations (of any degree) by factoring - including complex solutions, and correspondence between roots and factors of polynomials 7.3 Approximating solutions to any equation by graphing 8. Logarithim, Exponential and Inverse Functions [PERRY?] 8.1 Exponential functions M9.1 8.2 Inverse of a function M9.2 8.3 Logarithmic functions M9.3-9.5 8.4 Applications of exponential, logarithmic functions