Intended for students with little or no background in basic algebra or whose background is not current. Topics covered include: the real number system, factoring fractions, linear equations, functions ...

Instead of writing Function = multiply by 3 we can use algebra. Graphically, \(f(x) = x^2\) is the same as the graph of \(y = x^2\). Writing graphs as functions in the form of \(f(x)\) is useful ...