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Math 1200 College Algebra

MATH 1200 COLLEGE ALGEBRA

3 Credits

Offered in Lab or Lecture Format

Prerequisite required (MATH 0600 or Appropriate Placement-Test Score)

(Not recommended for those receiving a grade below “B” in Math 0600)

SYLLABUS

Revised 04/06/93

SETS

Define set, element, finite and infinite sets, empty set

Relations between sets: subset, proper subset, equal sets

Set operations: union, intersection and complement

Set-builder notation

The set of natural numbers

The set of integers

The set of rational numbers

The set of real numbers

Operations

Commutative, associative, and distributive properties

Identity and inverse elements

II.

LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES IN ONE VARIABLE

Review of techniques for solving linear equations and inequalities in one variable

Review solving literal equations for a specified variable

Absolute value

1. Definition and examples

2. Equations of the form   ax + b = c

Inequalities of the form   ax + b  < c

Inequalities of the form   ax + b  > c

Word problems (mixture, distance, age, money, and interest)

III.

LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES IN TWO AND THREE VARIABLES

Definition and examples of linear equations

Review of the rectangular coordinate system

Graphing linear equations in two variables

1. Intercept method

2. The slope concept

3. The slope-intercept form

Systems of linear equations in two variables

1. Classification of systems: Consistent, inconsistent, and dependent

2. Representation by graphs

3. Substitution

4. Elimination by addition

Systems of linear equations in three variables

1. Classification: unique solution, no solution, infinite number of solutions

2. Substitution

3. Elimination by addition

Solving graphically linear inequalities in two variables

Solving graphically systems of linear inequalities in two variables

Math 1200 College Algebra

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