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JUST-IN-TIME REVIEW ................................................................................................1
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS.....................7
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CHAPTER 2 EQUATIONS, INEQUALITIES, AND PROBLEM SOLVING .....39
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHING ................................................97
CHAPTER 4 POLYNOMIALS ...........................................................................159
CHAPTER 5 POLYNOMIALS AND FACTORING ..........................................206
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CHAPTER 6 RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS .......................255
CHAPTER 7 FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS........................................................319
CHAPTER 8 SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS AND
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PROBLEM SOLVING ...................................................................355
CHAPTER 9 INEQUALITIES AND PROBLEM SOLVING .............................432
CHAPTER 10 EXPONENTS AND RADICALS...................................................477
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CHAPTER 11 QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS AND EQUATIONS ........................528
CHAPTER 12 EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND
LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS .....................................................602
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CHAPTER 13 CONIC SECTIONS ........................................................................655
CHAPTER 14 SEQUENCES, SERIES, AND THE
BINOMIAL THEOREM ................................................................694
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