Intermediate Algebra

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• fn-mote · May 24, 2022 · Recommends

  …how to approach a new unknown problem... which to me is proof of true understanding. A drawback is that they are organized along more or less traditional US high school lines. Don't be fooled though, "Intermediate Algebra" is lots deeper than expanding (x+y)^2. Read the exercises if you're checking out these books, not just the "content". Intermediate Counting and Probability might have content outside of your academic…

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• mindcrime · Aug 14, 2020 · Mentions

  …learn more math beyond that" initiative. So I've been going through Professor Leonard's videos on Youtube, intending to work my way through to his Differential Equations class. I'm almost done reviewing Intermediate Algebra, and this weekend will probably consist largely of wrapping that up. I'm also reading the book How To Think Like a Mathematician by Kevin Houston, so I'll probably spend some time on that.

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• Jach · Mar 7, 2022 · Mentions

  …themselves in elaborating an idea (see also Feynman Diagrams, or electric circuits), but there's so much more calculators can do, let alone actual PCs, cell phones, and web apps. By chance in 9th grade "Intermediate Algebra/Algebra 2" I had a teacher not wholly opposed to modern technology and so he only had us do a small amount of those "solve this system of equations using a 3x4 matrix by hand, showing each matrix transformation…

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• dcw303 · Jan 19, 2024 · Mentions

  …For that, my plan is to do the webgpufundamentals.org course first. Scanning the TOC, I think I would be able to attempt it from what I learned from the linear algebra book. That said, I'm doing AOPS Intermediate Algebra at the moment, and the Precalc text covers more advanced trig and matrix stuff, so I'm thinking it would be good to finish at least to there before starting to apply the knowledge.

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