{"id":13,"date":"2022-04-12T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2022-04-20T00:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T00:30:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Algebra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/04\/IMG_9606-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Hurricane River\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/04\/IMG_9606-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/04\/IMG_9606-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/04\/IMG_9606-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/04\/IMG_9606-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/04\/IMG_9606-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is Rob Kipka&#8217;s Intermediate Algebra page.\u00a0 This course assumes some familiarity with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The basic idea of a variable, or unknown, such as\u00a0<em>x<\/em> or\u00a0<em>y<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>Graphing lines and solving linear equations, such as 3<em>x<\/em>+2=7;<\/li>\n<li>The basic ideas of exponents, such as\u00a0<em>x\u22c5x=x<\/em><sup>2<\/sup><em>;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The idea of like terms in polynomials, for example,\u00a0<em>x+<\/em>3<em>x+x<\/em><sup>2<\/sup>=4<em>x+x<\/em><sup>2<\/sup> because\u00a0<em>x<\/em> and 3<em>x<\/em> are like terms but 4<em>x <\/em>and<em> x<\/em><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0are not;<\/li>\n<li>The basic ideas of inequalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To take this course, you should finish MATH 088 or score between 30 and 45 on the ALEKs placement test.<\/p>\n<p>Did you take the ALEKs and score below 30? Right before the semester and at the <em>very\u00a0<\/em>beginning of the semester you can take ALEKs again!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have questions about placing into this course or about content you find on the website?\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:rkipka@lssu.edu\">Send me an email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>This course begins with a review of <a href=\"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/home\/lines\/\">lines and linear relationships<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Rob Kipka&#8217;s Intermediate Algebra page.\u00a0 This course assumes some familiarity with: The basic idea of a variable, or unknown, such as\u00a0x or\u00a0y; Graphing lines and solving linear equations, such as 3x+2=7; The basic ideas of exponents, such as\u00a0x\u22c5x=x2; The idea of like terms in polynomials, for example,\u00a0x+3x+x2=4x+x2 because\u00a0x and 3x are like terms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakerblogs.lssu.edu\/intermediatealgebra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}