College Algebra Introduction Review - Basic Overview, Study Guide, Examples & Practice Problems

Published 2017-01-08
This college algebra introduction / study guide review video tutorial provides a basic overview of key concepts that are needed to do well in a typical algebra course.

Algebra 2 - Basic Introduction:    • Algebra 2 Introduction, Basic Review,...  

Introduction to Exponents:
   • Introduction to Exponents  

How To Solve Linear Inequalities:
   • How To Solve Linear Inequalities  

Solving Absolute Value Equations:
   • How To Solve Absolute Value Equations  

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How To Solve Linear Equations:
   • How To Solve Linear Equations In Algebra  

Finding The Slope Given Two Points:
   • Finding The Slope Given 2 Points - To...  

How To Graph Linear Equations:
   • How To Graph Linear Equations In Slop...  

Linear Equations Review:
   • Linear Equations - Algebra  

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Introduction to Polynomials:
   • Polynomials - Classifying Monomials, ...  

Systems of Equations:
   • Solving Systems of Equations By Elimi...  

Solving Quadratic Equations By Factoring:
   • How To Solve Quadratic Equations By F...  

Simplifying Rational Expressions:
   • Simplifying Rational Expressions  

Logarithms:
   • Logarithms - The Easy Way!  

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All Comments (21)
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  • Going back to college and this helps a lot since I haven't taken a math class in 5 years.
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  • @Mr.Majestic77
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  • @p00pysc00p
    i took a break from college for a year and a half but i’ve forgotten a lot so i’m excited to watch this and practice!!! thankyou
  • @alexsummerfield
    Using this to rush some studying for my final tomorrow! Been using your videos all semester man. The work you put into this and explaining the details is very much appreciated.
  • @david_mars
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  • @AlanWiltsie
    I have only watched 5 minutes and I'm already smarter.
  • I wanted to take a second and thank you for making this video. I am sure it took a very long time to create!! I am about to take my College Algebra final exam and am very grateful for this review. I am sure it will help me. You are very skilled in your speaking style and teaching methods, it makes for a very smooth learning process! Thank you!
  • 32:00 I just want to say, there are a few confusing areas in this tutorial because there's a lot to remember and JG doesn't always reuse terminology, making it tricky sometimes (for people like me who are not reviewing, but trying to relearn). At this timestamp, you can easily "see" the y = mx + b equation showing through, but he doesn't remind you of this. So in the examples prior to this timestamp, he'll talk about y = -|x| and while it may make sense "in the moment," when you are thrown this outside of context, think of it this way: y = mx + b, where y = -1|x| + 0 and then suddenly this makes far more sense (at least to me). Don't forget, y = y-coordinate, m = slope, x = x-coordinate, and b = y-intercept. What is missing here is the x-intercept, but to solve for X-intercept, replace y with 0 and solve for x.