Math 131 Class Notes

College algebra Class Notes

Normally, I will be printing these for you and bringing them to class. If you print the Completed Notes (from Fall 2023), choose Fit or Fit to Printable Area, not Actual Size.

Math 131 Class Notes Sullivan book, 8th edition
Name & Topics	Section of Sullivan book
The Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	1.4
Intercepts and Symmetry Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	2.2
Circles Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	2.4
Direct, Inverse, and Joint Variation Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	2.5
Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	3.1
Graphs of Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	3.2
Properties of Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	3.3
Library of Functions and Piecewise Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023) The order of the last three examples have sinced been changed.	3.4
Transformations Completed Notes (from Fall 2023) You are not responsible for example 8; skip it.	3.5
Linear Functions and Models Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	4.1
Linear Regression Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	4.2
Graphs of Quadratic Functions Completed Notes (from Spring 2024)	4.3
Building Quadratic Models and Regression Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	4.4
Polynomial Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	5.1
Polynomial Graphs and Cubic Regression Completed Notes (from Spring 2024)	5.2
Rational Functions with Vertical, Horizontal, and Oblique Asymptotes Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	5.5
Applications of Rational Functions Completed Notes (from Spring 2024)	5.6
Composition of Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	6.1
Inverses and One-to-One Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	6.2
Exponential Functions Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	6.3
Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	6.4
Properties of Logarithms Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	6.5
Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	6.6
Financial Models Completed Notes (from Spring 2024)	6.7
Exponential and Logistic Growth and Decay Models; Newton’s Law Completed Notes (from Spring 2024)	6.8
Exponential, Logarithmic, and Logistic Models from Data Completed Notes (from Spring 2024)	6.9
Matrices: Solving Systems of Linear Equations in Two or Three Variables Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	8.1
Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	8.2
Matrices: Determinants Completed Notes (from Fall 2023)	8.3
Matrices: Matrix Algebra Including Inverses Completed Notes (from Fall 2023) I made minor changes to example 5 since.	8.4