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Required Algebraic Skills

Required Algebraic Skills. Psychology 310. Introduction. Certain basic skills from high school algebra are required to participate effectively in Psychology 310. These examples will help you identify whether you have these skills.

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Required Algebraic Skills

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  1. Required Algebraic Skills Psychology 310

  2. Introduction • Certain basic skills from high school algebra are required to participate effectively in Psychology 310. • These examples will help you identify whether you have these skills. • If you find the examples difficult, we will help you acquire the necessary background.

  3. Topics of Discussion • Manipulating equalities • Manipulating parentheses • Completing the square • Symbolic products

  4. Suppose Manipulating Equalities • Solve for X • Answer:

  5. Consider the following Manipulating Parentheses • Remove parentheses by distributing the 2 • Answer:

  6. Consider the following Manipulating Parentheses • Remove parentheses by distributing the minus sign • Answer:

  7. Expand the following Completing the Square • Answer:

  8. Expand the following Completing the Square • Answer:

  9. Expand the following Symbolic Products • Answer:

  10. Expand the following Symbolic Products • Answer:

  11. Conclusion • If you found the previous examples routine, you should have no problem with the mathemetical level in this course. • If you found the examples difficult or did not understand them at all, you need to seek assistance upgrading your algebraic skills. • http://www.hippocampus.org/Algebra • http://www.themathpage.com/alg/algebra.htm

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