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Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning. [Master linear; learn as general principle.]

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Explain each step in solving a simple equation as following from the equality of numbers asserted at the previous step, starting from the assumption that the original equation has a solution. Construct a viable argument to justify a solution method.

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Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically. [Linear and exponential; learn as general principle.]

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Understand that the graph of an equation in two variables is the set of all its solutions plotted in the coordinate plane, often forming a curve (which could be a line).

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Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically. [Linear and exponential; learn as general principle.]

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Explain why the x-coordinates of the points where the graphs of the equations y = f(x) and y = g(x) intersect are the solutions of the equation f(x) = g(x); find the solutions approximately, e.g., using technology to graph the functions, make tables of values, or find successive approximations. Include cases where f(x) and/or g(x) are linear, polynomial, rational, absolute value, exponential, and logarithmic functions. *

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Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically. [Linear and exponential; learn as general principle.]

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Graph the solutions to a linear inequality in two variables as a half-plane (excluding the boundary in the case of a strict inequality), and graph the solution set to a system of linear inequalities in two variables as the intersection of the corresponding half-planes.

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Solve equations and inequalities in one variable.

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Solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable, including equations with coefficients represented by letters. [Linear inequalities; literal equations that are linear in the variables being solved for; exponential of a form, such as 2^x = 1/16.]

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Solve equations and inequalities in one variable.

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Solve one-variable equations and inequalities involving absolute value, graphing the solutions and interpreting them in context. CA

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Solve systems of equations. [Linear systems]

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Prove that, given a system of two equations in two variables, replacing one equation by the sum of that equation and a multiple of the other produces a system with the same solutions.

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Solve systems of equations. [Linear systems]

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Solve systems of linear equations exactly and approximately (e.g., with graphs), focusing on pairs of linear equations in two variables.

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Perform arithmetic operations on polynomials. [Polynomials that simplify to quadratics]

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Understand that polynomials form a system analogous to the integers, namely, they are closed under the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication; add, subtract, and multiply polynomials.

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Solve equations and inequalities in one variable. [Quadratics with real coefficients]

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Solve quadratic equations in one variable. Use the method of completing the square to transform any quadratic equation in x into an equation of the form (x – p)^2 = q that has the same solutions. Derive the quadratic formula from this form.