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Pre-calculus math course

College algebra is a mathematics course typically taken in the first year of American higher education, covering functions, polynomials, logarithms, and other foundational concepts.

It serves as a prerequisite for calculus and often fulfills general education requirements: I need to pass college algebra before I can take statistics.

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