Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
by Tyler Wallace · Tyler Wallace
Free, openly licensed (CC-BY) textbook written for community college developmental math, moving from arithmetic review through linear equations, factoring, radicals, and quadratics. Heavy on worked examples and practice sets, it builds the procedural fluency needed to solve quadratic equations and handle college algebra.
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