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Hello, I am curious whether I should start with precalculus or college algebra? I have decent experience in mathematics, however I only know Algebra 1.

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They are usually roughly the same material.  (The terms are not super-precise, and college algebra in particular can have different meanings.)  If you want to continue with calculus, then to the extent they are different, pre-calculus would be the way to go.

"When publishers market their textbooks, sometimes the key difference between college algebra and pre-calculus is this: pre-calc emphasizes a unit circle for trig functions, while college algebra uses right triangles.  Other than that, the pre-calculus book has more complicated problems, but no substantive differences.  Both courses trace their ancestry back to the 19th century mathematics course later known as ‘college algebra’. "

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