Yes it is
First of all. Help what? And second of all finding the history of algebra is almost impossible so that is a very hard question to answer.
no it is like 4th grade algebra
No.
me
Elementary algebra
Algebra. I took it in that order, and to do most of the geometry, you HAVE to know algebra. If I had taken geometry first, I would have failed. ALGEBRA FIRST.
It has letters instead of numbers.
It is not hard compared to college algebra. pre-calc just incorporates topics you have learned so far uo to college algebra and introduces a few more. if you did well in algebra, you should do well in pre-calc.
algebra 1a is the first part of algebra 1 and algebra 1b is the second part. :)
The first algebra text was introduced by a Muslim scholar, in Iraq.
Probably not much; of course you'll learn new things (just as you did in algebra), but they will be introduced gradually (just as they were in algebra).
if you put your mind to it it is not really hard just rember your properties