An experimental two-track intermediate algebra course was offered at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA, between the Fall, 2002 and Fall, 2005 semesters. One track was modeled after the existing traditional California community college intermediate algebra course and the other track was a less rigorous intermediate algebra course in which the practice and examination exercises were generally less involved than those found in the traditional course. Students who planned to enroll in College Algebra for Brief Calculus (Math 8) or Trigonometry (Math 124) were encouraged to take the traditional intermediate algebra track. Students who planned to enroll in College Algebra (Math 7), Finite Mathematics (Math 9), Introduction to Statistics (Math 10), or Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students (Math 105) were encouraged to take the less rigorous intermediate algebra track. The success of students in their subsequent mathematics class was observed. Students who pursued the less rigorous intermediate algebra track had success rates in College Algebra (Math 7), Finite Mathematics (Math 9), Introduction to Statistics (Math 10), and Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students (Math 105) comparable to students who completed the traditional intermediate algebra class at Saddleback College. Students enrolled in the two-track intermediate algebra course who participated in the more rigorous track had success rates in College Algebra for Brief Calculus (Math 8) and Trigonometry (Math 124) that were comparable to students who completed the traditional intermediate algebra class at Saddleback College. It was recommended that a separate intermediate algebra course be established at Saddleback College that was modeled on the less rigorous track of the two-track experimental intermediate algebra class. Students who planned to subsequently enroll in College Algebra (Math 7), Finite Mathematics (Math 9), Introduction to Statistics (Math 10), or Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students (Math105) should be encouraged to take this less rigorous intermediate algebra course. (Contains 18 tables.)