Algebra for College Students
ISBN: 9780077224844 | 0077224841
Edition: 5thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Pub. Date: 1/14/2008
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Algebra for College Students, 5eis part of the latest offerings in the successful Dugopolski series in mathematics. The author's goal is to explain mathematical concepts to students in a language they can understand. In this book, students and faculty will find short, precise explanations of terms and concepts written in understandable language. The author uses concrete analogies to relate math to everyday experiences. For example, when the author introduces the Commutative Property of Addition, he uses a concrete analogy that "the price of a h... MORE
| To the student preface | |
| The Real Numbers | |
| Sets | |
| The Real Numbers | |
| Operations on the Set of Real Numbers | |
| Evaluating Expressions | |
| Properties of the Real Numbers | |
| Using the Properties | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Critical ... MORE | |
| Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable | |
| Linear Equations in One Variable | |
| Formulas and Functions | |
| Applications | |
| Inequalities | |
| Compound Inequalities | |
| Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| A review of Chapters 1-2 • Critical Thinking | |
| Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables | |
| Graphing Lines in the Coordinate Plane | |
| Slope of a Line | |
| Three Forms for the Equation of a Line | |
| Linear Inequalities and Their Graphs | |
| Functions and Relations | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-3 • Critical Thinking | |
| Systems of Linear Equations | |
| Solving Systems by Graphing and Substitution | |
| The Addition Method | |
| Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables | |
| Solving Linear Systems Using Matrices | |
| Determinants and Cramer’s Rule | |
| Linear Programming | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-4 • Critical Thinking | |
| Exponents and Polynomials | |
| Integral Exponents and Scientific Notation | |
| The Power Rules | |
| Polynomials and Polynomial Functions | |
| Multiplying Binomials | |
| Factoring Polynomials | |
| Factoring ax˛ + bx + c | |
| Factoring Strategy | |
| Solving Equations by Factoring | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-5 • Critical Thinking | |
| Rational Expressions and Functions | |
| Properties of Rational Expressions and Functions | |
| Multiplication and Division | |
| Addition and Subtraction | |
| Complex Fractions | |
| Division of Polynomials | |
| Solving Equations Involving Rational Expressions | |
| Applications | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-6 • Critical Thinking | |
| Radicals and Rational Exponents | |
| Radicals | |
| Rational Exponents | |
| Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Radicals | |
| Quotients, Powers, and Rationalizing Denominators | |
| Solving Equations with Radicals and Exponents | |
| Complex Numbers | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-7 • Critical Thinking | |
| Quadratic Equations, Functions, and Inequalities | |
| Factoring and Completing the Square | |
| The Quadratic Formula | |
| More on Quadratic Equations | |
| Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs | |
| Quadratic and Rational Inequalities | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test & | |
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