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Beginning Algebra
ISBN: 9780495831419 | 0495831417
Edition: 9thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/1/2010
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| Real Numbers and Their Basic Properties | |
| Real Numbers and Their Graphs | |
| Fractions | |
| Exponents and Order of Operations | |
| Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers | |
| Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers | |
| Algebraic Expressions | |
| Properties of Real Numbers | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | ... MORE |
| Equations and Inequalities | |
| Solving Basic Linear Equations in One Variable | |
| Solving More Linear Equations in One Variable | |
| Simplifying Expressions to Solve Linear Equations in One Variable | |
| Formulas | |
| Introduction to Problem Solving | |
| Motion and Mixture Problems | |
| Solving Linear Inequalities in One Variable | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | |
| Graphing | |
| Writing Equations of Lines | |
| Functions | |
| Variation | |
| The Rectangular Coordinate System | |
| Graphing Linear Equations | |
| Slope of a Line | |
| Point-Slope Form | |
| Slope-Intercept Form | |
| Functions | |
| Variation | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Polynomials | |
| Natural-Number Exponents | |
| Zero and Negative-Integer Exponents | |
| Scientific Notation | |
| Polynomials | |
| Adding and Subtracting Polynomials | |
| Multiplying Polynomials | |
| Dividing Polynomials by Monomials | |
| Dividing Polynomials by Polynomials | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | |
| Factoring Polynomials | |
| Factoring Out the Greatest Common Factor | |
| Factoring by Grouping | |
| Factoring the Difference of Two Squares | |
| Factoring Trinomials with a Leading Coefficient of | |
| Factoring General Trinomials | |
| Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes | |
| Summary of Factoring Techniques | |
| Solving Equations by Factoring | |
| Problem Solving | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Rational Expressions And Equations | |
| Ratio and Proportion | |
| Simplifying Rational Expressions | |
| Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions | |
| Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions | |
| Simplifying Complex Fractions | |
| Solving Equations That Contain Rational Expressions | |
| Solving Applications of Equations That Contain Rational Expressions | |
| Ratios | |
| Proportions and Similar Triangles | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | |
| Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities | |
| Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing | |
| Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution | |
| Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination (Addition) | |
| Applications of Systems of Equations | |
| Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Roots and Radical Expressions | |
| Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem. nth Roots and Radicands That Contain Variables | |
| Simplifying Radical Expressions | |
| Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions | |
| Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions | |
| Solving Equations Containing Radicals | |
| the Distance Formula | |
| Rational Exponents | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | |
| Quadratic Equations and Graphing Quadratic Functions | |
| Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Square-Root Property | |
| Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square | |
| Solving Quadratic Equations by the Quadratic Formula | |
| Graphing Quadratic Functions | |
| Complex Numbers | |
| Projects | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Test | |
| Glossary | |
| Sample Final Examination | |
| Powers and Roots | |
| Answers to Selected Exercises | |
| Index I-1 | |
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