College Algebra
ISBN: 9780077350161 | 0077350162
Edition: 9thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Pub. Date: 1/20/2010
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The Barnett/Ziegler/Byleen/Sobecki College Algebra series is designed to give students a solid grounding in pre-calculus topics in a user-friendly manner. The series emphasizes computational skills, ideas, and problem solving rather than theory. Explore/Discuss boxes integrated throughout each text encourage students to think critically about mathematical concepts. All worked examples are followed by Matched Problems that reinforce the concepts being taught. New to these editions, Technology Connections illustrate how concepts that were previou... MORE
| Basic Algebraic Operations | |
| Algebra and Real Numbers | |
| Exponents | |
| Radicals | |
| Polynomials: Basic Operations | |
| Review | |
| Equations and Inequalities | |
| Linear Equations and Applications | |
| Linear Inequalities | |
| Absolute Value | |
| Complex Numbers | |
| Quadratic Equations and Appli... MORE | |
| Equations Involving Radicals | |
| Group Activity: Solving a Cubic Equation | |
| Review | |
| Graphs | |
| Cartesian Coordinate System | |
| Distance in the Plane | |
| Equations of a Line | |
| Linear Equations and Models | |
| Group Activity: Rates of Change | |
| Review | |
| Functions | |
| Functions | |
| Graphing Functions | |
| Transformations of Functions | |
| Quadratic Functions | |
| Combining Functions; Composition | |
| Inverse Functions | |
| Group Activity: Mathematical Modeling - Choosing a Long-Distance Calling Plan | |
| Review | |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | |
| Polynomial and Rational Functions | |
| Polynomial Functions And Models | |
| Real Zeros and Polynomial Inequalities | |
| Complex Zeros and Rational Zeros of Polynomials | |
| Rational Functions and Inequalities | |
| Variation and Modeling | |
| Group Activity: Interpolating Polynomials | |
| Review | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Functions | |
| Exponential Functions | |
| Exponential Models | |
| Logarithmic Functions | |
| Logarithmic Models | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Equations | |
| Group Activity: Growth of Increasing Functions | |
| Review | |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | |
| Additional Topics in Analytic Geometry | |
| Conic Sections; Parabola | |
| Ellipse | |
| Hyperbola | |
| Group Activity: Focal Chords | |
| Review | |
| Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Matrices | |
| Systems of Linear Equations | |
| Solving Linear Systems Using Gauss-Jordan Elimination | |
| Matrix Operations | |
| Solving Linear Systems Using Inverse Matrices | |
| Determinants and Cramer's Rule | |
| Chapter 7 Group Activity: Modeling with Systems of Linear Equations | |
| Systems of Nonlinear Equations | |
| Systems of Linear Inequalities | |
| Linear Programming | |
| Review | |
| Sequences and Series | |
| Sequences and Series | |
| Mathematical Induction | |
| Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences | |
| Counting Techniques: Multiplication Principle, Permutations, and Combinations | |
| Sample Spaces and Probability | |
| Binomial Formula | |
| Group Activity: Sequences Specified by Recursion Formulas | |
| Review | |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | |
| Special Topics | |
| Scientific Notation and Significant Digits | |
| Partial Fractions | |
| Parametric Equations | |
| Geometric Formulas | |
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