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College Algebra
ISBN: 9780201526189 | 0201526182
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date: 12/1/1995
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Providing Strategies for Success: This text provides numerous strategies for success for both students and instructors. Instructors will find the book easier to use with such additions as an Annotated Instructor' s Edition, instructor notes within the exercise sets, and an Insider' s Guide. Students will find success through features including highlights, exercise hints, art annotations, critical thinking exercises, and pop quizzes, as well as procedures, strategies, and summaries.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Supplements List | p. xiii |
| Function Gallery | p. xvii |
| Prerequisites | |
| Real Numbers and Their Properties | p. 2 |
| Integral Exponents and Scientific Notation | p. 15 |
| Rational Exponents and Radicals | p. 26 |
| Complex Numbers | p. 39 |
| Polynomials | p. 45 |
| Factoring Polynomials | p. 57 |
| Rational Exp... MORE | p. 68 |
| Chapter P Highlights | p. 80 |
| Chapter P Review Exercises | p. 82 |
| Chapter P Test | p. 85 |
| Equations, Inequalities, and Modeling | |
| Equations in One Variable | p. 88 |
| Constructing Models to Solve Problems | p. 99 |
| Equations and Graphs in Two Variables | p. 111 |
| Linear Equations in Two Variables | p. 125 |
| Scatter Diagrams and Curve Fitting | p. 139 |
| Quadratic Equations | p. 145 |
| Linear and Absolute Value Inequalities | p. 162 |
| Chapter 1 Highlights | p. 175 |
| Chapter 1 Review Exercises | p. 177 |
| Chapter 1 Test | p. 181 |
| Tying it all Together | p. 183 |
| Functions and Graphs | |
| Functions | p. 185 |
| Graphs of Relations and Functions | p. 199 |
| Families of Functions, Transformations, and Symmetry | p. 212 |
| Operations with Functions | p. 228 |
| Inverse Functions | p. 238 |
| Constructing Functions with Variation | p. 252 |
| Chapter 2 Highlights | p. 260 |
| Chapter 2 Review Exercises | p. 262 |
| Chapter 2 Test | p. 265 |
| Tying it all Together | p. 266 |
| Polynomial and Rational Functions | |
| Quadratic Functions and Inequalities | p. 268 |
| Zeros of Polynomial Functions | p. 281 |
| The Theory of Equations | p. 293 |
| Miscellaneous Equations | p. 303 |
| Graphs of Polynomial Functions | p. 316 |
| Rational Functions and Inequalities | p. 330 |
| Chapter 3 Highlights | p. 346 |
| Chapter 3 Review Exercises | p. 348 |
| Chapter 3 Test | p. 351 |
| Tying it all Together | p. 352 |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Functions | |
| Exponential Functions and Their Applications | p. 354 |
| Logarithmic Functions and Their Applications | p. 369 |
| Rules of Logarithms | p. 383 |
| More Equations and Applications | p. 396 |
| Chapter 4 Highlights | p. 409 |
| Chapter 4 Review Exercises | p. 410 |
| Chapter 4 Test | p. 413 |
| Tying it all Together | p. 414 |
| Systems of Equations and Inequalities | |
| Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables | p. 417 |
| Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables | p. 429 |
| Nonlinear Systems of Equations | p. 441 |
| Partial Fractions | p. 450 |
| Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities in Two Variables | p. 459 |
| The Linear Programming Model | p. 468 |
| Chapter 5 Highlights | p. 475 |
| Chapter 5 Review Exercises | p. 477 |
| Chapter 5 Test | p. 479 |
| Tying it all Together | p. 480 |
| Matrices and Determinants | |
| Solving Linear Systems Using Matrices | p. 482 |
| Operations with Matrices | p. 497 |
| Multiplication of Matrices | p. 505 |
| Inverses of Matrices | p. 514 |
| Solution of Linear Systems in Two Variables Using Determinants | p. 526 |
| Solution of Linear Systems in Three Variables Using Determinants | p. 533 |
| Chapter 6 Highlights | p. 542 |
| Chapter 6 Review Exercises | p. 544 |
| Chapter 6 Test | p. 545 |
| Tying it all Together | p. 546 |
| The Conic Sections | |
| The Parabola | p. 548 |
| The Ellipse and the Circle | p. 559 |
| The Hyperbola | p. 573 |
| Chapter 7 Highlights | p. 587 |
| Chapter 7 Review Exercises | p. 588 |
| Chapter 7 Test | p. 590 |
| Tying it all Together | p. 591 |
| Sequences, Series, and Probability | |
| Sequences | p. 593 |
| Series | p. 603 |
| Geometric Sequences and Series | p. 612 |
| Counting and Permutations | p. 625 |
| Combinations, Labeling, and the Binomial Theorem | p. 632 |
| Probability | p. 642 |
| Mathematical Induction | p. 654 |
| Chapter 8 Highlights | p. 660 |
| Chapter 8 Review Exercises | p. 662 |
| Chapter 8 Test | p. 665 |
| Solutions to Try This Exercises | p. 1 |
| Answers to Selected Exercises | p. 1 |
| Credits | p. 1 |
| Index of Applications | p. 1 |
| Index | p. 7 |
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