Elementary Algebra
ISBN: 9780077224790 | 0077224795
Edition: 6thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Pub. Date: 1/10/2008
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Elementary Algebra, 6e is 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 hamburger ... MORE
| To the student preface | |
| Real Numbers and Their Properties | |
| The Real Numbers | |
| Fractions | |
| Addition and Subtraction of Real Numbers | |
| Multiplication and Division of Real Numbers | |
| Exponential Expressions and the Order of Operations | |
| Algebraic Expressions | |
| Properties of the Real Numbers | |
| Using the Properties to Sim... MORE | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Critical Thinking | |
| Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable2 .1 The Addition and Multiplication Properties of Equality | |
| Solving General Linear Equations | |
| More Equations | |
| Formulas | |
| Translating Verbal Expressions into Algebraic Expressions | |
| Number, Geometric, and Uniform Motion Applications | |
| Discount, Investment, and Mixture Applications | |
| Inequalities | |
| Solving Inequalities and Applications | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| A review of Chapters 1-2 • Critical Thinking | |
| Linear Equations in Two Variables and Their Graphs | |
| Graphing Lines in the Coordinate Plane | |
| Slope | |
| Equations of Lines in Slope-Intercept Form | |
| The Point-Slope Form | |
| Variations | |
| 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 and Inequalities | |
| The Graphing Method | |
| The Substitution Method | |
| The Addition Method | |
| Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables | |
| Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-4 • Critical Thinking | |
| Exponents and Polynomials | |
| The Rules of Exponents | |
| Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation | |
| Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials | |
| Multiplication of Polynomials | |
| Multiplication of Binomials | |
| Special Products | |
| Division of Polynomials | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-5 • Critical Thinking | |
| Factoring | |
| Factoring Out Common Factors | |
| Special Products and Grouping | |
| Factoring the Trinomial ax² + bx + c with a = 1 | |
| Factoring the Trinomial ax² + bx + c with a ¿ 1 | |
| The Factoring Strategy | |
| Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-6 • Critical Thinking | |
| Rational Expressions | |
| Reducing Rational Expressions | |
| Multiplication and Division | |
| Finding the Least Common Denominator | |
| Addition and Subtraction | |
| Complex Fractions | |
| Solving Equations with Rational Expressions | |
| Applications of Ratios and Proportions | |
| Applications of Rational Expressions | |
| Wrap-Up • Summary • Enriching Your Mathematical Word Power • Review Exercises • | |
| Test • Making Connections | |
| a review of Chapters 1-7 • Critical Thinking | |
| Powers and Roots | |
| Roots, Radicals, and Rules | |
| Simplifying Square Roots | |
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