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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra A Combined Course (with Digital Video Companion)

by: McKeague, Charles P.

Elementary and Intermediate Algebra A Combined Course (with Digital Video Companion)

by: McKeague, Charles P.

ISBN 13:
9780030395024
ISBN 10:
003039502X
Edition: CD
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 08/21/2001
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Written by best-selling author Pat McKeague, this text presents the topic using the same features that have successfully helped so many students learn algebra in his other titles. Approximately half of the book's 91 sections are in the first six chapters on beginning algebra. The material on intermediate algebra follows Chapter 7.

1.THE BASICS
Notation and Symbols
Real Numbers
Addition of Real Numbers
Subtraction of Real Numbers
Properties of Real Numbers
Multiplication of Real Numbers
Division of Real Numbers
Subsets of the Real Numbers
Addition and Subtraction with Fractions
Summary, Review, Projects, Test
2.LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES
Simplifying Expressions
Addition Property of Equality
Multiplication Property of Equality
Solving Linear Equations
Formulas
Applications
More Applications
Linear Inequalities
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
3.GRAPHING AND LINEAR SYSTEMS
Paired Data and Graphing Ordered Pairs
Solutions to Linear Equations in Two Variables
Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables
More on Graphing: Intercepts
Solving Linear Systems by Graphing
The Addition Method
The Substitution Method
Applications
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
4.EXPONENTS AND POLYNOMIALS
Multiplication With Exponents
Division With Exponents
Operations With Monomials
Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials
Multiplication With Polynomials
Binomial Squares and Other Special Products
Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial
Dividing a Polynomial by a Polynomial
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
5. FACTORING
The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping
Factoring Trinomials
More Trinomials to Factor
Special Factorings
Factoring: A General Review
Solving Equations by Factoring
Applications
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
6. RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Reducing Rational Expressions to Lowest Terms
Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions
Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions
Equations Involving Rational Expressions
Applications
Complex Fractions
Proportions
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
7.TRANSITIONS
Review of Solving Equations
Equations With Absolute Value
Compound Inequalities and Interval Notation
Inequalities Involving Absolute Value
Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
Review of Systems of Equations in Two Variables
Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
8.EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES IN TWO VARIABLES
The Slope of a Line
The Equation of a Line
Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
Introduction to Functions
Function Notation
Algebra With Functions
Variation
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
9. RATIONAL EXPONENTS AND ROOTS
Rational Exponents
More Expressions Involving Rational Exponents
Simplified Form for Radicals
Addition and Subtraction of Radical Expressions
Multiplication and Division of Radical Expressions
Equations With Radicals
Complex Numbers
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
10. QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
Completing the Square
The Quadratic Formula
Additional Items Involving Solutions to Equations
Equations Quadratic in Form
Graphing Parabolas
Quadratic Inequalities
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
11. EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS
Exponential Functions
The Inverse of a Function
Logarithms Are Exponents
Properties of Logarithms
Common Logarithms and Natural Logarithms
Exponential Equations and Change of Base
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
12. SEQUENCES AND SERIES
Sequences
Series
Arithmetic Sequences
Geometric Sequences
The Binomial Expansion
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
13. CONIC SECTIONS
The Circle
Ellipses and Hyperbolas
Second-Degree Inequalities and Nonlinear Systems
Summary, Review, Projects, Test, Cumulative Review
Appendix: A: Synthetic Division
Appendix B: Introduction to Determinants
Appendix C: Cramers Rule
Appendix D: Matrix Solutions to Linear Systems
Appendix E: Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems, Reviews, Tests, and Cumulative Reviews
Index

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