Mathematics in Action : Algebraic, Graphical, and Trigonometric Problem Solving
ISBN: 9780321447807 | 0321447808
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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Key Message: The third book of a three-part series, Algebraic, Graphics, and Trigonometric Problem Solving, Second Edition, illustrates how mathematics arises naturally from everyday situations through updated and revised real-life activities and the accompanying practice exercises. Along with the activities and the exercises within the text, MathXL(R) and MyMathLab(R) have been enhanced to create a better overall learning experience for the reader. Technology integrated throughout the text helps readers interpret real-life data algebraically, ... MORE
| Preface | |
| Function Sense | |
| Cluster 1: Modeling with Functions? | |
| Parking Problems | |
| Objectives | |
| Distinguish between input and output | |
| Define a function | |
| Represent a function numerically and graphically | |
| Write a function using function notation? | |
| Fill 'er Up | |
| Objectives | |
| Determine the equation (symbolic representation) that defines a function | |
| Write the equation to define a function | |
| Determine the domain and range of a function | |
| Identify the independent and the dependent variables of a function? | |
| Stopping Short | |
| Objectives | |
| Use a function as a mathematical model | |
| Determine when a function is increasing, decreasing, or constant | |
| Use the vertical line test to determine if a graph represents a function? | |
| Project Activity 1.4: Graphs Tell Stories Objectives | |
| Describe in words what a graph tells you about a given situation | |
| Sketch a graph that best represents the situation described in words? | |
| What Have I Learned? | |
| How Can I Practice? | |
| Cluster 2: Linear Functions | |
| Walking for Fitness | |
| Objective | |
| Determine the average rate of change? | |
| Depreciation | |
| Objectives | |
| Interpret slope as an average rate of change | |
| Use the formula to determine slope | |
| Discover the practical meaning of vertical and horizontal intercepts | |
| Develop the slope-intercept form of an equation of a line | |
| Use the slope-intercept formula to determine vertical and horizontal intercepts? | |
| A New Computer | |
| Objectives | |
| Write a linear equation in the slope-intercept form, given the initial value and the rate of change | |
| Write a linear equation given two points, one of which is the vertical intercept | |
| Use the point-slope form to write a linear equation given two points, neither of which is the vertical intercept | |
| Compare slopes of parallel lines? | |
| Skateboard Heaven | |
| Objectives | |
| Write an equation of a line in standard form Ax+By=C | |
| Write the slope-intercept form of a linear equation given the standard form? | |
| College Tuition | |
| Objectives | |
| Determine | |
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