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Algebra for College Students

by Angel, Allen R.

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3rd

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9780136129080

ISBN10:

0136129080

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Hardcover

Pub. Date:

3/7/2007

Publisher(s):

Pearson

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Algebra for College Studentsis typically used in a very comprehensive 1-semester Intermediate Algebra course serving as a gateway course to other college-level mathematics courses. The goal of the Intermediate Algebra course is to provide students with the mathematical skills that are prerequisites for courses such as College Algebra, Elementary Statistics, Liberal-Arts Math and Mathematics for Teachers. This Algebra for College students text may also be used in a 1-semester, lower-level College Algebra course as a prerequisite to Precalculus.

Author Biography

Allen R. Angel received his AAS in Electrical Technology from New York City Community College. He then received his BS in Physics and his MS in Mathematics from SUNY at New Paltz, and he took additional graduate work at Rutgers University. He is Professor Emeritus at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York where he served for many years as the chair of the Mathematics Department. He also served as the Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation Summer Institutes at Rutgers University from 1967—73. He served as the President of the New York State Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges (NYSMATYC) and the Northeast Vice President of the American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC). He is the recipient of many awards including a number of NISOD Excellence in Teaching Awards, NYSMATYC's Outstanding Contributions to Mathematics Education Award, and AMATYC's President Award. Allen enjoy tennis, worldwide travel, and visiting with his children and granddaughter.

Preface To the Student
Basic Concepts
Study Skills for Success in Mathematics, and Using a Calculator
Sets and Other Basic Concepts
Properties of and Operations with Real Numbers
Order of Operations Mid-Chapter Test: Sections 1.1

Exponents
Scientific Notation
Equations and Inequalities
Solving Linear Equations
Problem Solving and Using Formulas
Applications of Algebra Mid-Chapter Test: Sections 2.1

Additional Application Problems
Solving Linear Inequalities
Solving Equations and Inequalities Containing Absolute Values
Graphs and Functions
Graphs
Functions
Linear Functions: Graphs and Applications
The Slope-Intercept Form of a Linear Equation Mid-Chapter Test: Sections 3.1

The Point-Slope Form of a Linear Equation
The Algebra of Functions
Graphing Linear Inequalities
Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Solving Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables
Solving Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
Systems of Linear Equations: Applications and Problem Solving Mid-Chapter Test: Sections 4.1

Solving Systems of Equations Using Matrices
Solving Systems of Equations Using Determinants and Cramers Rule
Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities
Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials
Multiplication of Polynomials
Division of Polynomials and Synthetic Division
Factoring a Monomial from a Polynomial and Factoring by Grouping Mid-Chapter Test: Sections 5.1

Factoring Trinomials
Special Factoring Formulas
A General Review of Factoring
Polynomial Equations
Rational Expressions and Equations
The Domains of Rational Functions and Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions
Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions
Complex Fractions
Solving Rational Equations Mid-Chapter Test: Sections 6.1

Rational Equations: Applications and Problem Solving
Variation
Roots, Radicals, and Complex Numbers
Roots and Radicals
Rational Exponents
Simplifying Radicals

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