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9780201755268

College Algebra

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  • ISBN13:

    9780201755268

  • ISBN10:

    0201755262

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-01-01
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
List of Supplements
xiii
Index of Applications xvii
Prerequisites
Real Numbers and Their Properties
2(12)
Integral Exponents and Scientific Notation
14(10)
Rational Exponents and Radicals
24(12)
Polynomials
36(11)
Factoring Polynomials
47(10)
Rational Expressions
57(17)
Highlights
68(1)
Review Exercises
69(3)
Test
72(2)
Equations, Inequalities, and Modeling
Equations in One Variable
74(10)
Constructing Models to Solve Problems
84(12)
Equations and Graphs in Two Variables
96(12)
Linear Equations in Two Variables
108(14)
Scatter Diagrams and Curve Fitting
122(5)
Quadratic Equations
127(15)
Linear and Absolute Value Inequalities
142(21)
Highlights
155(1)
Review Exercises
156(4)
Test
160(1)
Tying It All Together
161(2)
Functions and Graphs
Functions
163(13)
Graphs of Relations and Functions
176(14)
Families of Functions, Transformations, and Symmetry
190(15)
Operations with Functions
205(10)
Inverse Functions
215(13)
Constructing Functions with Variation
228(15)
Highlights
236(2)
Review Exercises
238(2)
Test
240(1)
Tying It All Together
241(2)
Polynomial and Rational Functions
Quadratic Functions and Inequalities
243(12)
Complex Numbers
255(7)
Zeros of Polynomial Functions
262(11)
The Theory of Equations
273(9)
Miscellaneous Equations
282(13)
Graphs of Polynomial Functions
295(12)
Rational Functions and Inequalities
307(22)
Highlights
322(2)
Review Exercises
324(2)
Test
326(1)
Tying It All Together
327(2)
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Exponential Functions and Their Applications
329(15)
Logarithmic Functions and Their Applications
344(12)
Rules of Logarithms
356(13)
More Equations and Applications
369(19)
Highlights
381(1)
Review Exercises
382(2)
Test
384(1)
Tying It All Together
385(3)
Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables
388(11)
Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
399(12)
Nonlinear Systems of Equations
411(8)
Partial Fractions
419(8)
Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities in Two Variables
427(9)
The Linear Programming Model
436(12)
Highlights
442(1)
Review Exercises
443(2)
Test
445(1)
Tying It All Together
446(2)
Matrices and Determinants
Solving Linear Systems Using Matrices
448(14)
Operations with Matrices
462(6)
Multiplication of Matrices
468(8)
Inverses of Matrices
476(12)
Solution of Linear Systems in Two Variables Using Determinants
488(5)
Solution of Linear Systems in Three Variables Using Determinants
493(14)
Highlights
502(1)
Review Exercises
503(1)
Test
504(1)
Tying It All Together
505(2)
The Conic Sections
The Parabola
507(10)
The Ellipse and the Circle
517(13)
The Hyperbola
530(19)
Highlights
543(1)
Review Exercises
544(2)
Test
546(1)
Tying It All Together
547(2)
Sequences, Series, and Probability
Sequences
549(10)
Series
559(8)
Geometric Sequences and Series
567(12)
Counting and-Permutations
579(7)
Combinations, Labeling, and the Binomial Theorem
586(9)
Probability
595(11)
Mathematical Induction
606(6)
Highlights
612(1)
Review Exercises
613(2)
Test
615
Answers to Selected Exercises A-1
Credits C-1
Index I-1

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