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9780321356918

College Algebra

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    9780321356918

  • ISBN10:

    0321356918

  • Edition: 4th
  • 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
Supplements List xiii
Function Gallery xvii
Prerequisites
Real Numbers and Their Properties
2(13)
Integral Exponents and Scientific Notation
15(11)
Rational Exponents and Radicals
26(13)
Complex Numbers
39(6)
Polynomials
45(12)
Factoring Polynomials
57(11)
Rational Expressions
68(20)
Highlights
80(2)
Review Exercises
82(3)
Test
85(3)
Equations, Inequalities, and Modeling
Equations in One Variable
88(11)
Constructing Models to Solve Problems
99(12)
Equations and Graphs in Two Variables
111(14)
Linear Equations in Two Variables
125(14)
Scatter Diagrams and Curve Fitting
139(6)
Quadratic Equations
145(17)
Linear and Absolute Value Inequalities
162(23)
Highlights
175(2)
Review Exercises
177(4)
Test
181(2)
Typing it all Together
183(2)
Functions and Graphs
Functions
185(14)
Graphs of Relations and Functions
199(13)
Families of Functions, Transformations, and Symmetry
212(16)
Operations with Functions
228(10)
Inverse Functions
238(14)
Constructing Functions with Variation
252(16)
Highlights
260(2)
Review Exercises
262(3)
Test
265(1)
Tying it all Together
266(2)
Polynomial and Rational Functions
Quadratic Functions and Inequalities
268(13)
Zeros of Polynomial Functions
281(12)
The Theory of Equations
293(10)
Miscellaneous Equations
303(13)
Graphs of Polynomial Functions
316(14)
Rational Functions and Inequalities
330(24)
Highlights
346(2)
Review Exercises
348(3)
Test
351(1)
Tying it all Together
352(2)
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Exponential Functions and Their Applications
354(15)
Logarithmic Functions and Their Applications
369(14)
Rules of Logarithms
383(13)
More Equations and Applications
396(21)
Highlights
409(1)
Review Exercises
410(3)
Test
413(1)
Tying it all Together
414(3)
Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables
417(12)
Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
429(12)
Nonlinear Systems of Equations
441(9)
Partial Fractions
450(9)
Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities in Two Variables
459(9)
The Linear Programming Model
468(14)
Highlights
475(2)
Review Exercises
477(2)
Test
479(1)
Tying it all Together
480(2)
Matrices and Determinants
Solving Linear Systems Using Matrices
482(15)
Operations with Matrices
497(8)
Multiplication of Matrices
505(9)
Inverses of Matrices
514(12)
Solution of Linear Systems in Two Variables Using Determinants
526(7)
Solution of Linear Systems in Three Variables Using Determinants
533(15)
Highlights
542(2)
Review Exercises
544(1)
Test
545(1)
Tying it all Together
546(2)
The Conic Sections
The Parabola
548(11)
The Ellipse and the Circle
559(14)
The Hyperbola
573(20)
Highlights
587(1)
Review Exercises
588(2)
Test
590(1)
Tying it all Together
591(2)
Sequences, Series, and Probability
Sequences
593(10)
Series
603(9)
Geometric Sequences and Series
612(13)
Counting and Permutations
625(7)
Combinations, Labeling, and the Binomial Theorem
632(10)
Probability
642(12)
Mathematical Induction
654
Highlights
660(2)
Review Exercises
662(3)
Test
665
Appendix: Solutions to Try This Exercises 1(1)
Answers to Selected Exercises 1(1)
Credits 1(1)
Index of Applications 1(6)
Index 7

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