College Algebra: Enhanced Edition

by Aufmann, Richard N.; Barker, Vernon C.; Nation, Richard D.

• ISBN13: 9781439043790
• ISBN10: 1439043795
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-29
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Accessible to students and flexible for Accessible to students and flexible for instructors, COLLEGE ALGEBRA, SIXTH EDITION, uses the dynamic link between concepts and applications to bring mathematics to life. By incorporating interactive learning techniques, the Aufmann team helps students to better understand concepts, work independently, and obtain greater mathematical fluency. The text also includes technology features to accommodate courses that allow the option of using graphing calculators. Additional program components that support student success include Eduspace tutorial practice, online homework, SMARTHINKING Live Online Tutoring, and Instructional DVDs. The authors' proven Aufmann Interactive Method allows students to try a skill as it is presented in example form. This interaction between the examples and Try Exercises serves as a checkpoint to students as they read the textbook, do their homework, or study a section. In the Sixth Edition, Review Notes are featured more prominently throughout the text to help students recognize the key prerequisite skills needed to understand new concepts.

Table of Contents

P. Preliminary Concepts

The Real Number System

Integer and Rational Number Exponents

Polynomials

Factoring

Rational Expressions

Complex Numbers

Equations And Inequalities

Linear and Absolute Value Equations

Formulas and Applications

Quadratic Equations

Other Types of Equations

Inequalities

Variation and Applications

Functions And Graphs

A Two-Dimensional Coordinate System and Graphs

Introduction to Functions

Linear Functions

Quadratic Functions

Properties of Graphs

The Algebra of Functions

Modeling Data Using Regression

Polynomial And Rational Functions

The Remainder of Theorem and the Factor Theorem

Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree

Zeros of Polynomial Functions

The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

Graphs of Rational Functions and Their Applications

Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Inverse Functions

Exponential Functions and Their Applications

Logarithmic Functions and Their Applications

Properties of Logarithms and Logarithmic Scales

Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

Exponential Growth and Decay

Modeling Data with Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Topics In Analytic Geometry

Parabolas

Ellipses

Hyperbolas

Systems Of Equations And Inequalities

Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables

Systems of Linear Equations in More Than Two Variables

Nonlinear Systems of Equations

Partial Fractions

Inequalities in Two Variables and Systems of Inequalities

Linear Programming

Matrices

Gaussian Elimination Method

The Algebra of Matrices

The Inverse of a Matrix

Determinants

Cramer's Rule

Sequences, Series, And Probability

Infinite Sequences and Summation Notation

Arithmetic Sequences and Series

Geometric Sequences and Series

Mathematical Induction

The Binomial Theorem

Permutations and Combinations

Introduction to Probability

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