Beginning Algebra With Applications: With Applications

by Exley, Linda L.; Smith, Vincent K.

• ISBN13: 9780130672575
• ISBN10: 0130672572
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-02-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For courses in Beginning/Elementary/Introductory Algebra. A text which students can actually READ and use to learn beginning algebra and which instructors can use as a genuinely supportive framework from which to teach algebra Beginning Algebra with Applications features an easy-to-read presentation, an emphasis on problem-solving skills, a wealth of well-chosen, illustrative examples, and uniquely structured problem sets.

Table of Contents

Reviewing Arithmetic and Geometry

Order of operations

Fractions

Decimals and percents

Angles, lines, plane figures

Real Numbers

Sets of numbers

Addition

Subtraction

Multiplication and division

Expressions

Properties of real numbers

The language of algebra

Equations

Polynomials

Whole number exponents

Negative integer exponents

Defining, evaluating, and simplifying polynomials

Addition and subtraction

Multiplication

Special products and order of operations

Division

Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable

Linear equations

Linear equations with grouping symbols or fractional coefficients

Literal equations and formulas

Linear equations as models

Linear inequalities

Linear inequalities as models

Factoring

Greatest common factor and grouping

Factoring binomials

Factoring trinomials

Summary of factoring

Solving equations by factoring

Applications

Rational Expressions

Rational expressions

Fundamental principle of rational expressions

Multiplication and division

Addition and subtraction

Complex fractions

Fractional equations

Ratio and proportion, similar triangles, and other applications

Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables

The graph of Ax + By = C

Slope

Equations of lines

Inequalities in two variables

Functions (optional)

Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities

Graphical method

Substitution

Elimination

Applications

Systems of linear inequalities in two variables

Roots and Radicals

Definitions

Simplifying radicals

Addition and subtraction of radicals

Multiplication and division of radicals

Equations containing square roots

Rational exponents

Quadratic Equations

Square root property

Completing the square

The quadratic formula

Quadratic equations with complex solutions

Summary of solving quadratic equations

Graphing quadratic functions

Photo Credits

Answers to Selected Problems

Index

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