Beginning Algebra A Text/Workbook (with CD-ROM, Make the Grade, and InfoTrac)

by McKeague, Charles P.

• ISBN13: 9780030294440
• ISBN10: 0030294444
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-13
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Table of Contents

The Basics	1	(93)
Introduction	1	(2)
Notation and Symbols	3	(10)
Real Numbers	13	(12)
Addition of Real Numbers	25	(8)
Subtraction of Real Numbers	33	(10)
Properties of Real Numbers	43	(8)
Multiplication of Real Numbers	51	(8)
Division of Real Numbers	59	(8)
Subsets of the Real Numbers	67	(8)
Addition and Subtraction with Fractions	75	(18)
Summary	85	(2)
Review	87	(2)
Test	89	(2)
Projects	91	(2)
Linear Equations and Inequalities	93	(92)
Introduction	93	(2)
Simplifying Expressions	95	(8)
Addition Property of Equality	103	(8)
Multiplication Property of Equality	111	(8)
Solving Linear Equations	119	(10)
Formulas	129	(12)
Applications	141	(10)
More Applications	151	(8)
Linear Inequalities	159	(10)
Compound Inequalities	169	(16)
Summary	177	(2)
Review	179	(1)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-2	180	(1)
Test	181	(2)
Project	183	(2)
Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables	185	(82)
Introduction	185	(2)
Paired Data and Graphing Ordered Pairs	187	(10)
Solutions to Linear Equations in Two Variables	197	(8)
Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables	205	(12)
More on Graphing: Intercepts	217	(10)
The Slope of a Line	227	(10)
Finding the Equation of a Line	237	(12)
Linear Inequalities in Two Variables	249	(18)
Summary	257	(2)
Review	259	(1)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-3	260	(2)
Test	262	(2)
Projects	264	(3)
Systems of Linear Equations	267	(50)
Introduction	267	(2)
Solving Linear Systems by Graphing	269	(10)
The Elimination Method	279	(10)
The Substitution Method	289	(10)
Applications	299	(18)
Summary	309	(2)
Review	311	(1)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-4	312	(1)
Test	313	(2)
Projects	315	(2)
Exponents and Polynomials	317	(72)
Introduction	317	(2)
Multiplication with Exponents	319	(10)
Division with Exponents	329	(12)
Operations with Monomials	341	(8)
Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials	349	(4)
Multiplication with Polynomials	353	(8)
Binomial Squares and Other Special Products	361	(6)
Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial	367	(6)
Dividing a Polynomial by a Polynomial	373	(16)
Summary	381	(2)
Review	383	(1)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-5	384	(1)
Test	385	(2)
Projects	387	(2)
Factoring	389	(62)
Introduction	389	(2)
The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping	391	(8)
Factoring Trinomials	399	(6)
More Trinomials to Factor	405	(8)
The Difference of Two Squares	413	(4)
Factoring: A General Review	417	(4)
Solving Equations by Factoring	421	(8)
Applications	429	(22)
Summary	441	(2)
Review	443	(2)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-6	445	(2)
Test	447	(2)
Projects	449	(2)
Rational Expressions	451	(76)
Introduction	451	(1)
Reducing Rational Expressions to Lowest Terms	452	(9)
Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions	461	(10)
Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions	471	(8)
Equations Involving Rational Expressions	479	(8)
Applications	487	(10)
Complex Fractions	497	(8)
Proportions	505	(6)
Variation	511	(16)
Summary	519	(2)
Review	521	(1)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-7	522	(1)
Test	523	(2)
Projects	525	(2)
Roots and Radicals	527	(58)
Introduction	527	(1)
Definitions and Common Roots	528	(9)
Properties of Radicals	537	(8)
Simplified Form for Radicals	545	(8)
Addition and Subtraction of Radical Expressions	553	(6)
Multiplication and Division of Radicals	559	(8)
Equations Involving Radicals	567	(18)
Summary	577	(2)
Review	579	(1)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-8	580	(1)
Test	581	(2)
Projects	583	(2)
Quadratic Equations	585	(1)
Introduction	585	(1)
More Quadratic Equations	586	(9)
Completing the Square	595	(8)
The Quadratic Formula	603	(8)
Complex Numbers	611	(6)
Complex Solutions to Quadratic Equations	617	(6)
Graphing Parabolas	623	(12)
Summary	635	(2)
Review	637	(1)
Cumulative Review, Chapters 1-9	638	(1)
Test	639	(2)
Projects	641
Solutions to Selected Problems	1	(1)
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems	1	(1)
Index	1