College Algebra, Hybrid (with Enhanced WebAssign with eBook)

by Stewart, James; Redlin, Lothar; Watson, Saleem

• ISBN13: 9780538740296
• ISBN10: 0538740299
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Designed for the college algebra course in which all homework is assigned online, COLLEGE ALGEBRA HYBRID, First Edition, provides the content needed for the traditional, lecture-based course while offering the convenience of a smaller, less expensive text.

Table of Contents

P. Prerequisites

Modeling the Real World with Algebra

Real Numbers and Their Properties

The Real Number Line and Order

Integer Exponents

Rational Exponents and Radicals

Algebraic Expressions

Discovery Project Visualizing a Formula

Factoring

Rational Expressions

Chapter P Review

Chapter P Test Focus on Problem Solving General Principles

Equations and Inequaliities

Basic Equations

Modeling with Equations

Discovery Project Equations Through the Ages

Quadratic Equations

Complex Numbers

Other Types of Equations

Inequalities

Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

Review

Test Focus on Modeling Making the Best Decisions

Coordinates and Graphs

The Coordinate Plane

Discovery Project Visualizing Data

Graphs of Equations in Two Variables

Graphing Calculators: Solving Equations and Inequalities Graphically

Lines

Making Models Using Variation

Review

Test Cumulative Review Test: Chapters 1 and

Focus on Modeling Fitting Lines to Data

Functions

What is a Function?

Graphs of Functions

Discovery Project Relations and Functions

Getting Information from the Graph of a Function

Average Rate of Change of a Function

Transformations of Functions

Combining Functions

Discovery Project Iteration and Chaos

One-to-One Functions and Their Inverses

Review

Test Focus on Modeling with Functions

Polynomials and Rational Functions

Quadratic Functions and Models

Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs

Dividing Polynomials

Real Zeros of Polynomials

Discovery Project Zeroing in on a Zero

Complex Zeros and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

Rational Functions

Review

Test Focus on Modeling Fitting Polynomial Curves to Data

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Exponential Functions

Discovery Project Exponential Explosion

Logarithmic Functions

Laws of Logarithms

Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

Modeling with Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Review

Test Cumulative Review Test: Chapters 3, 4, and

Focus on Modeling Fitting Exponential and Power Curves to Data

Systems of Equations and Inequalities

Systems of Equations

Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables

Systems of Linear Equations in Several Variables

Discovery Project Best Fit Versus Exact Fit

Partial Fractions

Systems of Inequalities

Review

Test Focus on Modeling Linear Programming

Matrices and Determinants

Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations

The Algebra of Matrices

Discovery Project Will the Species Survive?

Inverses of Matrices and Matrix Equations

Determinants and Cramer's Rule

Review

Test Focus on Modeling Computer Graphics

Conic Sections

Parabolas

Discovery Project Rolling Down a Ramp

Ellipses

Hyperbolas

Shifted Conics

Review

Test Cumulative Review Test: Chapters 6, 7, and

Focus on Modeling Conics in Architecture

Sequences and Series

Sequences and Summation Notation

Arithmetic Sequences

Geometric Sequences

Discovery Project Finding Patterns

Mathematics of Finance

Mathematical Induction

The Binomial Theorem

Review

Test Focus on Modeling with Recursive Sequences

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