Functions and Change : A Modeling Approach to College Algebra

by Crauder, Bruce; Evans, Benny; Noell, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780547156699
• ISBN10: 0547156693
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-08
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

FUNCTIONS AND CHANGE: A MODELING APPROACH TO COLLEGE ALGEBRA, 4E provides an alternative to a traditional college algebra course for users who either will not take another math course or may go on to a business calculus course. The authors wrote this text for the many college algebra users who are poorly served by books that focus on preparing them for a course they will never take, traditional calculus.

Table of Contents

P. Prologue: Calculator Arithmetic

Functions

Functions Given by Formulas

Functions Given by Tables

Functions Given by Graphs

Functions Given by Words

Graphical And Tabular Analysis

Tables and Trends

Graphs

Solving Linear Equations

Solving Nonlinear Equations

Optimization

Straight Lines And Linear Functions

The Geometry of Lines

Linear Functions

Modeling Data with Linear Functions

Linear Regression

Systems of Equations

Exponential Functions

Exponential Growth and Decay

Modeling Exponential Data

Modeling Nearly Exponential Data

Logarithmic Functions

Connecting Exponential and Linear Data

A Survey Of Other Common Functions

Power Functions

Modeling Data with Power Functions

Combining and Decomposing Functions

Quadratic Functions and Parabolas

Higher-Degree Polynomials and Rational Functions

Rates Of Change

Velocity

Rates of Change for Other Functions

Estimating Rates of Change

Equations of Change: Linear and Exponential Functions

Equations of Change: Graphical Solutions

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