Intermediate Algebra: Student's Study Guide

by Lial, Margaret L.; Hornsby, E. John; Miller, Charles D.; Doo, Irene

• ISBN13: 9780673995391
• ISBN10: 0673995399
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Key Message: The Lial series has helped thousands of readers succeed in developmental mathematics through its approachable writing style, relevant real-world examples, extensive exercise sets, and complete supplements package. Key Topics: Review of the Real Number System; Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Applications; Graphs, Linear Equations, and Functions; Systems of Linear Equations; Exponents, Polynomials, and Polynomial Functions; Factoring; Rational Expressions and Functions; Roots, Radicals, and Root Functions; Quadratic Equations, Inequalities, and Functions; Inverse, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions; Nonlinear Functions, Conic Sections, and Nonlinear Systems; Sequences and Series Market: For all readers interested in Intermediate Algebra.

Table of Contents

Note: each chapter concludes with a Group Activity, Chapter Summary, Chapter Review Exercises, Chapter Test, and after Chapter 1, a set of Cumulative Review Exercises

Review of the Real Number System

Basic Concepts

Operations on Real Numbers

Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations

Properties of Real Numbers

Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Applications

Linear Equations in One Variable

Formulas

Applications of Linear Equations

Further Applications of Linear Equations

Summary Exercises on Solving Applied Problems

Linear Inequalities in One Variable

Set Operations and Compound Inequalities

Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

Summary Exercises on Solving Linear and Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

Graphs, Linear Equations, and Functions

The Rectangular Coordinate System

The Slope of a Line

Linear Equations in Two Variables

Summary Exercises on Slopes and Equations of Lines

Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

Introduction to Functions

Systems of Linear Equations

Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables

Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables

Applications of Systems of Linear Equations

Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Matrix Methods

Exponents , Polynomials, and Polynomial Functions

Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation

Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

Polynomial Functions, Graphs, and Composition

Multiplying Polynomials

Dividing Polynomials

Factoring

Greatest Common Factors; Factoring by Grouping

Factoring Trinomials

Special Factoring

A General Approach to Factoring

Solving Equations by Factoring

Rational Expressions and Functions

Rational Expressions and Functions; Multiplying and Dividing

Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

Complex Fractions

Equations with Rational Expressions and Graphs

Summary Exercises on Rational Expressions and Equations

Applications of Rational Expressions

Variation

Roots, Radicals, and Root Functions

Radical Expressions and Graphs

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