MyMathLab -- Standalone Access Card (2 Year or Course Duration)

by Pearson Education

• ISBN13: 9780321199911
• ISBN10: 032119991X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780321199911, 9780321922137
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780131486911, 9780132541077, 9780133795561, 9780134265308, 9780135967720, 9780321133298, 9780321199904, 9780321262523, 9780321431301, 9780321448040, 9780321564993, 9780321717566, 9780321791511, 9780321954077, 9780321978547, 9780321998606, 9781323768167
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Access Card
• Copyright: 2003-07-08
• Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

This access kit will provide you with a code to get into MyMathLab, a personalized interactive learning environment, where you can learn mathematics and statistics at your own pace and measure your progress. MyMathLab includes: Interactive tutorial exercises:MyMathLab's homework and practice exercises are correlated to the exercises in the relevant textbook, and they regenerate algorithmically to give you unlimited opportunity for practice and mastery. Most exercises are free-response and provide an intuitive math symbol palette for entering math notation. Exercises include guided solutions, sample problems, and learning aids for extra help at point-of-use, and they offer helpful feedback when students enter incorrect answers. eBook with multimedia learning aids:MyMathLab courses include a full eBook with a variety of multimedia resources available directly from selected examples and exercises on the page. You can link out to learning aids such as video clips and animations to improve their understanding of key concepts. Study plan for self-paced learning:MyMathLab's study plan helps you monitor your own progress, letting you see at a glance exactly which topics you need to practice. MyMathLab generates a personalized study plan for you based on your test results, and the study plan links directly to interactive, tutorial exercises for topics you haven't yet mastered. You can regenerate these exercises with new values for unlimited practice, and the exercises include guided solutions and multimedia learning aids to give students the extra help they need. Visit www.mymathlab.com for more information or go directly to www.coursecompass.com to purchase immediate access to MyMathLab and MyStatLab.

Table of Contents

1. Review of Real Numbers
1.1 Study Skill Tips for Success in Mathematics
1.2 Symbols and Sets of Numbers
1.3 Fractions and Mixed Numbers
1.4 Exponents, Order of Operations, Variable Expressions and Equations
1.5 Adding Real Numbers
1.6 Subtracting Real Numbers
1.7 Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers
1.8 Properties of Real Numbers

2. Equations, Inequalities, and Problem Solving
2.1 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
2.2 The Addition and Multiplication Properties of Equality
2.3 Solving Linear Equations
2.4 An Introduction to Problem Solving
2.5 Formulas and Problem Solving
2.6 Percent and Mixture Problem Solving
2.7 Further Problem Solving
2.8 Solving Linear Inequalities

3. Graphing
3.1 Reading Graphs and the Rectangular Coordinate System
3.2 Graphing Linear Equations
3.3 Intercepts
3.4 Slope and Rate of Change
3.5 Equation of Lines
3.6 Functions

4. Solving Systems of Linear Equations
4.1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing
4.2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution
4.3 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Addition
4.4 Solving Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
4.5 Systems of Linear Equations and Problem Solving

5. Exponents and Polynomials
5.1 Exponents
5.2 Polynomial Functions and Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
5.3 Multiplying Polynomials
5.4 Special Products
5.5 Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation
5.6 Dividing Polynomials
5.7 Synthetic Division and the Remainder Theorem

6. Factoring Polynomials
6.1 The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping
6.2 Factoring Trinomials of the Form x² + bx + c
6.3 Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax² + bx + c and Perfect Square Trinomials
6.4 Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax² + bx + c by Grouping
6.5 Factoring Binomials
6.6 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
6.7 Quadratic Equations and Problem Solving

7. Rational Expressions
7.1 Rational Functions and Simplifying Rational Expressions
7.2 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
7.3 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Common Denominators and Least Common Denominator
7.4 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Unlike Denominators
7.5 Solving Equations Containing Rational Expressions
7.6 Proportion and Problem Solving with Rational Equations
7.7 Simplifying Complex Fractions

8. More on Functions and Graphs
8.1 Graphing and Writing Linear Functions
8.2 Reviewing Function Notation and Graphing Nonlinear Functions
8.3 Graphing Piecewise-Defined Functions and Shifting and Reflecting Graphs of Functions
8.4 Variation and Problem Solving

9. Inequalities and Absolute Value
9.1 Compound Inequalities
9.2 Absolute Value Equations
9.3 Absolute Value Inequalities
9.4 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables and Systems of Linear Inequalities

10. Rational Exponents, Radicals, and Complex Numbers
10.1 Radicals and Radical Functions
10.2 Rational Exponents
10.3 Simplifying Radical Expressions
10.4 Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Radical Expressions
10.5 Rationalizing Denominators and Numerators of Radical Expressions
10.6 Radical Equations and Problem Solving
10.7 Complex Numbers

11. Quadratic Equations and Functions
11.1 Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square
11.2 Solving Quadratic Equations by the Quadratic Formula
11.3 Solving Equations by Using Quadratic Methods
11.4 Nonlinear Inequalities in One Variable
11.5 Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
11.6 Further Graphing of Quadratic Functions

12. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
12.1 The Algebra of Functions; Composite Functions
12.2 Inverse Functions
12.3 Exponential Functions
12.4 Exponential Growth and Decay Functions
12.5 Logarithmic Functions
12.6 Properties of Logarithms
12.7 Common Logarithms, Natural Logarithms, and Change of Base
12.8 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations and Problem Solving

13. Conic Sections
13.1 The Parabola and the Circle
13.2 The Ellipse and the Hyperbola
13.3 Solving Nonlinear Systems of Equations
13.4 Nonlinear Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities

14. Sequences, Series, and the Binomial Theorem
14.1 Sequences
14.2 Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
14.3 Series
14.4 Partial Sums of Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
14.5 The Binomial Theorem