Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Algebraic Expressions Introduction to Algebra The Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Laws Fraction Notation Positive and Negative Real Numbers Addition of Real Numbers Subtraction of Real Numbers Multiplication and Division of Real Numbers Exponential Notation and Order of Operations 2. Equations, Inequalities, and Problem Solving Solving Equations Using the Principles Together Formulas Applications with Percent Problem Solving Solving Inequalities Solving Applications with Inequalities 3. Introduction to Graphing Reading Graphs, Plotting Points, and Scaling Graphs Graphing Linear Equations Graphing and Intercepts Rates Slope Slope-Intercept Form Point-Slope Form 4. Polynomials Exponents and Their Properties Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation Polynomials Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials Multiplication of Polynomials Special Products Polynomials in Several Variables Division of Polynomials 5. Polynomials and Factoring Introduction to Factoring Factoring Trinomials of the Type x2 + bx + c Factoring Trinomials of the Type ax2 + bx + c Factoring Perfect-Square Trinomials and Differences of Squares Factoring Sums or Differences of Cubes Factoring: A General Strategy Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring Solving Applications 6. Rational Expressions and Equations Rational Expressions Multiplication and Division Addition, Subtraction, and Least Common Denominators Addition and Subtraction with Unlike Denominators Complex Rational Expressions Solving Rational Equations Applications Using Rational Equations and Proportions 7. Functions and Graphs Introduction to Functions Domain and Range Graphs of Functions (including brief review of graphing) The Algebra of Functions Formulas, Applications, and Variation 8. Systems of Equations and Problem Solving Systems of Equations in Two Variables Solving by Substitution or Elimination Solving Applications: Systems of Two Equations Systems of Equations in Three Variables Solving Applications: Systems of Three Equations Elimination Using Matrices Determinants and Cramer's Rule Business and Economics Applications 9. Inequalities and Problem Solving Inequalities and Domain Intersections, Unions, and Compound Inequalities Absolute-Value Equations and Inequalities Inequalities in Two Variables Applications Using Linear Programming 10. Exponents and Radicals Radical Expressions and Functions Rational Numbers as Exponents Multiplying Radical Expressions Dividing Radical Expressions Expressions Containing Several Radical Terms Solving Radical Equations The Distance and Midpoint Formulas and Other Applications The Complex Numbers 11. Quadratic Functions and Equations Quadratic Equations The Quadratic Formula Studying Solutions of Quadratic Equations Applications Involving Quadratic Equations Equations Reducible to Quadratic Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs More about Graphing Quadratic Functions Problem Solving and Quadratic Functions Polynomial and Rational Inequalities 12. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Composite and Inverse Functions Exponential Functions Logarithmic Functions Properties of LogarithmRead full review
The book was okay. I think they could have done a little better with the examples that were displayed in the book. Some of the examples and the explinations I had a a hard time following. They could have been a little more throught with it. I have been out of school for about 15 years and it was not an easy adjustment. I am sure that if you have not been out of school for a long period of time then this book would be fine.
This was my first time to buy a book and it turned out bad. First off I was buyiny yhis book for school and three weeks into the class found out the the book and the packages was lost. The package ended up in Denver Colorado and the book to my knowledge has never been found. But does this mean I am not going to use the service no i just want to know how to put insurance on the pacage now that I have an account and all I am not sure how to do this matter of fact in the last two days I have bought to other books. Hope that this does not repeat itself.
The book they sent was not the book I was expecting. You have to read the small print to realize you are getting sent a different edition. After hanging on to it to see if it were one my teacher would except, then finding out it was not, the two weeks time limit they give you just kinda flew by. In order for me to send it back in time to get a refund, it would have cost me just about as much as the book itself did. SO long story short, I paid however much to get a book that did not work, that I am now stuck with.
I needed this book for an online college course and I am glad this is the one they chose! This book is excellent! Very informative and very easy to understand. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about algebra!
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