Intermediate Algebra - Text Only

Maintaining its hallmark features of carefully detailed explanations and accessible pedagogy, this edition also addresses the AMATYC and NCTM Standards. In addition to the changes incorporated into the text, a new integrated video series and multimedia tutorial program are also available. Designed for a one-semester intermediate algebra course, this successful worktext is appropriate for lecture, learning center, laboratory, or self-paced courses.

New to This Edition

• Chapter summaries and exercises are found at the end of every chapter and highlight main ideas. There are also Chapter tests after each chapter, and Cumulative reviews beginning with Chapter Two. The Cumulative reviews serve as a review of the major topics presented to that point in the text.
• Graphical solutions to linear equations are now presented in a separate section that appears after algebraic methods have been developed.
• The "ac" method of factoring and the trial-and-error method are treated in separate sections.
• The material related to radical expressions has been expanded.
• Separate sections have been developed discussing the process of solving applications of intermediate algebra topics.

Features

• Active Learning is stressed via "Check Yourself" boxes which follow every example. Students are asked to apply what they have just learned and are able to receive immediate feedback.
• Text is available on Primis.
• Exercise Sets and real-world applications support the NCTM/AMATYC Standards and expose students to a more active and meaningful understanding of mathematics and how it relates to everyday life. Technology examples and exercises support both scientific and graphing calculators.

1 The Real Numbers
2 Linear Equations and Inequalities
3 The Coordinate Plane and Functions
4 Graphs of Linear Equations and Functions
5 Systems of Linear Relations
6 Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
7 Rational Expressions and Functions
8 Radical Expressions
9 Quadratic Equations, Functions, and Inequalities
10 Graphs of Conic Sections
11 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Appendix A: Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions
Appendix B: Determinants and Cramer's Rule