Intermediate Algebra: Hybrid (with WebAssign with eBook for One Term Math and Science) (Cengage Learning’s New Hybrid Editions!) - Softcover

Kaufmann, Jerome E.; Schwitters, Karen L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0840065914 ISBN 13: 9780840065919

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2011

Synopsis

Designed for the intermediate algebra course in which an online homework system is a requirement, INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, HYBRID, First Edition, provides the content needed for the traditional, lecture-based course while offering the convenience of a a more brief and more affordable text. The book employs Kaufmann and Schwitters' straightforward, three-step approach to problem solving--which guides students in learning a skill, practicing the skill to solve equations, and then using the equations to solve applications problems.

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About the Author:

Jerome E. Kaufmann received his Ed.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Virginia. Now a retired Professor of Mathematics from Western Illinois University, he has more than 30 years of teaching experience at the high school, two-year, and four-year college levels. He is the author of 45 college mathematics textbooks.

Review:

1. BASIC CONCEPTS AND PROPERTIES. Sets, Real Numbers, and Numerical Expressions. Operations with Real Numbers. Properties or Real Numbers and the Use of Exponents. Algebraic Expressions. 2. EQUATIONS, INEQUALITIES AND PROBLEM SOLVING. Solving First-Degree Equations. Equations Involving Fractional Forms. Equations Involving Decimals and Problem Solving. Formulas. Inequalities. More on Inequalities and Problem Solving. Equations and Inequalities Involving Absolute Values. 3. LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES IN TWO VARIABLES. Rectangular Coordinate System and Linear Equations. Linear Inequalities in Two Variables. Distance and Slope. Determining the Equation of a Line. 4. SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS. Systems of Two Linear Equations and Linear Inequalities in Two Variables. Substitution Method. Elimination-by-Addition Method. Systems of Three Linear Equations in Three Variables. 5. POLYNOMIALS. Polynomials: Sums and Differences. Products and Quotients of Monomials. Multiplying Polynomials. Factoring: Use of the Distributive Property. Factoring: Difference of two Squares and Sums or Difference in Two Cubes. Factoring Trinomials. Equations and Problem Solving. 6. RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS. Simplifying Rational Expressions. Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions. Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions. More on Rational Expressions and Complex Fractions. Dividing Polynomials. Fractional Equations. More Rational Equations and Applications. 7. EXPONENTS AND RADICALS. Using Integers as Exponents. Roots and Radicals. Combining Radicals and Simplifying Radicals That Contain Variables. Products and Quotients Involving Radicals. Merging Exponents and Roots. Scientific Notation. 8. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES. Complex Numbers. Quadratic Equations. Completing the Square. Quadratic Formula. More Quadratic Equations and Applications. Quadratic and Other Nonlinear Inequalities. 9. CONIC SECTIONS. Graphing Nonlinear Equations. Graphing Parabolas. More Parabolas and Some Circles. Graphing Ellipses. Graphing Hyperbolas. Systems Involving Nonlinear Equations. 10. FUNCTIONS. Relations and Functions. Functions: Their Graphs and Applications. Graphing Made Easy Via Transformations. Composition of Functions. Inverse Functions. Direct and Inverse Variations. 11. EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUCNTIONS. Exponents and Exponential Functions. Applications of Exponential Functions. Logarithms. Logarithmic Functions. Exponential Equations, Logarithmic Equations, and Problem Solving.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0840065914
• ISBN 13: 9780840065919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592