Beginning and Intermediate Algebra An Integrated Approach (with CD-ROM),9780534384852

Beginning and Intermediate Algebra An Integrated Approach (with CD-ROM)

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ISBN13: 9780534384852
ISBN10: 0534384854
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-11-19
Publisher(s): Brooks Cole
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Summary

Get a good grade in algebra with Gustafson and Frisk's BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA! Written with you in mind, the authors provide clear, no-nonsense explanations that will help you learn difficult concepts with ease. Prepare for exams with numerous resources located online and throughout the text such as online tutoring, chapter summaries, self-checks, getting ready exercises, and vocabulary and concept problems. Use this text, and you'll learn solid mathematical skills that will help you both in future mathematical courses and in real-life!

Table of Contents

Real Numbers and Their Basic Properties
1(72)
Real Numbers and Their Graphs
1(11)
Fractions
12(14)
Exponents and Order of Operations
26(10)
Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers
36(9)
Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers
45(7)
Algebraic Expressions
52(7)
Properties of Real Numbers
59(14)
Projects
66(1)
Chapter Summary
66(5)
Chapter Test
71(2)
Equations and Inequalities
73(62)
Solving Basic Equations
74(12)
Solving More Equations
86(7)
Simplifying Expressions to Solve Equations
93(6)
Introduction to Problem Solving
99(8)
Motion and Mixture Problems
107(8)
Formulas
115(6)
Solving Inequalities
121(14)
Projects
128(1)
Chapter Summary
129(3)
Chapter Test
132(1)
Cumulative Review Exercises
133(2)
Graphing and Solving Systems of Equations and Inequalities
135(79)
The Rectangular Coordinate System
136(11)
Graphing Linear Equations
147(14)
Solving Systems of Equations by Graphing
161(10)
Solving Systems of Equations by Substitution
171(6)
Solving Systems of Equations by Addition
177(7)
Applications of Systems of Equations
184(11)
Systems of Linear Inequalities
195(19)
Project
208(1)
Chapter Summary
209(4)
Chapter Test
213(1)
Polynomials
214(62)
Natural-Number Exponents
215(8)
Zero and Negative-Integer Exponents
223(6)
Scientific Notation
229(5)
Polynomials
234(10)
Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
244(6)
Multiplying Polynomials
250(9)
Dividing Polynomials by Monomials
259(6)
Dividing Polynomials by Polynomials
265(11)
Project
270(1)
Chapter Summary
270(4)
Chapter Test
274(1)
Cumulative Review Exercises
274(2)
Factoring Polynomials
276(49)
Factoring Out the Greatest Common Factor
277(7)
Factoring by Grouping
284(5)
Factoring the Difference of Two Squares
289(5)
Factoring Trinomials with Lead Coefficients of 1
294(10)
Factoring General Trinomials
304(8)
Summary of Factoring Techniques
312(3)
Problem Solving
315(10)
Project
321(1)
Chapter Summary
321
Chapter Test
319(6)
Proportion and Rational Expressions
325(66)
Ratios
326(6)
Proportions and Similar Triangles
332(10)
Simplifying Fractions
342(7)
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
349(8)
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
357(10)
Complex Fractions
367(6)
Solving Equations That Contain Fractions
373(6)
Applications of Equations That Contain Fractions
379(12)
Projects
384(1)
Chapter Summary
385(3)
Chapter Test
388(1)
Cumulative Review Exercises
389(2)
More Equations, Inequalities, and Factoring
391(66)
Review of Equations and Inequalities
392(13)
Equations Containing Absolute Values
405(5)
Inequalities Containing Absolute Values
410(5)
Review of Factoring
415(11)
Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
426(5)
Review of Rational Expressions
431(13)
Synthetic Division
444(13)
Projects
451(1)
Chapter Summary
452(4)
Chapter Test
456(1)
Writing Equations of Lines; Variation
457(74)
A Review of the Rectangular Coordinate System
458(9)
Slope of a Nonvertical Line
467(10)
Writing Equations of Lines
477(12)
A Review of Functions
489(10)
Graphs of Nonlinear Functions
499(13)
Variation
512(19)
Projects
521(2)
Chapter Summary
523(5)
Chapter Test
528(1)
Cumulative Review Exercises
529(2)
Radicals and Rational Exponents
531(60)
Radical Expressions
532(12)
Applications of Radicals
544(7)
Rational Exponents
551(8)
Simplifying and Combining Radical Expressions
559(9)
Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions
568(8)
Radical Equations
576(15)
Projects
583(2)
Chapter Summary
585(4)
Chapter Test
589(2)
Quadratic Functions, Inequalities, and Algebra of Functions
591(70)
Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula
592(11)
Graphs of Quadratic Functions
603(11)
Complex Numbers
614(10)
The Discriminant and Equations That Can be Written in Quadratic Form
624(6)
Quadratic and Other Nonlinear Inequalities
630(7)
Algebra and Composition of Functions
637(7)
Inverses of Functions
644(17)
Projects
653(1)
Chapter Summary
654(4)
Chapter Test
658(1)
Cumulative Review Exercises
659(2)
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
661(61)
Exponential Functions
662(12)
Base-e Exponential Functions
674(7)
Logarithmic Functions
681(9)
Base-e Logarithms
690(6)
Properties of Logarithms
696(9)
Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
705(17)
Projects
714(2)
Chapter Summary
716(4)
Chapter Test
720(2)
More Graphing and Conic Sections
722(45)
The Circle and the Parabola
723(13)
The Ellipse
736(9)
The Hyperbola
745(10)
Piecewise-Defined Functions and the Greatest Integer Function
755(12)
Project
761(1)
Chapter Summary
762(2)
Chapter Test
764(1)
Cumulative Review Exercises
765(2)
More on Systems of Equations and Inequalities
767(53)
Solutions of Two Equations in Two Variables
768(13)
Solutions of Three Equations in Three Variables
781(9)
Solution by Matrices
790(9)
Solution by Determinants
799(9)
Solving Simultaneous Second-degree Equations and Inequalities
808(12)
Projects
815(1)
Chapter Summary
816(3)
Chapter Test
819(1)
Miscellaneous Topics
820
The Binomial Theorem
821
The nth Term of a Binomial Expansion
827
Arithmetic Sequences
829
Geometric Sequences
836
Infinite Geometric Sequences
844
Permutations and Combinations
847
Projects
857
Chapter Summary
858
Chapter Test
861
Cumulative Review Exercises
862
Appendix I Symmetries of Graphs A-1
Appendix II Tables A-6
Table A Powers and Roots
A-6
Table B Base-10 Logarithms
A-7
Table C Base-e Logarithms
A-8
Appendix III Answers to Selected Exercises A-9
Index I-1

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