Algebra for College Students
by Lial, Margaret L.; Hornsby, E. John; McGinnis, TerryEdition: 5th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-04-01
Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley
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Summary
KEY MESSAGE: The Lial series has helped thousands of readers succeed in developmental mathematics through its approachable writing style, relevant real-world examples, extensive exercise sets, and complete supplements package Review of the Real Number System; Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Applications; Graphs, Linear Equations, and Functions; Systems of Linear Equations; Exponents, Polynomials, and Polynomial Functions; Factoring; Rational Expressions and Functions; Roots, Radicals, and Root Functions; Quadratic Equations and Inequalities; Additional Functions and Relations; Inverse, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions; More on Polynomial and Rational Functions; Conic Sections; Further Topics in Algebra For all readers interested in Algebra.
Table of Contents
| Review of the Real Number System | |
| Basic Concepts | |
| Operations on Real Numbers | |
| Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations | |
| Properties of Real Numbers | |
| Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Applications | |
| Linear Equations in One Variable Formulas | |
| Applications of Linear Equations | |
| Further Applications of Linear Equations | |
| Summary Exercises on Solving Applied Problems | |
| Linear Inequalities in One Variable | |
| Set Operations and Compound Inequalities | |
| Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities | |
| Summary Exercises on Solving Linear and Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities | |
| Graphs, Linear Equations, and Functions | |
| The Rectangular Coordinate System | |
| The Slope of a Line | |
| Linear Equations in Two Variables | |
| Linear Inequalities in Two Variables to Functions Variation | |
| Systems of Linear Equations of Linear Equations in Two Variables | |
| Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables Applications of Systems of Linear Equations | |
| Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Matrix Methods | |
| Determinants and Cramer's Rule | |
| Exponents, Polynomials, and Polynomial Functions | |
| Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation | |
| Adding and Subtracting Polynomials | |
| Polynomial Functions | |
| Multiplying Polynomials | |
| Dividing Polynomials | |
| Factoring | |
| Greatest Common Factors; Factoring by Grouping Factoring Trinomials | |
| Special Factoring | |
| A General Approach to Factoring | |
| Solving Equations by Factoring | |
| Rational Expressions and Functions | |
| Rational Expressions and Functions; Multiplying and Dividing | |
| Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions | |
| Complex Fractions | |
| Equations with Rational Expressions and Graphs | |
| Summary Exercises on Operations and Equations with Rational Expressions | |
| Applications of Rational Expressions | |
| Roots, Radicals, and Root Functions | |
| Radical Expressions and Graphs | |
| Rational Exponents | |
| Simplifying Radical Expressions | |
| Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions | |
| Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions | |
| Summary Exercises on Operations with Radicals | |
| Solving Equations with Radicals | |
| Complex Numbers | |
| Quadratic Equations and Inequalities | |
| The Square Root Property and Completing the Square | |
| The Quadratic Formula | |
| Equations Quadratic in Form | |
| Summary Exercises on Solving Quadratic Equations | |
| Formulas and Further Applications | |
| Quadratic and Rational Inequalities | |
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