College algebra Margaret
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
College algebra Margaret
Pearson/Addison-Wesley, c2009
10th ed., student ed.
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Over the years, the text has been shaped and adapted to meet the changing needs of both students and educators. As always, special care was taken to respond to the specific suggestions of users and reviewers through enhanced discussions, new and updated examples and exercises, helpful features, and an extensive package of supplements and study aids. The result is an easy-to-use, comprehensive text that is the best edition yet.
Table of Contents
- R. Review of Basic Concepts. Sets.Real Numbers and Their Properties. Polynomials. Factoring Polynomials. Rational Expressions. Rational Exponents. Radical Expressions. 1. Equations and Inequalities. Linear Equations. Applications and Modeling with Linear Equations. Complex Numbers. Quadratic Equations. Applications and Modeling with Quadratic Equations. Other Types of Equations and Applications. Inequalities. Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities. 2. Graphs and Functions. Rectangular Coordinates and Graphs.Circles. Functions. Linear Functions. Equations of Lines
- Curve Fitting. Graphs of Basic Functions. Graphing Techniques. Function Operations and Composition. 3. Polynomial and Rational Functions. Quadratic Functions and Models. Synthetic Division. Zeros of Polynomial Functions. Polynomial Functions: Graphs, Applications, and Models. Rational Functions: Graphs, Applications, and Models. Variation. 4. Inverse, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions. Inverse Functions. Exponential Functions. Logarithmic Functions. Evaluating Logarithms and the Change-of-Base Theorem. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations. Applications and Models of Exponential Growth and Decay. 5. Systems and Matrices. Systems of Linear Equations. Matrix Solution of Linear Systems. Determinant Solution of Linear Systems. Partial Fractions. Nonlinear Systems of Equations. Systems of Inequalities and Linear Programming. Properties of Matrices. Matrix Inverses. 6. Analytic Geometry. Parabolas. Ellipses. Hyperbolas. Summary of the Conic Sections. 7. Further Topics in Algebra. Sequences and Series. Arithmetic Sequences and Series. Geometric Sequences and Series. The Binomial Theorem. Mathematical Induction. Counting Theory. Basics of Probability. Glossary. Solutions to Selected Exercises. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index of Applications. Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"