Intermediate algebra with applications
Subtitle: with student solutions manual
By: Aufmann, Barker, Lockwood
Contributors: Barker, Vernon C.; Lockwood, Joanne S.
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 780
ISBN-13: 9780618989461; 9780618979461
Subjects: Algebra; Textbooks
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Review of real numbers; title: 1.1. Introduction to real numbers; title: 1.2. Operations on rational numbers; title: 1.3. Variable expressions; title: 1.4. Verbal expressions and variable expressions; title: 2. First-degree equations and inequalities; title: 2.1. Equations in one variable; title: 2.2. Coin, stamp, and integer problems; title: 2.3. Value mixture and motion problems; title: 2.4. Applications : problems involving percent; title: 2.5. Inequalities in one variable; title: 2.6. Absolute value equations and inequalities; title: 3. Linear functions and inequalities in two variables; title: 3.1. The rectangular coordinate system; title: 3.2. Introduction to functions; title: 3.3. Linear functions; title: 3.4. Slope of a straight line; title: 3.5. Finding equations of lines; title: 3.6. Parallel and perpendicular lines; title: 3.7. Inequalities in two variables; title: 4. Systems of equations and inequalities; title: 4.1. Solving systems of linear equations by graphing and by the substitution method; title: 4.2. Solving systems of linear equations by the addition method; title: 4.3. Solving systems of equations by using determinants and by using matrices; title: 4.4. Application problems; title: 4.5. Solving systems of linear inequalities; title: 5. Polynomials and exponents; title: 5.1. Exponential expressions; title: 5.2. Introduction to polynomials; title: 5.3. Multiplication of polynomials; title: 5.4. Division of polynomials; title: 5.5. Factoring polynomials; title: 5.6. Special factoring; title: 5.7. Solving equations by factoring; title: 6. Rational expressions; title: 6.1. Introduction to rational functions; title: 6.2. Operations on rational expressions; title: 6.3. Complex fractions; title: 6.4. Rational equations; title: 6.5. Proportions and variation; title: 6.6. Literal equations; title: 7. Rational exponents and radicals; title: 7.1. Rational exponents and radical expressions; title: 7.2. Operations on radical expressions; title: 7.3. Radical functions; title: 7.4. Solving equations containing radical expressions; title: 7.5. Complex numbers; title: 8. Quadratic equations and inequalities; title: 8.1. Solving quadratic equations by factoring or by taking square roots; title: 8.2. Solving quadratic equations by completing the square and by using the quadratic formula; title: 8.3. Equations that are reducible to quadratic equations; title: 8.4. Applications of quadratic equations; title: 8.5. Nonlinear inequalities; title: 8.6. Properties of quadratic functions; title: 8.7. Applications of quadratic functions; title: 9. Functions and relations; title: 9.1. Translations of graphs; title: 9.2. Algebra of functions; title: 9.3. One-to-one and inverse functions; title: 10. Exponential and logarithmic functions; title: 10.1. Exponential functions; title: 10.2. Introduction to logarithms; title: 10.3. Graphs of logarithmic functions; title: 10.4. Exponential and logarithmic equations; title: 10.5. Applications of exponential and logarithmic functions; title: 11. Sequences and series; title: 11.1. Introduction to sequences and series; title: 11.2. Arithmetic sequences and series; title: 11.3. Geometric sequences and series; title: 11.4. Binomial expansions; title: 12. Conic sections; title: 12.1. The parabola; title: 12.2. The circle; title: 12.3. The ellipse and the hyperbola; title: 12.4. Solving nonlinear systems of equalities; title: 12.5. Quadratic inequalities and systems of inequalities.