College Algebra
by Larson, RonEdition: 8th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-01-01
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
This market-leading book continues to provides users with sound, consistently structured explanations of the mathematical concepts. Designed for a one-term course that prepares users for further study in mathematics, the new Eighth Edition retains the features that have always made College Algebra a complete solution for users: interesting applications, pedagogically effective design, and innovative technology combined with an abundance of carefully developed examples and exercises.
Table of Contents
| P. Prerequisites | |
| Review of Real Numbers and Their Properties | |
| Exponents and Radicals | |
| Polynomials and Special Products | |
| Factoring Polynomials | |
| Rational Expressions | |
| The Rectangular Coordinate System and Graphs | |
| Equations, Inequalities, and Mathematical Modeling | |
| Graphs of Equations | |
| Linear Equations in One Variable | |
| Modeling with Linear Equations | |
| Quadratic Equations and Applications | |
| Complex Numbers | |
| Other Types of Equations | |
| Linear Inequalities in One Variable | |
| Other Types of Inequalities | |
| Functions and Their Graphs | |
| Linear Equations in Two Variables | |
| Functions | |
| Analyzing Graphs of Functions | |
| A Library of Functions | |
| Transformations of Functions | |
| Combinations of Functions: Composite Functions | |
| Inverse Functions | |
| Polynomial Functions | |
| Quadratic Functions and Models | |
| Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree | |
| Polynomial and Synthetic Division | |
| Zeros of Polynomial Functions | |
| Mathematical Modeling and Variation | |
| Rational Functions and Conics | |
| Rational Functions and Asymptotes | |
| Graphs of Rational Functions | |
| Conics | |
| Translations of Conics | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Functions | |
| Exponential Functions and Their Graphs | |
| Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs | |
| Properties of Logarithms | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Equations | |
| Exponential and Logarithmic Models | |
| Systems of Equations and Inequalities | |
| Linear and Nonlinear Systems of Equations | |
| Two-Variable Linear Systems | |
| Multivariable Linear Systems | |
| Partial Fractions | |
| Systems of Inequalities | |
| Linear Programming | |
| Matrices and Determinants | |
| Matrices and Systems of Equations | |
| Operations with Matrices | |
| The Inverse of a Square Matrix | |
| The Determinant of a Square Matrix | |
| Applications of Matrices and Determinants | |
| Sequences, Series, and Probability | |
| Sequences and Series | |
| Arithmetic Sequences and Partial Sums | |
| Geometric Sequences and Series | |
| Mathematical Induction | |
| The Binomial Theorem | |
| Counting Principles | |
| Probability | |
| Errors and the Algebra of Calculus | |
| Concepts in Statistics (WEB) | |
| Representing Data | |
| Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion | |
| Least Squares Regression | |
| Alternative/Expanded Version of Chapter P (Web) | |
| Operations with Real Numbers | |
| Properties of Real Numbers | |
| Algebraic Expressions | |
| Operations with Polynomials | |
| Factoring Polynomials | |
| Factoring Trinomials | |
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