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Intermediate Algebra

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ISBN-10: 0073312681

ISBN-13: 9780073312682

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Julie Miller, Nancy Hyde, Mitchel Levy, Molly O'Neill

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Building on its first-edition success, Intermediate Algebra 2/e by Miller/O'Neill continues to offer an enlightened approach grounded in the fundamentals of classroom experience. The practice of many instructors in the classroom is to present examples and have their students solve similar problems. This is realized through the Skill Practice Exercises that directly follow the examples in the textbook. Throughout the text, the authors have integrated many Study Tips and Avoiding Mistakes hints, which are reflective of the comments and instruction presented to students in the classroom. In this way, the text communicates to students, the very points their instructors are likely to make during…    
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Book details

List price: $144.38
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 12/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 976
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.884
Language: English

Julie Miller was the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Postdoctoral Fellow of the New York Historical Society in 2006-2007. She teaches at Hunter College, City University of New York.

Molly O'Neill received a bachelor of science in mathematics and a master of arts in teaching from Western Michigan University. She taught as an adjunct instructor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Eastern Michigan University, Wayne State University, and Oakland Community College. She has taught for 22 years in the School of Mathematics at Daytona State College. She has authored several course supplements for College Algebra, Trigonometry, and Precalculus and has reviewed texts for Developmental Mathematics.

Review of Basic Algebraic Concepts
Sets of Numbers and Interval Notation
Operations on Real Numbers
Simplifying Expressions
Linear Equations in One Variable
Applications of Linear Equations in One Variable
Literal Equations and Applications to Geometry
Linear Inequalities in One Variable
Properties of Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation
Summary
Review Exercises
Test
Linear Equations in Two Variables
Rectangular Coordinate System and Midpoint Formula
Linear Equations in Two Variables
Slope of a Line
Equations of a Line
Applications of Linear Equations and Graphing
Summary
Review Exercises
Test
Systems of Linear Equations
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing
Solving Systems of Equations by Using the Substitution Method
Solving Systems of Equations by Using the Addition Method
Applications of Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables
Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables and Applications
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Using Matrices
Determinants and Cramer’s Rule
Summary
Review Exercises
Test Cumulative Review Exercises
Introduction to Relations and Functions
Introduction to Relations
Introduction to Functions
Graphs of Functions
Variation
Summary
Review Exercises
Test
Polynomials
Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
Multiplication of Polynomials
Division of Polynomials Mixed Review Exercises – Operations on Polynomials
Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping
Factoring Trinomials
Factoring Binomials
Additional Factoring Strategies
Solving Equations by Using the Zero Product Rule
Summary
Review Exercises
Test
Rational Expressions and Rational Equations
Rational Expressions and Rational Functions
Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions
Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions
Complex Fractions Mixed Review Exercises – Operations on Rational Expressions
Rational Equations
Applications of Rational Equations and Proportions
Summary
Review Exercises
Test Cumulative Review Exercises, Chapters 1 – 6
Radicals and Complex Numbers
Definition of an nth Root
Rational Exponents
Simplifying Radical Expressions
Addition and Subtraction of Radicals
Multiplication of Radicals
Rationalization
Radical Equations
Complex Numbers
Summary
Review Exercises
Test
Quadratic Equations and Functions
Square Root Property and Completing the Square
Quadratic Formula
Equations in Quadratic Form
Graphs of Quadratic Functions
Vertex of a Parabola and Applications
Summary
Review Exercises
Test