9780201610734

Intermediate Algebra Through Modeling and Visualization

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780201610734

Hardcover|9780201610734


Overview

(Each Chapter ends with a Summary, Review Exercises, a Chapter Test, and Extended and Discovery Exercises.). 1. Real Numbers and Algebra. Describing Data with Sets of Numbers. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Operations on Real Numbers. Checking Basic Concepts for 1.1 and 1.2. Integer Exponents. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Modeling Data with Formulas. Checking Basic Concepts for 1.3 and 1.4. Visualization of Data. Checking Basic Concepts for 1.5. 2. Linear Functions and Models. Functions and Their Representations. Linear Functions. Checking Basic Concepts for 2.1 and 2.2. The Slope of a Line. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Equations of Lines and Linear Models. Checking Basic Concepts for 2.3 and 2.4. 3. Linear Equations and Inequalities. Linear Equations. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Linear Inequalities. Checking Basic Concepts for 3.1 and 3.2. Compound Inequalities. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities. Checking Basic Concepts for 3.3 and 3.4. 4. Systems of Linear Equations. Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables. The Substitution and Elimination Methods. Checking Basic Concepts for 4.1 and 4.2. Systems of Linear Inequalities. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Systems of Equations in Three Variables. Checking Basic Concepts for 4.3 and 4.4. Matrix Solutions of Linear Systems. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Determinants. Checking Basic Concepts for 4.5 and 4.6. 5. Polynomial Expressions and Functions. Polynomial Expressions. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Polynomial Functions and Models. Checking Basic Concepts for 5.1 and 5.2. Multiplication of Polynomials. Factoring Polynomials. Checking Basic Concepts for 5.3 and 5.4. Factoring Trinomials. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Special Types of Factoring. Checking Basic Concepts for 5.5 and 5.6. 6. Quadratic Functions and Equations. Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Quadratic Equations. Checking Basic Concepts for 6.1 and 6.2. The Quadratic Formula. Quadratic Inequalities. Checking Basic Concepts for 6.3 and 6.4. 7. Rational Expressions and Functions. Rational Functions and Equations. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions. Checking Basic Concepts for 7.1 and 7.2. Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions. Modeling with Proportions and Variation. Checking Basic Concepts for 7.3 and 7.4. Division of Polynomials. Checking Basic Concepts for 7.5. 8. Radical Expressions and Functions. Radical Expressions and Rational Exponents. Radical Functions. Checking Basic Concepts for 8.1 and 8.2. Equations Involving Radical Expressions. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Equations Involving Radicals. Checking Basic Concepts for 8.3 and 8.4. Complex Numbers. Checking Basic Concepts for 8.5. 9. Conic Sections. Parabolas and Circles. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Ellipses and Hyperbolas. Checking Basic Concepts for 9.1 and 9.2. Nonlinear Systems of Equations and Inequalities. Checking Basic Concepts for 9.3. 10. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. Exponential Functions. Group Activity: Working with Real Data. Logarithmic Functions. Checking Basic Concepts for 10.1 and 10.2. Properties of Logarithms. Exponential and Logarithmic Models. Checking Basic Concepts for 10.3 and 10.4. 11. Sequences and

ISBN-13

9780201610734

ISBN-10

0201610736

Weight

3.45 Pounds

Dimensions

8.25 x 1.25 x 10.00 In

List Price

$108.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Pages

768 pages

Publisher

Addison Wesley

Published On

2001-06-05



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