Beginning & Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts Through Applications 1st edition

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• Chapter R: Review of Prealgebra
  • R.1: Operations with Integers
  • R.2: Operations with Fractions
  • R.3: Operations with Decimals and Percents
  • R.4: The Real Number System
  
  
• Chapter 1: Building Blocks of Algebra
  • 1.1: Exponents, Order of Operations, and Properties of Real Numbers Exponents
  • 1.2: Algebra and Working with Variables
  • 1.3: Simplifying Expressions
  • 1.4: Graphs and the Rectangular Coordinate Systems
  
  
• Chapter 2: Linear Equations and Inequalities with One Variable
  • 2.1: Addition and Subtraction Properties of Equality
  • 2.2: Multiplication and Division Properties of Equality
  • 2.3: Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides
  • 2.4: Solving and Graphing Linear Inequalities on a Number Line
  
  
• Chapter 3: Linear Equations with Two Variables
  • 3.1: Graphing Equations with Two Variables
  • 3.2: Finding and Interpreting Slope
  • 3.3: Slope-Intercept Form of Lines
  • 3.4: Linear Equations and Their Graphs
  • 3.5: Finding Equations of Lines
  
  
• Chapter 4: Systems of Linear Equations
  • 4.1: Identifying Systems of Linear Equations
  • 4.2: Solving Systems Using the Substitution Method
  • 4.3: Solving Systems Using the Elimination Method
  • 4.4: Solving Linear Inequalities in Two Variables Graphically
  
  
• Chapter 5: Exponents and Polynomials
  • 5.1: Rules for Exponents
  • 5.2: Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation
  • 5.3: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
  • 5.4: Multiplying Polynomials
  • 5.5: Dividing Polynomials
  
  
• Chapter 6: Factoring and Quadratic Equations
  • 6.1: What it Means to Factor
  • 6.2: Factoring Trinomials
  • 6.3: Factoring Special Forms
  • 6.4: Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
  
  
• Chapter 7: Rational Expressions and Equations
  • 7.1: The Basics of Rational Expressions and Equations
  • 7.2: Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions
  • 7.3: Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions
  • 7.4: Solving Rational Equations
  • 7.5: Proportions, Similar Triangles, and Variation
  
  
• Chapter 8: Modeling Data and Functions
  • 8.1: Solving Linear Applications
  • 8.2: Using Data to Create Scatterplots
  • 8.3: Finding Linear Models
  • 8.4: Functions and Function Notation
  • 8.5: Combining Functions
  • 8.6: Composing Functions
  
  
• Chapter 9: Inequalities and Absolute Values
  • 9.1: Absolute Value Equations
  • 9.2: Absolute Value Inequalities
  • 9.3: Non-Linear Inequalities of One Variable
  • 9.4: Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities
  
  
• Chapter 10: Radical Functions
  • 10.1: From Squaring a Number to Roots and Radicals
  • 10.2: Basic Operations with Radical Expressions
  • 10.3: Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions
  • 10.4: Radical Functions
  • 10.5: Solving Radical Equations
  • 10.6: Complex Numbers
  
  
• Chapter 11: Quadratic Functions
  • 11.1: Quadratic Functions and Parabolas
  • 11.2: Graphing Quadratics in Vertex Form
  • 11.3: Finding Quadratic Models
  • 11.4: Solving Quadratic Equations by Square Root Property
  • 11.5: Solving Equations by Completing the Square
  • 11.6: Solving Quadratic Equations by Using the Quadratic Formula
  • 11.7: Graphing Quadratics from Standard Form
  
  
• Chapter 12: Exponential Functions
  • 12.1: Exponential Functions: Patterns of Growth and Decay
  • 12.2: Solving Equations Using Exponent Rules
  • 12.3: Graphing Exponential Functions
  • 12.4: Finding Exponential Models
  • 12.5: Exponential Growth and Decay Rates and Compounding Interest
  
  
• Chapter 13: Logarithmic Functions
  • 13.1: Functions and Their Inverses
  • 13.2: Logarithmic Functions
  • 13.3: Graphing Logarithmic Functions
  • 13.4: Properties of Logarithms
  • 13.5: Solving Exponential Equations
  • 13.6: Solving Logarithmic Equations
  
  
• Chapter 14: Conic Sections, Sequences and Series
  • 14.1: Parabolas and Circles
  • 14.2: Ellipses and Hyperbolas
  • 14.3: Arithmetic Sequences
  • 14.4: Geometric Sequences
  • 14.5: Series