Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to College Algebra 6th edition

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• Chapter 1: Functions
  • 1.1: Functions Given by Formulas
  • 1.2: Functions Given by Tables
  • 1.3: Functions Given by Graphs
  • 1.4: Functions Given by Words
  • 1: Review Exercises
  • 1: A Further Look: Average Rates of Change with Formulas
  • 1: A Further Look: Areas Associated with Graphs
  • 1: A Further Look: Definition of a Function
  
  
• Chapter 2: Graphical and Tabular Analysis
  • 2.1: Tables and Trends
  • 2.2: Graphs
  • 2.3: Solving Linear Equations
  • 2.4: Solving Nonlinear Equations
  • 2.5: Inequalities
  • 2.6: Optimization
  • 2: Review Exercises
  • 2: A Further Look: Limits
  • 2: A Further Look: Shifting and Stretching
  • 2: A Further Look: Optimizing with Parabolas
  
  
• Chapter 3: Straight Lines and Linear Functions
  • 3.1: The Geometry of Lines
  • 3.2: Linear Functions
  • 3.3: Modeling Data with Linear Functions
  • 3.4: Linear Regression
  • 3.5: Systems of Equations
  • 3: Review Exercises
  • 3: A Further Look: The Correlation Coefficient
  • 3: A Further Look: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
  • 3: A Further Look: Secant Lines
  
  
• Chapter 4: Exponential Functions
  • 4.1: Exponential Growth and Decay
  • 4.2: Constant Percentage Change
  • 4.3: Modeling Exponential Data
  • 4.4: Modeling Nearly Exponential Data
  • 4.5: Logarithmic Functions
  • 4: Review Exercises
  • 4: A Further Look: Solving Exponential Equations
  
  
• Chapter 5: A Survey of Other Common Functions
  • 5.1: Logistic Functions
  • 5.2: Power Functions
  • 5.3: Modeling Data with Power Functions
  • 5.4: Combining and Decomposing Functions
  • 5.5: Quadratic Functions
  • 5.6: Higher-Degree Polynomials and Rational Functions
  • 5: Review Exercises
  • 5: A Further Look: Fitting Logistic Data Using Rates of Change
  • 5: A Further Look: Factoring Polynomials, Behavior at Infinity
  
  
• Chapter 6: Rates of Change
  • 6.1: Velocity
  • 6.2: Rates of Change for Other Functions
  • 6.3: Estimating Rates of Change
  • 6.4: Equations of Change: Linear and Exponential Functions
  • 6.5: Equations of Change: Graphical Solutions
  • 6: Review Exercises
  
  
• Chapter P: Prologue: Calculator Arithmetic
  • P.1: Summary
  • P.R: Review Exercises
  
  
• Chapter A: Appendix A: Additional Topics
  • A.1: Order of Operations
  • A.2: Geometric Constructions
  • A.3: Inverse Functions
  • A.4: Solving Equations by Factoring
  • A.5: Equations of Lines
  • A.6: Elementary Properties of Exponents
  • A.7: Quadratic Functions and Complex Numbers