Intermediate Algebra: A Guided Approach 10th edition

Access is contingent on use of this textbook in the instructor's classroom.

• Chapter 1: A Review of Basic Algebra
  • 1.1: The Real Number System
  • 1.2: Arithmetic and Properties of Real Numbers
  • 1.3: Exponents
  • 1.4: Scientific Notation
  • 1.5: Solving Linear Equations in One Variable
  • 1.6: Using Linear Equations to Solve Applications
  • 1.7: More Applications of Linear Equations in One Variable
  • 1: Chapter Review
  • 1: Chapter Test
  
  
• Chapter 2: Graphs, Equations of Lines, and Functions
  • 2.1: Graphing Linear Equations
  • 2.2: Slope of a Line
  • 2.3: Writing Equations of Lines
  • 2.4: Introduction to Functions
  • 2.5: Graphing Other Functions
  • 2: Chapter Review
  • 2: Chapter Test
  • 2: Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-2
  
  
• Chapter 3: Systems of Linear Equations
  • 3.1: Solving Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables by Graphing
  • 3.2: Solving Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables by Substitution and Elimination (Addition)
  • 3.3: Solving Systems of Three Linear Equations in Three Variables
  • 3.4: Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Matrices
  • 3.5: Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Determinants
  • 3: Chapter Review
  • 3: Chapter Test
  
  
• Chapter 4: Inequalities
  • 4.1: Solving Linear Inequalities in One Variable
  • 4.2: Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities in One Variable
  • 4.3: Solving Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
  • 4.4: Solving Systems of Linear and Quadratic Inequalities in Two Variables by Graphing
  • 4.5: Solving Systems Using Linear Programming
  • 4: Chapter Review
  • 4: Chapter Test
  • 4: Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-4
  
  
• Chapter 5: Polynomials, Polynomial Functions, and Equations
  • 5.1: Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
  • 5.2: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
  • 5.3: Multiplying Polynomials
  • 5.4: The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping
  • 5.5: The Difference of Two Squares; the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
  • 5.6: Factoring Trinomials
  • 5.7: Summary of Factoring Techniques
  • 5.8: Solving Equations by Factoring
  • 5: Chapter Review
  • 5: Chapter Test
  
  
• Chapter 6: Rational Expressions
  • 6.1: Finding the Domain of Rational Functions and Simplifying Rational Expressions
  • 6.2: Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
  • 6.3: Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
  • 6.4: Simplifying Complex Fractions
  • 6.5: Solving Equations Containing Rational Expressions
  • 6.6: Dividing Polynomials
  • 6.7: Synthetic Division
  • 6.8: Proportion and Variation
  • 6: Chapter Review
  • 6: Chapter Test
  • 6: Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-6
  
  
• Chapter 7: Radical Expressions and Equations
  • 7.1: Radical Expressions
  • 7.2: Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem and the Distance Formula
  • 7.3: Rational Exponents
  • 7.4: Simplifying and Combining Radical Expressions
  • 7.5: Multiplying Radical Expressions and Rationalizing
  • 7.6: Radical Equations
  • 7.7: Complex Numbers
  • 7: Chapter Review
  • 7: Chapter Test
  
  
• Chapter 8: Quadratic Equations and Functions; Inequalities; and Algebra, Composition, and Inverses of Functions
  • 8.1: Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Square-Root Property and by Completing the Square
  • 8.2: Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic Formula
  • 8.3: The Discriminant and Equations That Can Be Written in Quadratic Form
  • 8.4: Graphs of Quadratic Functions
  • 8.5: Quadratic and Other Nonlinear Inequalities
  • 8.6: Algebra and Composition of Functions
  • 8.7: Inverses of Functions
  • 8: Chapter Review
  • 8: Chapter Test
  • 8: Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-8
  
  
• Chapter 9: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
  • 9.1: Exponential Functions
  • 9.2: Base-e Exponential Functions
  • 9.3: Logarithmic Functions
  • 9.4: Natural Logarithms
  • 9.5: Properties of Logarithms
  • 9.6: Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
  • 9: Chapter Review
  • 9: Chapter Test
  
  
• Chapter 10: Conic Sections and More Graphing
  • 10.1: The Circle and the Parabola
  • 10.2: The Ellipse
  • 10.3: The Hyperbola
  • 10.4: Systems Containing Second-Degree Equations
  • 10.5: Piecewise-Defined Functions and the Greatest Integer Function
  • 10: Chapter Review
  • 10: Chapter Test
  • 10: Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-10
  
  
• Chapter 11: Miscellaneous Topics
  • 11.1: The Binomial Theorem
  • 11.2: Arithmetic Sequences and Series
  • 11.3: Geometric Sequences and Series
  • 11.4: Infinite Geometric Sequences and Series
  • 11.5: Permutations and Combinations
  • 11.6: Probability
  • 11: Chapter Review
  • 11: Chapter Test
  • 11: Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-11
  
  
• Chapter A: Appendices
  • A.1: Symmetries of Graphs
  • A.2: Sample Final Examination
  • A.3: Tables
  • A.4: Answers to Selected Exercises