College Algebra: Concepts and Contexts 1st edition

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• Chapter 1: Data, Functions, and Models
  • 1.1: Making Sense of Data
  • 1.2: Visualizing Relationships in Data
  • 1.3: Equations: Describing Relationships in Data
  • 1.4: Functions: Describing Change
  • 1.5: Function Notation: The Concept of Function as a Rule
  • 1.6: Working with Functions: Graphs and Graphing Calculators
  • 1.7: Working with Functions: Getting Information from the Graph
  • 1.8: Working with Functions: Modeling Real-World Relationships
  • 1.9: Making and Using Formulas
  
  
• Chapter 2: Linear Functions and Models
  • 2.1: Working with Functions: Average Rate of Change
  • 2.2: Linear Functions: Constant Rate of Change
  • 2.3: Equations of Lines: Making Linear Models
  • 2.4: Varying the Coefficients: Direct Proportionality
  • 2.5: Linear Regression: Fitting Lines to Data
  • 2.6: Linear Equations: Getting Information from a Model
  • 2.7: Linear Equations: Where Lines Meet
  
  
• Chapter 3: Exponential Functions and Models
  • 3.1: Exponential Growth and Decay
  • 3.2: Exponential Models: Comparing Rates
  • 3.3: Comparing Linear and Exponential Growth
  • 3.4: Graphs of Exponential Functions
  • 3.5: Fitting Exponential Curves to Data
  
  
• Chapter 4: Logarithms and Exponential Models
  • 4.1: Logarithmic Functions
  • 4.2: Laws of Logarithms
  • 4.3: Logarithmic Scales
  • 4.4: The Natural Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
  • 4.5: Exponential Equations: Getting Information from Model
  • 4.6: Working With Functions: Composition and Inverse
  
  
• Chapter 5: Quadratic Functions and Models
  • 5.1: Working with Functions: Shifting and Stretching
  • 5.2: Quadratic Functions and their Graphs
  • 5.3: Maxima and Minima: Getting Information from a Model
  • 5.4: Quadratic Equations: Getting Information from a Model
  • 5.5: Fitting Quadratic Curves to Data
  
  
• Chapter 6: Power, Polynomial, and Rational Functions
  • 6.1: Working with Functions: Algebraic Operations
  • 6.2: Power Functions: Positive Powers
  • 6.3: Polynomial Functions: Combining Power Functions
  • 6.4: Fitting Power and Polynomial Curves to Data
  • 6.5: Power Functions: Negative Powers
  • 6.6: Rational Functions
  
  
• Chapter 7: Systems of Equations and Categorical Data
  • 7.1: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables
  • 7.2: Systems of Linear Equations in Several Variables
  • 7.3: Using Matrices to Solve Systems of Linear Equations
  • 7.4: Matrices and Categorical Data
  • 7.5: Matrix Operations: Getting Information from Data
  • 7.6: Matrix Equations: Solving a Linear System
  
  
• Chapter A: Algebra Toolkit A: Working with Numbers
  • A.1: Numbers and Their Properties
  • A.2: The Number Line and Intervals
  • A.3: Integer Exponents
  • A.4: Radicals and Rational Exponents
  
  
• Chapter B: Algebra Toolkit B: Working with Expressions
  • B.1: Combining Algebraic Expressions
  • B.2: Factoring Algebraic Expressions
  • B.3: Rational Expressions
  
  
• Chapter C: Algebra Toolkit C: Working with Equations
  • C.1: Solving Basic Equations
  • C.2: Solving Quadratic Equations
  • C.3: Solving Inequalities
  
  
• Chapter D: Algebra Toolkit D: Working with Graphs
  • D.1: The Coordinate Plane
  • D.2: Graphs of Two-Variable Equations
  • D.3: Using a Graphing Calculator
  • D.4: Solving Equations and Inequalities Graphically