Algebra Know-It-ALL

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Algebra Know-It-ALL ...

About the Author Stan Gibilisco is an electronics engineer, researcher, and mathematician who has authored a number of titles fo ...

Algebra Know-It-ALL Beginner to Advanced, and Everything in Between Stan Gibilisco New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London ...

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Preface xiii Acknowledgment xiv Part 1 Numbers, Sets, and Operations 1 Counting Methods 3 Fingers and Sticks 3 Roman Numerals 6 ...

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4 Addition and Subtraction Moving Up and Down Identity, Grouping, and Signs The Commutative Law for Addition The Associative La ...

xiii Preface If you want to improve your understanding of algebra, then this book is for you. It can supplement standard texts a ...

xiv Acknowledgment I extend thanks to my nephew Tony Boutelle. He spent many hours helping me proofread the manuscript, and he o ...

1 PART 1 Numbers, Sets, and Operations Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use. ...

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3 CHAPTER 1 Counting Methods Algebra is a science of numbers. To work with numbers, you need symbols to represent them. The way ...

A calculator won’t work very well to solve this problem. Try it and see! You can’t get the right answer by any straightforward a ...