Intermediate Algebra (11th edition)

• 1.1 Basic Concepts STUDY SKILLS Using Your Math Textbook xviii


• 1.2 Operations on Real Numbers


• 1.3 Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations


• 1.4 Properties of Real Numbers
  
  
  • Chapter 1 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 1 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 1 Test
  
  
  
  


• STUDY SKILLS Reading Your Math Textbook

• 2.1 Linear Equations in One Variable


• STUDY SKILLS Tackling Your Homework


• 2.2 Formulas and Percent


• 2.3 Applications of Linear Equations


• STUDY SKILLS Taking Lecture Notes


• 2.4 Further Applications of Linear Equations


• SUMMARY EXERCISES on Solving Applied Problems


• 2.5 Linear Inequalities in One Variable


• STUDY SKILLS Using Study Cards


• 2.6 Set Operations and Compound Inequalities


• STUDY SKILLS Using Study Cards Revisited


• 2.7 Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities


• Inequalities SUMMARY EXERCISES on Solving Linear and Absolute Value Equations and


• STUDY SKILLS Reviewing a Chapter
  
  
  • Chapter 2 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 2 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 2 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–2 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 3.1 The Rectangular Coordinate System


• STUDY SKILLS Managing Your Time


• 3.2 The Slope of a Line


• 3.3 Linear Equations in Two Variables vi Contents


• SUMMARY EXERCISES on Slopes and Equations of Lines


• 3.4 Linear Inequalities in Two Variables


• 3.5 Introduction to Relations and Functions


• 3.6 Function Notation and Linear Functions


• STUDY SKILLS Taking Math Tests
  
  
  • Chapter 3 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 3 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 3 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–3 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 4.1 Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables


• STUDY SKILLS Analyzing Your Test Results


• 4.2 Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables


• 4.3 Applications of Systems of Linear Equations


• 4.4 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Matrix Methods
  
  
  • Chapter 4 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 4 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 4 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–4 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 5.1 Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation


• 5.2 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials


• 5.3 Polynomial Functions, Graphs, and Composition


• 5.4 Multiplying Polynomials


• 5.5 Dividing Polynomials
  
  
  • Chapter 5 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 5 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 5 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–5 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 6.1 Greatest Common Factors and Factoring by Grouping


• 6.2 Factoring Trinomials


• 6.3 Special Factoring


• 6.4 A General Approach to Factoring


• 6.5 Solving Equations by Factoring
  
  
  • Chapter 6 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 6 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 6 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–6 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 7.1 Rational Expressions and Functions; Multiplying and Dividing


• 7.2 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions


• 7.3 Complex Fractions


• 7.4 Equations with Rational Expressions and Graphs


• SUMMARY EXERCISES on Rational Expressions and Equations


• 7.5 Applications of Rational Expressions


• 7.6 Variation
  
  
  • Chapter 7 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 7 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 7 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–7 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 8.1 Radical Expressions and Graphs


• 8.2 Rational Exponents


• 8.3 Simplifying Radical Expressions


• 8.4 Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions


• 8.5 Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions


• SUMMARY EXERCISES on Operations with Radicals and Rational Exponents


• 8.6 Solving Equations with Radicals


• 8.7 Complex Numbers


• STUDY SKILLS Preparing for Your Math Final Exam
  
  
  • Chapter 8 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 8 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 8 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–8 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 9.1 The Square Root Property and Completing the Square


• 9.2 The Quadratic Formula


• 9.3 Equations Quadratic in Form


• SUMMARY EXERCISES on Solving Quadratic Equations


• 9.4 Formulas and Further Applications


• 9.5 Graphs of Quadratic Functions


• 9.6 More about Parabolas and Their Applications


• 9.7 Polynomial and Rational Inequalities
  
  
  • Chapter 9 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 9 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 9 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–9 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  

• 10.1 Inverse Functions


• 10.2 Exponential Functions


• 10.3 Logarithmic Functions


• 10.4 Properties of Logarithms


• 10.5 Common and Natural Logarithms


• 10.6 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations; Further Applications
  
  
  • Chapter 10 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 10 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 10 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–10 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  


• Nonlinear Systems Nonlinear Functions, Conic Sections, and

   - 11.1 Additional Graphs of Functions

   - 11.2 The Circle and the Ellipse

   - 11.3 The Hyperbola and Functions Defined by Radicals

   - 11.4 Nonlinear Systems of Equations

   - 11.5 Second-Degree Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities

      - Chapter 11 Summary

      - Chapter 11 Review Exercises

      - Chapter 11 Test

      - Chapters 1–11 Cumulative Review Exercises

• 12.1 Sequences and Series


• 12.2 Arithmetic Sequences


• 12.3 Geometric Sequences


• 12.4 The Binomial Theorem
  
  
  • Chapter 12 Summary
  
  
  • Chapter 12 Review Exercises
  
  
  • Chapter 12 Test
  
  
  • Chapters 1–12 Cumulative Review Exercises
  
  
  
  


• Appendix A Determinants and Cramer’s Rule


• Appendix B Synthetic Division


• Answers to Selected Exercises A-


• Glossary G-


• Credits G-


• Index I-