College Algebra: Building Concepts and Connections 2e

• Preface to Instructors
• Study Skills   New
  • Study and Success Skills
  • Enrichment - Foundations Series
  • Advice from Video Tutors
  • Common Mistakes
• R - Algebra Review
  • Chapter Introduction
  • R.1 - The Real Number System
  • R.2 - Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation
  • R.3 - Roots, Radicals, and Rational Exponents
  • R.4 - Polynomials
  • R.5 - Factoring
  • R.6 - Rational Expressions
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• 1 - Equations and Inequalities
  • Chapter Introduction
  • 1.1 - Linear Equations and Applications
  • 1.2 - Quadratic Equations and Applications
  • 1.3 - Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
  • 1.4 - Other Types of Equations
  • 1.5 - Linear Inequalities
  • 1.6 - Equations and Inequalities Involving Absolute Value
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• 2 - Functions and Graphs
  • Chapter Introduction
  • 2.1 - The Coordinate System; Lines and Their Graphs
  • 2.2 - Coordinate Geometry, Circles, and Other Equations
  • 2.3 - Functions
  • 2.4 - Graphs of Functions
  • 2.5 - Linear Functions and Models; Regression; Variation
  • 2.6 - Analyzing the Graph of a Function; Rate of Change; Difference Quotients
  • 2.7 - The Algebra of Functions
  • 2.8 - Transformations of the Graph of a Function
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• 3 - Polynomial and Rational Functions
  • Chapter Introduction
  • 3.1 - Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
  • 3.2 - Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs
  • 3.3 - Division of Polynomials; the Remainder and Factor Theorems
  • 3.4 - Real Zeros of Polynomials; Solutions of Equations
  • 3.5 - The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra; Complex Zeros
  • 3.6 - Rational Functions
  • 3.7 - Quadratic, Polynomial, and Rational Inequalities
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• 4 - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
  • Chapter Introduction
  • 4.1 - Inverse Functions
  • 4.2 - Exponential Function
  • 4.3 - Logarithmic Functions
  • 4.4 - Properties of Logarithms
  • 4.5 - Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
  • 4.6 - Exponential, Logistic, and Logarithmic Models
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• 5 - Systems of Equations and Inequalities
  • Chapter Introduction
  • 5.1 - Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables
  • 5.2 - Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
  • 5.3 - Solving Systems of Equations Using Matrices
  • 5.4 - Operations on Matrices
  • 5.5 - Matrices and Inverses
  • 5.6 - Determinants and Cramer's Rule
  • 5.7 - Partial Fractions
  • 5.8 - Systems of Nonlinear Equations
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• 6 - Conic Sections
  • Chapter Introduction
  • 6.1 - The Parabola
  • 6.2 - The Ellipse
  • 6.3 - The Hyperbola
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• 7 - More Topics in Algebra
  • Chapter Introduction
  • 7.1 - Sequences
  • 7.2 - Sums of Terms of Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
  • 7.3 - General Sequences and Series
  • 7.4 - Counting Methods
  • 7.5 - Probability
  • 7.6 - The Binomial Theorem
  • 7.7 - Mathematical Induction
  • Chapter Test & Summary
• Answers
• Index