This book has helped thousands of students succeed in the Introductory Algebra course by combining clear, concise writing and examples with carefully crafted exercises to support skill development and conceptual understanding. Written with the developmental learner in mind, the precise, accessible writing style delivers help precisely when needed. This revision faithfully continues to support students with enhancements in the text to encourage conceptual understanding beyond skills and procedures. Student-oriented features throughout the text, including the Relating Concepts exercises, Guided Solutions, and the Test Your Word Power, make this text one of the most well-rounded and student-friendly on the market.
Features:
1. Learning Objectives begin each section, and all material is keyed to these objectives to let students and instructors know exactly what will be covered.
2. An emphasis on problem solving is introduced and integrated as a six-step process for solving application problems algebraically: Read, Assign a Variable, Write an Equation, Solve, State the Answer, and Check.
3. Margin Problems allow students to immediately practice the example material and check their answer at the bottom of the page in preparation for the exercise sets.
4. Pointers within examples, Cautions and Notes provide students with important, on-the-spot reminders and warnings about common pitfalls.
5. Real-Life Applications with interesting data are used in many new or updated examples and exercises throughout the text.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. The Real Number System
Chapter 2. Equations, Inequalities, and Applications
Chapter 3. Graphs of Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables
Chapter 4. Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 5. Exponents and Polynomials
Chapter 6. Factoring and Applications
Chapter 7. Rational Expressions and Applications
Chapter 8. Roots and Radicals
Chapter 9. Quadratic Equations
About the Author
Marge Lial was a pioneering author and a visionary teacher who established features that are now standard in nearly all developmental math titles.
John Hornsby have experience of more than twenty-five years of teaching at the high school and university levels and fifteen years of writing mathematics textbooks.
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