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• 1 A Review of Basic Algebra
• The Real Number System
• Arithmetic and Properties of Real Numbers
• Exponents
• Scientific Notation
• Solving Equations
• Using Equations to Solve Problems
• More Applications of Equations
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 1 Test
• 2 Graphs, Equations of Lines and Functions
• Graphing Linear Equations
• Slope of a Non-Vertical Line
• Writing Equations of Lines
• Introduction to Functions
• Graphs of Other Functions
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 2 Test
• Cumulative Review Exercises
• 3 Systems of Equations
• Solution by Graphing
• Solution by Elimination
• Solutions of Three Equations in Three Variables
• Solution by Matrices
• Solution by Determinants
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 3 Test
• 4 Inequalities
• Linear Inequalities
• Equations and Inequalities with Absolute Values
• Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
• Systems of Inequalities
• Linear Programming
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 4 test
• Cumulative Review Exercises
• 5 Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
• Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
• Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
• Multiplying Polynomials
• The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping
• The Difference of Two Squares; the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
• Factoring Trinomials
• Summary of Factoring Techniques
• Solving Equations by Factoring
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 5 Test
• 6 Rational Expressions
• Rational Functions and Simplifying Rational Expressions
• Proportions and Variation
• Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
• Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
• Complex Fractions
• Equations Containing Rational Expressions
• Dividing Polynomials
• Synthetic Division
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 6 Test
• Cumulative Review Exercises
• 7 Radicals and Rational Exponents
• Radical Expressions
• Applications of Radicals
• Rational Exponents
• Simplifying and Combining Radical Expressions
• Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions
• Radical Equations
• Complex Numbers
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 7 Test
• 8 Quadratic Functions, Inequalities and Algebra of Functions
• Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square
• Solving Quadratic Equations by the Quadratic Formula
• The Disciminant and Equations that can be Written in Quadratic Form
• Graphs of Quadratic Functions
• Quadratic and Other Nonlinear Inequalities
• Algebra and Composition of Functions
• Inverses of Functions
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 8 Test
• Cumulative Review Exercises
• 9 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
• Exponential Functions
• Base-e Exponential Functions
• Logarithmic Functions
• Base-e Logarithms
• Properties of Logarithms
• Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
• Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 9 Test
• 10 More Graphing and Conic Sections
• The Circle and the Parabola
• The Ellipse
• The Hyperbola
• Solving Simultaneous Second-Degree Equations
• Piecewise-Defined Functions and the Greatest Integer Function
• Problems and Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 10 Test
• Cumulative Review Exercises
• 11 Miscellaneous Topics
• The Binomial Theorem
• The nth Term of a Binomial Expansion
• Arithmetic Sequences
• Geometric Sequences
• Infinite Geometric Sequences
• Permutations and Combinations
• Problems and Projects
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter 11 Test
• Cumulative Review Exercises
• Appendices
• Symmetries of Graphs
• Sample Final Examination
• Tables
• Answers to Selected Answers.