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Focusing on and reinforcing problem-solving throughout, Kaufmann and Schwitters help students learn to analyze a word problem by approaching it logically and extracting all its essential mathematical components so that the process of solving a problem can be approached with ease. The authors' proven approach of "learn a skill" then "use a skill to solve equations and inequalities" and finally, "use equations and inequalities to solve word problems" helps students apply their newly learned skills immediately for better comprehension and retention. This is the same approach used by the authors in their highly successful developmental mathematics texts.

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• Chapter 1 Basic concepts and properties
• Sets, Real Numbers, and Numerical Expressions
• Operations with Real Numbers
• Properties of Real Numbers and the Use of Exponents
• Algebraic Expressions
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 2 Equations, inequalities, and problem solving
• Solving First-Degree Equations
• Equations Involving Fractional Forms
• Equations Involving Decimals and Problem Solving
• Formulas
• Inequalities
• More on Inequalities and Problem Solving
• Equations and Inequalities Involving Absolute Value
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 3 Polynomials
• Polynomials: Sums and Differences
• Products and Quotients of Monomials
• Multiplying Polynomials
• Factoring: Use of the Distributive Property
• Factoring: Difference of Two Squares and Sum or Difference of Two Cubes
• Factoring Trinomials
• Equations and Problem Solving
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Cumulative Review Problem Set (Chapters 1-3)
• Chapter 4 Rational expressions
• Simplifying Rational Expressions
• Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
• Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
• More on Rational Expressions and Complex Fractions
• Dividing Polynomials
• Fractional Equations
• More Fractional Equations and Applications
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 5 Exponents and radicals
• Using Integers as Exponents
• Roots and Radicals
• Combining Radicals and Simplifying Radicals That Contain Variables
• Products and Quotients Involving Radicals
• Equations Involving Radicals
• Merging Exponents and Roots
• Scientific Notation
• Summary
• Review Problems Set
• Test
• Chapter 6 Quadratic equations and inequalities
• Complex Numbers
• Quadratic Equations
• Completing the Square
• Quadratic Formula
• More Quadratic Equations and Applications
• Quadratic and Other Nonlinear Inequalities
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Cumulative Review Problem Set (Chapters 1-6)
• Chapter 7 Linear equations and inequalities in two variables
• Rectangular Coordinate System
• Linear Equations in Two Variables
• Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
• Distance and Slope
• Determining the Equation of a Line
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 8 Functions
• Concept of a Function
• Linear Functions and Applications
• Quadratic Functions
• More Quadratic Functions and Applications
• Transformations of Some Basic Curves
• Combining Functions
• Direct and Inverse Variation
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 9 Polynomial and rational functions
• Synthetic Division
• Remainder and Factor The orems
• Polynomial Equations
• Graphing Polynomial Functions
• Graphing Rational Functions
• More on Graphing Rational Functions
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 10 Exponential and logarithmic functions
• Exponents and Exponential Functions
• Applications of Exponential Functions
• Inverse Functions
• Logarithms
• Logarithmic Functions
• Exponential Equations, Logarithmic Equations, and Problem Solving
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Cumulative Review Problem Set (Chapter 1-10)
• Chapter 11 Systems of equations
• Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables
• Systems of Three Linear Equations in Three Variables
• Matrix Approach to Solving Linear Systems
• Determinants
• Cramer''s Rule
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 12 Algebra of matrices
• Algebra of 2_2 Matrices
• Multiplicative Inverses
• m x n Matrices
• Systems of Linear Inequalities: Linear Programming
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 13 Conic sections
• Circles
• Parabolas
• Ellipses
• Hyperbolas
• System Involving Nonlinear Equations
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 14 Sequences and mathematical induction
• Arithmetic Sequences
• Geometric Sequences
• Another Look at Problem Solving
• Mathematical Induction
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Chapter 15 Counting techniques, probability, and the binomial theorem
• Fundamental Principle of Counting
• Permutations and Combinations
• Probability
• Some Properties of Probability: Expected Values
• Conditional Probability: Dependent and Independent Events
• Binomial The orem
• Summary
• Review Problem Set
• Test
• Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems and All Chapter Review, Chapter Test, and Cumulative Review Problems
• Index

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Rennie Airth was born in South Africa and worked for a number of years as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. The Blood-Dimmed Tide is the second novel in the Inspector Madden trilogy. He lives in Italy.