Beginning and Intermediate Algebra - Cengage

1 Beginningand Intermediate AlgebraAn Integrated Approach6th EditionAustralia Brazil Japan Korea Mexico Singapore Spain United Kingdom United StatesR. David GustafsonRock Valley CollegeRosemary M. KarrCollin CollegeMarilyn B. MasseyCollin College31433_00a_FM_i_xxvi 10/12/09 12:32 PM Page iiiChapter1 Real Numbers and Their Basic Numbers and Their and Order of and Subtracting Real and Dividing Real of Real Numbers66 PROJECTS74 CHAPTER REVIEW75 CHAPTER 1 TEST82 Chapter2 Equations and Basic Linear Equations in One More Linear Equations in One Variable98 Expressions to Solve Linear Equations in One to Problem and Mixture Linear Inequalities in One Variable139 PROJECTS148 CHAPTER REVIEW148 CHAPTER 2 TEST154 CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES155viiContents31433_00a_FM_i_xx vi 10/12/09 12.

2 32 PM Page viiChapter3 Graphing and Solving Systems of Linear Equations and Linear Rectangular Coordinate Linear Systems of Linear Equations by Systems of Linear Equations by Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination (Addition) Applications of Systems of Linear Systems of Linear Inequalities221 PROJECTS235 CHAPTER REVIEW236 CHAPTER 3 and Negative-Integer and Polynomial and Subtracting Polynomials by Polynomials by Polynomials303 PROJECTS311 CHAPTER REVIEW311 CHAPTER 4 TEST316 CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES317 Chapter5 Factoring Out the Greatest Common Factor; Factoring by the Difference of Two Trinomials with a Leading Coefficient of General the Sum and Difference of Two of Factoring Equations by Solving369 PROJECTS376 CHAPTER REVIEW377 CHAPTER 5 TEST381viiiContents31433_00a_FM_i_xxvi 10/12/09 12:33 PM Page viiiChapter6 Rational Expressions and Equations.

3 Ratio and Rational and Dividing Rational and Subtracting Rational Complex Equations That Contain Rational Applications of Equations That Contain Rational and Similar Triangles440 PROJECTS452 CHAPTER REVIEW452 CHAPTER 6 TEST459 CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES460 Chapter7 More Equations, Inequalities, and of Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Equations in One Variable Containing Absolute Inequalities in One Variable Containing an Absolute-Value of of Rational Division514 PROJECTS521 CHAPTER REVIEW523 CHAPTER 7 TEST531 Chapter8 Writing Equations of Lines, Functions, and Review of the Rectangular Coordinate of a Equations of Review of of Nonlinear PROJECTS600 CHAPTER REVIEW601 CHAPTER 8 TEST608 CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES609 Contentsix31433_00a_FM_i_xxvi 10/12/09 12.

4 33 PM Page ixChapter9 Radicals and Rational of the Pythagorean Theorem and the Distance and Combining Radical and Dividing Radical Numbers670 PROJECTS680 CHAPTER REVIEW681 CHAPTER 9 TEST689 Chapter10 Quadratic Functions, Inequalities, and Algebra of Quadratic Equations Using the Square-Root Property and by Completingthe Quadratic Equations by the Quadratic Discriminant and Equations That Can Be Written in Quadratic of Quadratic and Other Nonlinear and Composition of of Functions 753 PROJECTS 763 CHAPTER REVIEW764 CHAPTER 10 TEST772 CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES773 Chapter11 Exponential and Logarithmic of Logarithms and Logarithmic Equations823 PROJECTS835 CHAPTER REVIEW836 CHAPTER 11 TEST842xContents31433_00a_FM_i_xxvi 10/12/09 12.

5 33 PM Page xChapter12 Conic Sections and More Circle and the Functions and the Greatest Integer Function879 PROJECTS886 CHAPTER REVIEW886 CHAPTER 12 TEST892 CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES893 Chapter13 More Systems of Equations and Systems of Two Linear Equations or Inequalities in Two Systems of Three Linear Equations in Three Systems of Linear Equations Using Systems of Linear Equations Using Systems of Equations and Inequalities Containing One or More Second-Degree Terms939 PROJECTS946 CHAPTER REVIEW948 CHAPTER 13 TEST955 Chapter14 Miscellaneous Binomial nth Term of a Binomial Geometric and PROJECTS1006 CHAPTER REVIEW1007 CHAPTER 14 TEST1012 CUMULATIVE REVIEW EXERCISES1013 GlossaryG-1 Contentsxi31433_00a_FM_i_xxvi 10/12/09 12:33 PM Page xiAppendixISymmetries of GraphsA-1 AppendixIITablesA-7 Table APowers and RootsA-7 Table BBase-10 LogarithmsA-8 Table CBase-eLogarithmsA-9 AppendixIIIA nswers to Selected ExercisesA-11 IndexI-1xiiContents31433_00a_FM_i_xxvi 10/12/09 12:33 PM Page xii