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Intermediate Algebra: An Applied Approach
, Sixth Edition
Richard N. Aufmann, Palomar College
Vernon C. Barker, Palomar College
Joanne Lockwood, Plymouth State College
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Chapter 1: Review of Real Numbers
1.1
Introduction to Real Numbers
1.2
Operations on Real Numbers
1.3
Variable Expressions
1.4
Verbal Expressions and Variable Expressions
Chapter 2: First-Degree Equations and Inequalities
2.1
Solving First-Degree Equations
2.2
Applications: Puzzle Problems
2.3
Applications: Mixture and Uniform Motion Problems
Chapter 3: Linear Functions and Inequalities in Two Variables
3.1
The Rectangular Coordinate System
3.2
Introduction to Functions
3.3
Linear Functions
3.4
Slope of a Straight Line
3.5
Finding Equations of Lines
3.6
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
3.7
Inequalities in Two Variables
Chapter 4: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
4.1
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing and by the Substitution Method
4.2
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by the Addition Method
4.3
Solving Systems of Equations by Using Determinants
4.4
Application Problems
4.5
Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities
Chapter 5: Polynomials
5.1
Exponential Expressions
5.2
Introduction to Polynomials
5.3
Multiplication of Polynomials
5.4
Division of Polynomials
5.5
Factoring Polynomials
5.6
Special Factoring
5.7
Solving Equations by Factoring
Chapter 6: Rational Expressions
6.1
Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions
6.2
Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions
6.3
Complex Fractions
6.4
Ratio and Proportion
6.5
Rational Equations
6.6
Variation
Chapter 7: Exponents and Radicals
7.1
Rational Exponents and Radical Expressions
7.2
Operations on Radical Expressions
7.3
Complex Numbers
7.4
Solving Equations Containing Radical Expressions
Chapter 8: Quadratic Expressions
8.1
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring or by Taking Square Roots
8.2
Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square
8.3
Solving Quadratic Equations by Using the Quadratic Formula
8.4
Solving Quadratic Equations that are Reducible to Quadratic Equations
8.5
Quadratic Inequalities and Rational Inequalities
8.6
Applications of Quadratic Equations
Chapter 9: Functions and Relations
9.1
Properties of Quadratic Functions
9.2
Graphs of Functions
9.3
Algebra of Functions
9.4
One-to-One and Inverse Functions
Chapter 10: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
10.1
Exponential Functions
10.2
Introduction to Logarithms
10.3
Graphs of Logarithmic Functions
10.4
Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
10.5
Applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 11: Conic Sections
11.1
The Parabola
11.2
The Circle
11.3
The Ellipse and the Hyperbola
11.4
Solving Nonlinear Systems of Equations
11.5
Quadratic Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities
Chapter 12: Sequences and Series
12.1
Introduction to Sequences and Series
12.2
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
12.3
Geometric Sequences and Series
12.4
Binomial Expansions