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Summary
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Table of Contents
| Note: Each chapter contains a Chapter Summary |
| Review Exercises, and a Chapter Test |
| P Prerequisites |
| P.1 Real Numbers |
| P.2 Exponents and Radicals |
| P.3 Polynomials and Factoring |
| P.4 Rational Expressions |
| P.5 Graphical Representation of Data Chapter Project: Modeling the Volume of a Box Library of Functions |
| 1 Functions and Their Graphs |
| 1.1 Graphs of Equations |
| 1.2 Lines in the Plane |
| 1.3 Functions |
| 1.4 Graphs of Functions |
| 1.5 Shifting, Reflecting, and Stretching Graphs |
| 1.6 Combinations of Functions |
| 1.7 Inverse Functions Chapter Project: Modeling the Area of a Plot |
| 2 Intercepts, Zeros, and Solutions |
| 2.1 Modeling with Linear Equations |
| 2.2 Solving Equations Graphically |
| 2.3 Complex Numbers |
| 2.4 Solving Equations Algebraically |
| 2.5 Solving Inequalities Algebraically and Graphically Chapter Project: Mozart and the Golden Ratio Cumulative Test: Chapters P2 |
| 3 Polynomial and Rational Functions |
| 3.1 Quadratic Functions |
| 3.2 Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree |
| 3.3 Real Zeros of Polynomial Functions |
| 3.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra |
| 3.5 Rational Functions and Asymptotes |
| 3.6 Graphs of Rational Functions Chapter Project: Finding Points of Intersection |
| 4 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions |
| 4.1 Exponential Functions and Their Graphs |
| 4.2 Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs |
| 4.3 Properties of Logarithms |
| 4.4 Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations |
| 4.5 Exponential and Logarithmic Models Chapter Project: A Graphical Approach to Compound Interest |
| 5 Systems of Equations and Inequalities |
| 5.1 Solving Systems of Equations |
| 5.2 Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables |
| 5.3 Multivariable Linear Systems |
| 5.4 Systems of Inequalities |
| 5.5 Linear Programming Chapter Project: Fitting Models to Data Cumulative Test: Chapters 35 |
| 6 Matrices and Determinants |
| 6.1 Matrices and Systems of Equations |
| 6.2 Operations with Matrices |
| 6.3 The Inverse of a Square Matrix |
| 6.4 The Determinant of a Square Matrix |
| 6.5 Applications of Matrices and Determinants Chapter Project: Solving System of Equations |
| 7 Sequences, Series, and Probability |
| 7.1 Sequences and Series |
| 7.2 Arithmetic Sequences and Partial Sums |
| 7.3 Geometric Sequences and Series |
| 7.4 Mathematical Induction |
| 7.5 The Binomial Theorem |
| 7.6 Counting Principles |
| 7.7 Probability Chapter Project: Fitting Models to Data |
| 8 Conics and Parametric Equations |
| 8.1 Conics |
| 8.2 Translations of Conics |
| 8.3 Parametric Equations |
| Appendices |
| A Proofs of Selected Theorems |
| B Concepts in Statistics |
| B.1 Representing Data |
| B.2 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion |
| B.3 Least Squares Regression |
| C Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities |
