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Summary
Summary
The & Eighth Edition of this highly dependable book retains its best features--accuracy, precision, depth, and abundant exercise sets--while substantially updating its content and pedagogy. Striving to teach mathematics as a way of life, Sullivan provides understandable, realistic applications that are consistent with the abilities of most readers. Chapter topics include Graphs; Polynomial and Rational Functions; Conics; Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Exponential and Logarithmic Functions; Counting and Probability; and more. For individuals with an interest in learning algebra as it applies to their everyday lives.
Author Notes
Mike Sullivan Professor of Mathematics at Chicago State University received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Illinois Institute of Technology. Mike has taught at Chicago State for over 30 years. He is a native of Chicago's South Side and currently resides in Oaklawn. Mike has four children. The two oldest have degrees in mathematics and assisted in proofing, checking examples and exercises, and writing solutions manuals for this project. Mike III co-authored the Sullivan Graphing with Data Analysis series as well as this series. Dan, the youngest, sells for Prentice Hall as a generalist.
Mike has authored or co-authored over ten books. He owns a travel agency, and splits his time between a condo in Naples, Florida and a home in Oaklawn, where Mike enjoys gardening. Mike first signed this series with Deleen Publishing (Acquired by Macmillan) in 1985.
Table of Contents
| Chapter R Review |
| R.1 Real Numbers |
| R.2 Algebra Essentials |
| R.3 Geometry Essentials |
| R.4 Polynomials |
| R.5 Factoring Polynomials |
| R.6 Synthetic Division |
| R.7 Rational Expressions |
| R.8 nth Roots; Rational Exponents |
| Chapter 1 Equations and Inequalities |
| 1.1 Linear Equations |
| 1.2 Quadratic Equations |
| 1.3 Complex Numbers; Quadratic Equations in the Complex Number System |
| 1.4 Radical Equations; Equations Quadratic in Form; Factorable Equations |
| 1.5 Solving Inequalities |
| 1.6 Equations and Inequalities Involving Absolute Value |
| 1.7 Problem Solving: Interest, Mixture, Uniform Motion, and Constant Rate Job Applications |
| Chapter 2 Graphs |
| 2.1 The Distance and Midpoint Formulas |
| 2.2 Graphs of Equations in Two Variables; Intercepts; Symmetry |
| 2.3 Lines |
| 2.4 Circles |
| 2.5 Variation |
| Chapter 3 Functions and Their Graphs |
| 3.1 Functions |
| 3.2 The Graph of a Function |
| 3.3 Properties of Functions |
| 3.4 Library of Functions; Piecewise-defined Functions |
| 3.5 Graphing Techniques: Transformations |
| 3.6 Mathematical Models: Building Functions |
| Chapter 4 Linear and Quadratic Functions |
| 4.1 Linear Functions and Their Properties |
| 4.2 Building Linear Functions from Data |
| 4.3 Quadratic Functions and Their Properties |
| 4.4 Quadratic Models; Building Quadratic Functions from Data |
| 4.5 Inequalities Involving QuadraticFunctions |
| Chapter 5 Polynomial and Rational Functions |
| 5.1 Polynomial Functions and Models |
| 5.2 Properties of Rational Functions |
| 5.3 The Graph of a Rational Function |
| 5.4 Polynomial and Rational Inequalities |
| 5.5 The Real Zeros of a Polynomial Function |
| 5.6 Complex Zeros: Fundamental Theorem of Algebra |
| Chapter 6 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions |
| 6.1 Composite Functions |
| 6.2 One-to-One Functions; Inverse Functions |
| 6.3 Exponential Functions |
| 6.4 Logarithmic Functions |
| 6.5 Properties of Logarithms |
| 6.6 Logarithmic and Exponential Equations |
| 6.7 Compound Interest |
| 6.8 Exponential Growth and Decay Models; Newtonrsquo;s Law; Logistic Growth and Decay Models |
| 6.9 Building Exponential, Logarithmic, and Logistic Functions from Data |
| Chapter 8 Systems of Equations and Inequalities |
| 8.1 Systems of Linear Equations: Substitution and Elimination |
