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Preface
Acknowledgments
Index of Applications
1. Introduction To Modeling
1.1 Variables And Constants
1.2 Scattergrams
1.3 Exact Linear Relationships
1.4 Approximate Linear Relationships
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Volume Lab * Linear
Graphing Lab: Topic Of Your Choice
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Review Exercises
Chapter 1 Test
2. Operations And Expressions
2.1 Expressions
2.2 Operations With Fractions
2.3 Adding Real Numbers
2.4 Change In A Quantity And Subtracting Real Numbers
2.5 Ratios, Percents, And Multiplying And Dividing Real Numbers
2.6 Exponents And Order Of Operations
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Stocks Lab
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Review Exercises
Chapter 2 Test
Cumulative Review Of Chapters 1 And 2
3. Using Slope To Graph Linear Equations
3.1 Graphing Equations Of The Form y = mx + b
3.2 Graphing Linear Models; Unit Analysis
3.3 Slope Of A Line
3.4 Using Slope To Graph Linear Equations
3.5 Rate Of Change
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Workout
Lab * Balloon Lab
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Review Exercises
Chapter 3 Test
4. Simplifying Expressions And Solving Equations
4.1 Commutative, Associative, And Distributive Laws
4.2 Simplifying Expressions
4.3 Solving Linear Equations In One Variable
4.4 Solving More Linear Equations In One Variable
4.5 Comparing Expressions And Equations
4.6 Formulas
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Review Exercises
Chapter 4 Test
Cumulative Review Of Chapters 1—4
5. Linear Functions And Linear Inequalities In One Variable
5.1 Graphing Linear Equations
5.2 Functions
5.3 Function Notation
5.4 Finding Linear Equations
5.5 Finding Equations Of Linear Models
5.6 Using Function Notation With Linear Models To Make Estimates And Predictions
5.7 Solving Linear Inequalities In One Variable
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Golf Ball Lab *
Rope Lab * Shadow Lab * Linear Lab: Topic Of Your Choice
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Review Exercises
Chapter 5 Test
6. Systems Of Linear Equations And Systems Of Linear Inequalities
6.1 Using Graphs And Tables To Solve Systems
6.2 Using Substitution To Solve Systems
6.3 Using Elimination To Solve Systems
6.4 Using Systems To Model Data
6.5 Perimeter, Value, Interest, And Mixture Problems
6.6 Linear Inequalities In Two Variables; Systems Of Linear
Inequalities In Two Variables
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Sports Lab *
Truck Lab
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Review Exercises
Chapter 6 test 383
Cumulative Review of Chapters 1—6
7. Polynomial Functions And Properties Of Exponents
7.1 Adding And Subtracting Polynomial Expressions And Functions
7.2 Multiplying Polynomial Expressions And Functions
7.3 Powers Of Polynomials; Product Of Binomial Conjugates
7.4 Properties Of Exponents
7.5 Dividing Polynomials: Long Division And Synthetic Division
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Projectile Lab
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Review Exercises
Chapter 7 Test
Making Sure You’re Ready For Intermediate Algebra:
A Review Of Chapters 1—7
8. Factoring Polynomials And Solving Polynomial Equations
8.1 Factoring Trinomials Of The Form x2 + bx + c And Differences of Two Squares
8.2 Factoring Out The GCF; Factoring By Grouping
8.3 Factoring Trinomials Of The Form ax2 + bx + c
8.4 Sums And Differences Of Cubes; A Factoring Strategy
8.5 Using Factoring To Solve Polynomial Equations
8.6 Using Factoring To Make Predictions With Quadratic Models
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Review Exercises
Chapter 8 Test
Making Sure You’re Ready For Intermediate Algebra:
A Review Of Chapters 1—8
9. Quadratic Functions
9.1 Graphing Quadratic Functions In Vertex Form
9.2 Graphing Quadratic Functions In Standard Form
9.3 Simplifying Radical Expressions
9.4 Using The Square Root Property To Solve Quadratic Equations
9.5 Solving Quadratic Equations By Completing The Square
9.6 Using The Quadratic Formula To Solve Quadratic Equations
9.7 Solving Systems Of Linear Equations In Three Variables; Finding Quadratic Functions
9.8 Finding Quadratic Models
9.9 Modeling With Quadratic Functions
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Projectile
Lab * Projectile Lab (Using A CBR Or CBL) * Water Flow
Lab * Quadratic Lab: Topic Of Your Choice
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Review Exercises
Chapter 9 Test
Cumulative Review Of Chapters 1—9
10. Exponential Functions
10.1 Integer Exponents
10.2 Rational Exponents
10.3 Graphing Exponential Functions
10.4 Finding Equations Of Exponential Functions
10.5 Using Exponential Functions To Model Data
Taking It To The Lab: Stringed Instrument Lab * Cooling Water
Lab * Exponential Lab: Topic Of Your Choice
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Review Exercises
Chapter 10 Test
11. Logarithmic Functions
11.1 Composite Functions
11.2 Inverse Functions
11.3 Logarithmic Functions
11.4 Properties Of Logarithms
11.5 Using The Power Property With Exponential Models To Make Predictions
11.6 More Properties Of Logarithms
11.7 Natural Logarithms
Taking It To The Lab: China And India Populations Lab * Folding
Paper Lab * Exponential/Logarithmic Lab: Topic Of Your Choice
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 11
Chapter 11 Review Exercises
Chapter 11 Test
Cumulative Review Of Chapters 1—11
12. Rational Functions
12.1 Finding The Domains Of Rational Functions And Simplifying Rational Expressions
12.2 Multiplying And Dividing Rational Expressions; Converting Units
12.3 Adding And Subtracting Rational Expressions
12.4 Simplifying Complex Rational Expressions
12.5 Solving Rational Equations
12.6 Modeling With Rational Functions
12.7 Proportions; Similar Triangles
12.8 Variation
Taking It To The Lab: Climate Change Lab * Illumination
Lab * Boyle’s Law Lab * Estimating P Lab
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Review Exercises
Chapter 12 Test
13. Radical Functions
13.1 Simplifying Radical Expressions
13.2 Adding, Subtracting, And Multiplying Radical Expressions
13.3 Rationalizing Denominators And Simplifying Quotients Of Radical Expressions
13.4 Graphing And Combining Square Root Functions
13.5 Solving Radical Equations
13.6 Modeling With Square Root Functions
Taking It To The Lab: Pendulum Lab
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 13
Chapter 13 Review Exercises
Chapter 13 Test
14. Sequences And Series
14.1 Arithmetic Sequences
14.2 Geometric Sequences
14.3 Arithmetic Series
14.4 Geometric Series
Taking It To The Lab: Bouncing Ball Lab * Stacked Cups Lab
Chapter Summary
Key Points Of Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Review Exercises
Chapter 14 Test
Cumulative Review Of Chapters 1—14
15. Additional Topics
15.1 Absolute Value: Equations And Inequalities
Key Points Of Section 15.1
15.2 Performing Operations With Complex Numbers
Key Points Of Section 15.2
15.3 Pythagorean Theorem, Distance Formula, And Circles
Key Points Of Section 15.3
15.4 Ellipses And Hyperbolas
Key Points Of Section 15.4
15.5 Solving Nonlinear Systems Of Equations
Key Points Of Section 15.5
A. Using A TI-83 Or TI-84 Graphing Calculator (Available Online Only)
A.1 Turning A Graphing Calculator On Or Off
A.2 Making The Screen Lighter Or Darker
A.3 Entering An Equation
A.4 Graphing An Equation
A.5 Tracing A Curve Without A Scattergram
A.6 Zooming
A.7 Setting The Window Format
A.8 Plotting Points In A Scattergram
A.9 Tracing A Scattergram
A.10 Graphing Equations With A Scattergram
A.11 Tracing A Curve With A Scattergram
A.12 Turning A Plotter On Or Off
A.13 Creating A Table
A.14 Creating A Table For Two Equations
A.15 Using “Ask” In A Table
A.16 Finding The Regression Curve For Some Data
A.17 Plotting Points In Two Scattergrams
A.18 Finding The Intersection Point(S) Of Two Curves
A.19 Finding The Minimum Point(S) Or Maximum Point(S) Of A Curve
A.20 Storing A Value
A.21 Finding Any X-Intercepts Of A Curve
A.22 Turning An Equation On Or Off
A.23 Finding Coordinates Of Points
A.24 Graphing Equations With Axes “Turned Off”
A.25 Entering An Equation By Using Yn References
A.26 Responding To Error Messages
Answers To Odd-Numbered Exercises
Index
For more than twenty years, Jay Lehmann has taught at College of San Mateo, where he has received the Shiny Apple Award for excellence in teaching. He has worked on a NSF-funded grant to study classroom assessment and has performed research on collaborative directed-discovery learning. Jay has served as the newsletter editor for CMC3 (California Mathematics Council, Community College) for twelve years. He has presented at more than seventy-five conferences, including AMATYC, ICTCM, and T3, where he has discussed curve fitting and sung his "Number Guy" song.
Jay plays in a rock band called The Procrastinistas, who play at various clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Jay, his wife Keri, and son Dylan reside. He plays a number of instruments including bass, guitar, piano, violin, and baritone. In addition to his elementary, intermediate, and combined algebra textbooks, Jay is currently writing a heist novel for high school students, which he hopes will be published before Dylan outgrows it. Dylan, a devoted drummer and artist, drafted many of the cartoons that are included in Jay's textbooks.
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