College Algebra with Current Interesting Applications and Facts

College Algebra with Current Interesting Applications and Facts provides students the opportunity to experience and work on activities that model real-world situations by integrating application problems based on current, realistic situations and topics interesting to college-age students.College Algebra with Current Interesting Applications and Facts helps students to solidify reasoning and problem-solving skills, while demonstrating how college algebra can model real-world scenarios. The textbook encompasses multiple approaches to problem solving including verbal, numerical, symbolic, and graphical approaches. College Algebra with Current Interesting Applications and Facts by Gisela Acosta and Margie Karwowski:Integrates a "Getting Started" section at the beginning of each chapter to help students review concepts and techniques.Provides "in-class practice" problems that can be used for class discussion, review of topics, discovery of concepts, and homework practice.Contains numerous exercises and applications, as well as a chapter review in each section.Includes Caution notes identifying where "friendly errors" tend to occur and how to avoid them.Offers access to online homework that corresponds with problems and material from the text.