Is there anything more beautiful than an "A" in Algebra? Not to the Lial team! Marge Lial, John Hornsby, and Terry McGinnis write their textbooks and accompanying resources with one goal in mind: giving students and teachers all the tools they need to achieve success. With this revision, the Lial team has further refined the presentation and exercises throughout the text. They offer several exciting new resources for students and teachers that will provide extra help when needed, regardless of the learning environment (classroom, lab, hybrid, online, etc)-new study skills activities in the text, an expanded video program available in MyMathLab and on the Video Resources on DVD, and more!
1. Review of the Real Number System1.1 Basic Concepts1.2 Operations on Real Numbers1.3 Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations1.4 Properties of Real NumbersChapter 1 SummaryChapter 1 Review ExercisesChapter 1 TestStudy Skills: Reading Your Math Textbook 2. Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Applications2.1 Linear Equations in One VariableStudy Skills: Tackling Your Homework2.2 Formulas and Percents2.3 Applications of Linear EquationsStudy Skills: Taking Lecture Notes2.4 Further Applications of Linear EquationsSummary Exercises on Solving Applied Problems2.5 Linear Inequalities in One VariableStudy Skills: Using Study Cards2.6 Set Operations and Compound InequalitiesStudy Skills: Using Study Cards Revisited2.7 Absolute Value Equations and InequalitiesStudy Skills: Reviewing a ChapterSummary Exercises on Solving Linear and Absolute Value Equations and InequalitiesChapter 2 SummaryChapter 2 Review ExercisesChapter 2 TestChapters 1-2 Cumulative Review Exercises 3. Graphs, Linear Equations, and Functions3.1 The Rectangular Coordinate SystemStudy Skills: Managing Your Time3.2 The Slope of a Line3.3 Linear Equations in Two VariablesSummary Exercises on Slopes and Equations of Lines3.4 Linear Inequalities in Two Variables3.5 Introduction to Relations and Functions3.6 Function Notation and Linear FunctionsStudy Skills: Taking Math TestsChapter 3 SummaryChapter 3 Review ExercisesChapter 3 TestChapters 1-3 Cumulative Review Exercises 4. Systems of Linear Equations4.1 Systems of Linear Equations in Two VariablesStudy Skills: Analyzing Your Test Results4.2 Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables4.3 Applications of Systems of Linear Equations4.4 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Matrix MethodsChapter 4 SummaryChapter 4 Review ExercisesChapter 4 TestChapters 1-4 Cumulative Review Exercises 5. Exponents, Polynomials, and Polynomial Functions5.1 Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation5.2 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials5.3 Polynomial Functions, Graphs, and Composition 5.4 Multiplying Polynomials5.5 Dividing PolynomialsChapter 5 SummaryChapter 5 Review ExercisesChapter 5 TestChapters 1-5 Cumulative Review Exercises 6. Factoring6.1 Greatest Common Factors and Factoring by Grouping6.2 Factoring Trinomials6.3 Special Factoring6.4 A General Approach to Factoring6.5 Solving Equations by FactoringChapter 6 SummaryChapter 6 Review ExercisesChapter 6 TestChapters 1-6 Cumulative Review Exercises 7. Rational Expressions and Functions7.1 Rational Expressions and Functions; Multiplying and Dividing7.2 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions7.3 Complex Fractions7.4 Equations with Rational Expressions and GraphsSummary Exercises on Rational Expressions and Equations7.5 Applications of Rational Expressions7.6 VariationChapter 7 SummaryChapter 7 Review ExercisesChapter 7 TestChapters 1-7 Cumulative Review Exercises 8. Roots, Radicals, and Root Functions8.1 Radical Expressions and Graphs8.2 Rational Exponents8.3 Simplifying Radical Expressions8.4 Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions8.5 Multiplying and Dividing Radical ExpressionsSummary Exercises on Operations with Radicals and Rational Exponents8.6 Solving Equations with Radicals8.7 Complex NumbersStudy