Investigating College Algebra with Technology 1st edition

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Kathy Burgis and Jeff Morford
Publisher: Key College Publishing


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  • Chapter 1: Problem Solving
    • 1.1: Pictures, Graphs, and Diagrams
    • 1.2: Symbolic Representation
    • 1.3: Organizing Information
    • 1.4: Measures of Central Tendency and Box Plots
    • 1.5: Measures of Spread
    • 1: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 2: Patterns and Recursion
    • 2.1: Recursively Defined Sequences
    • 2.2: Modeling Growth and Decay
    • 2.3: A First Look at Limits
    • 2.4: Graphing and Sequences
    • 2.5: Loans and Investments
    • 2: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 3: Linear Models and Systems
    • 3.1: Linear Equations
    • 3.2: Revisiting Slope
    • 3.3: Fitting a Line to Data
    • 3.4: Linear Systems
    • 3.5: Substitution and Elimination
    • 3: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 4: Functions, Relations, and Transformations
    • 4.1: Interpreting Graphs (3)
    • 4.2: Function Notation (5)
    • 4.3: Lines in Motion (5)
    • 4.4: Translations and the Quadratic Family (5)
    • 4.5: Reflections and the Square Root Family (4)
    • 4.6: Stretches and Shrinks and the Absolute Value Family (3)
    • 4.7: Transformations and the Circle Family
    • 4.8: Compositions of Functions (3)
    • 4: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 5: Exponential, Power, and Logarithmic Functions
    • 5.1: The Exponential Function (4)
    • 5.2: Properties of Exponents (4)
    • 5.3: Fractional Exponents and Roots (5)
    • 5.4: Applications of Power Equations (3)
    • 5.5: Building Inverses of Functions (4)
    • 5.6: The Logarithmic Function (4)
    • 5.7: Properties of Logarithms (3)
    • 5.8: Applications of Logarithms (3)
    • 5: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 6: Quadratic and other Polynomial Functions
    • 6.1: Polynomial Degree and Finite Differences (6)
    • 6.2: Equivalent Quadratic Forms (5)
    • 6.3: Completing the Square (4)
    • 6.4: The Quadratic Formula (5)
    • 6.5: Complex Numbers (5)
    • 6.6: Factoring Polynomials (4)
    • 6.7: Higher-Degree Polynomials (4)
    • 6.8: More about Finding Solutions (5)
    • 6: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 7: Matrices and Linear Systems
    • 7.1: Matrix Representations
    • 7.2: Matrix Operations
    • 7.3: The Row Reduction Method
    • 7.4: Solving Systems with Inverse Matrices
    • 7.5: Systems of Linear Inequalities
    • 7.6: Linear Programming
    • 7: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 8: Parametric Equations and Trigonometry
    • 8.1: Graphing Parametric Equations
    • 8.2: converting parametric to Nonparametric Equations
    • 8.3: Right Triangle Trigonometry
    • 8.4: Using Trigonometry to Set a Course
    • 8.5: Projectile Motion
    • 8.6: The Law of Sines
    • 8.7: The Law of Cosines
    • 8: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 9: Conic Sections and Rational Functions
    • 9.1: Using the Distance Formula (5)
    • 9.2: Circles and Ellipses
    • 9.3: Parabolas
    • 9.4: The Hyperbola
    • 9.5: Nonlinear Systems of Equations
    • 9.6: Introduction to Rational Functions (5)
    • 9.7: Graphs of Rational Functions (4)
    • 9.8: Operations with Rational Expressions (4)
    • 9: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 10: Series
    • 10.1: Arithmetic Series (5)
    • 10.2: Infinite Geometric Series (4)
    • 10.3: Partial Sums of Geometric Series (4)
    • 10: Chapter Review

  • Chapter 11: Probability
    • 11.1: Randomness and Probability
    • 11.2: Couting Outcomes and Tree Diagrams
    • 11.3: Mutually Exclusive Events and Venn Diagrams
    • 11.4: Random Variables and Expected Value
    • 11.5: Permutations and Probability
    • 11.6: Combinations and Probability
    • 11.7: The Binomail Therorem and Pascal's Triangle
    • 11: Chapter Review

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