653 pages
2nd Edition
Algebra I was written to meet the changing needs of both the student and the teacher of elementary algebra. The book, therefore, is modern in concpet and includes topics not previously included in a traditional elementary algebra course: the basic concepts and language of sets, the properties of numbers, absolute value, the function concept, inequalities, a broader rold of the coordiante plane, and deductive proof of algebraic theorems.
Table of Contents:
- Symbols, Numbers, and Numerals
- Sets
- Open Phrases, Open Sentences,a nd Truth Sets
- Postulates and Properties of Operations
- Simple Equations and Problems
- Signed Numbers
- Operation with Monomials
- Operations with Polynomials
- First-Degree Equations and Inequalitites in One Variable
- Solving Problems by Using First-Degree Open Sentences in One Variable
- Special Products and Factoring
- Operations with Fractions
- First-Degree Equations and Inequalities Involving Fractions
- The Formula
- Graphs of Linear Open Sentences in Two Variables
- Systems of Linear Open Sentences in Two Variables
- Ratio, Proportion, and Variation
- The Real Numbers
- Quadratic Equations
- Geometry
- Trigonometry of the Right Triangle
- Relations and Functions
- Statistics
- Probabilty
