Pearson - Introductory Algebra, 9/E - Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby & Terry McGinnis

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The Lial series has helped thousands of students succeed in developmental mathematics through its approachable writing style, supportive pedagogy, varied exercise sets, and complete supplements package. With this new edition, the authors continue to provide students and instructors with the best package for learning and teaching support–a book written with student success as its top priority, now with an emphasis on study skills growth and an expanded instructor supplements package.

Features

The Lial team pairs an approachable writing style with supportive pedagogy to ensure student success.

NEW! Lial’s student-friendly examples have been further enhanced in this revision with new pointers from the authors that warn students about common pitfalls.
Margin exercises allow students to immediately practice the material covered in the examples before they start the exercise sets.
Cautions and Notes warn students about common errors and emphasize important ideas throughout the exposition. These are color-coded for easy reference.
NEW! A built-in solutions manual in the back of the text offers solutions for select exercises.

NEW! Study Skills Activities, integrated throughout the text, can be used in the classroom or assigned as homework to help your students further develop skills such as taking notes, preparing for tests, and creating study cards!
A wealth of exercises allows students to practice, apply, connect, and extend the skills they are learning. Students can watch an instructor work through complete solutions to exercises that are marked with a DVD icon on the Videos on DVD.
Extensive end-of-chapter material provides ample opportunities for review.

The Chapter Summary includes Key Terms with definitions and helpful graphics, New Symbols, Test Your Word Power, and a Quick Review of each section's content with additional examples.
A comprehensive set of end-of-chapter exercises include Chapter Review Exercises keyed to individual sections, Mixed Review Exercises, and the Chapter Test. The new Chapter Test Prep Video CD provides step-by-step solutions to every problem in the chapter tests, and is included with every copy of the book.

Real-life applications put math into context while motivating students.

Chapter Openers feature real-world applications of mathematics that are relevant to students.
NEW! Math in the Media activities show students how mathematical concepts are applied in real life, especially in the public media.

New To This Edition

New and Enhanced Features

Lial’s student-friendly examples have been further enhanced in this revision with new pointers from the authors that warn students about common pitfalls.
Study Skills Activities, integrated throughout the text, can be used in the classroom or assigned as homework to help your students further develop skills like taking notes, preparing for tests, and creating study cards!
A built-in solutions manual in the back of the text offers solutions for select exercises.
Math in the Media activities show students how mathematical concepts are applied in real life, especially in the public media.

New to the Supplements Package

The Chapter Test Prep Video CD provides step-by-step solutions to every problem in the Chapter Test, and is included with every copy of the book. These videos provide guidance and support when students need the most help: the night before an exam.
The Videos on DVD provide a lecture for each section of the textbook, covering important definitions, procedures, and concepts. NEW! Students can watch an instructor work through complete solution to exercises that are marked with a DVD icon on the Videos on DVD. All videos have optional subtitles in English. Lectures also have optional subtitles in Spanish.
Worksheets for Classroom or Lab Practice offer extra practice exercises for every section of the text, with ample space for students to show their work. These lab- and classroom-friendly workbooks also list the learning objectives and key vocabulary terms for every text section, along with vocabulary practice problems.
The updated Instructor’s Resource Manual will now include Mini Lectures to provide new instructors with objectives, key examples, and teaching tips for each section of the text.

Enhancements to MyMathLab

Chapter Test Prep Videos offer step-by-step solutions on video for all Chapter Test exercises.
All video content from the Videos on DVD is available in MyMathLab, giving students a complete lecture for every section of the textbook and step-by-step solutions for select exercises from the text.
Optional English subtitles are available for all videos, and Spanish subtitles are available for the section lectures.
Translating Word Problems activities help students practice the translation step of solving word problems in an interactive environment.
Interactive Test Your Word Power exercises help students master their mathematical vocabulary.
An Interactive English/Spanish Glossary offers the definitions for key terms in both English and Spanish.
Concept Videos illustrate the most difficult math topics in a visually appealing and accessible manner.

Content Updates

Many new and updated exercises provide review, check conceptual understanding, and develop students' skills.
Updated real-world data in many applications keeps this text relevant for today's students.
Sections 2.1-2.3 on solving linear equations includes five new examples, with new margin problems and corresponding exercises.
Section 2.7 uses interval notation to graph the solution sets of linear inequalities. Three-part linear inequalities are also introduced in this section.
A "Hand-drawn" graph style is used to introduce new types of graphs (Sections 3.2, 3.5, and 9.4), simulating what students might actually sketch on graph paper.
The Summary Exercises on Factoring in Chapter 6 include expanded discussion on factoring strategies and choosing the correct factoring method, plus additional exercises.
Presentation of the following topics have also been enhanced and expanded.

Review of fractions and decimals (Chapter R)
Applications from geometry (Sections 2.4 and 2.5)
Slopes of lines (Section 3.3)
Slope-intercept form of the equation of a line (Section 3.4)
Solving systems of equations with decimal coefficients (Section 4.2)
Scientific notation (Section 5.8)
Solving quadratic equations by factoring (Section 6.6)
Solving work applications (Section 7.7)
Solving problems involving formulas with radicals (Section 8.6)

Table of Contents

Study Skills: Your Brain Can Learn Mathematics

R. Prealgebra Review

R.1 Fractions

R.2 Decimals and Percents

Study Skills: Using Your Textbook

1. The Real Number System

1.1 Exponents, Order of Operations, and Inequality

Study Skills: Homework: How, Why, When

1.2 Variables, Expressions, and Equations

Study Skills: Taking Lecture Notes

1.3 Real Numbers and the Number Line

Study Skills: Using Study Cards

1.4 Adding Real Numbers

1.5 Subtracting Real Numbers

1.6 Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers

Summary Exercises on Operations with Real Numbers

1.7 Properties of Real Numbers

1.8 Simplifying Expressions

Study Skills: Reviewing a Chapter

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test

Study Skills: Preparing for Tests

2. Equations, Inequalities, and Applications

2.1 The Addition Property of Equality

2.2 The Multiplication Property of Equality

2.3 More on Solving Linear Equations

Study Skills: Using Study Cards: Revisited

Summary Exercises on Solving Linear Equations

2.4 An Introduction to Applications of Linear Equations

2.5 Formulas and Additional Applications from Geometry

2.6 Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

Summary Exercises on Solving Applied Problems

2.7 Solving Linear Inequalities

Study Skills: Managing Your Time

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

Study Skills: Taking Tests

3. Graphs of Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables

3.1 Reading Graphs; Linear Equations in Two Variables

3.2 Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables

3.3 Slope of a Line

3.4 Equations of Lines

Summary Exercises on Graphing Linear Equations

3.5 Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

Study Skills: Analyzing Your Test Results

4. Systems of Equations and Inequalities

4.1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing

4.2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution

4.3 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination

Summary Exercises on Solving Systems of Linear Equations

4.4 Applications of Linear Systems

4.5 Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

5. Exponents and Polynomials

5.1 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

5.2 The Product Rule and Power Rules for Exponents

5.3 Multiplying Polynomials

5.4 Special Products

5.5 Integer Exponents and the Quotient Rule

Summary Exercises on the Rules for Exponents

5.6 Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial

5.7 Dividing a Polynomial by a Polynomial

5.8 An Application of Exponents: Scientific Notation

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

6. Factoring and Applications

6.1 Factors; The Greatest Common Factor

6.2 Factoring Trinomials

6.3 Factoring Trinomials by Grouping

6.4 Factoring Trinomials Using FOIL

6.5 Special Factoring Techniques

Summary Exercises on Factoring

6.6 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring

6.7 Applications of Quadratic Equations

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

7. Rational Expressions and Applications

7.1 The Fundamental Property of Rational Expressions

7.2 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions

Study Skills: Making a Mind Map

7.3 Least Common Denominators

7.4 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

7.5 Complex Fractions

7.6 Solving Equations with Rational Expressions

Summary Exercises on Operations and Equations with Rational Expressions

7.7 Applications of Rational Expressions

7.8 Variation

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

Study Skills: Preparing for a Final Exam

8. Roots and Radicals

8.1 Evaluating Roots

8.2 Multiplying, Dividing, and Simplifying Radicals

8.3 Adding and Subtracting Radicals

8.4 Rationalizing the Denominator

8.5 More Simplifying and Operations with Radicals

Summary Exercises on Operations with Radicals

8.6 Solving Equations with Radicals

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

9. Quadratic Equations

9.1 Solving Quadratic Equations by the Square Root Property

9.2 Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square

9.3 Solving Quadratic Equations by the Quadratic Formula

Summary Exercises on Solving Quadratic Equations

9.4 Graphing Quadratic Equations

9.5 Introduction to Functions

Summary ~ Review Exercises ~ Test ~ Cumulative Review Exercises

Appendix A. Strategies for Problem Solving

Appendix B. Factoring Sums and Differences of Cubes

Answers to Selected Exercises

Solutions to Selected Exercises

Index

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Beginning Algebra (Mathematics)

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Introductory Algebra, 8/E
Lial, Hornsby & McGinnis
©2006 | Pearson | Paper; 784 pp | Out of Print
ISBN-10: 0321279212 | ISBN-13: 9780321279217
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Lial/Hornsby/McGinnis’s Introductory Algebra, 8e, gives students the necessary tools to succeed in developmental math courses and prepares them for future math courses and the rest of their lives. The Lial developmental team creates a pattern for success by emphasizing problem-solving skills, vocabulary comprehension, real-world applications, and strong exercise sets. In keeping with its proven track record, this revision includes an effective new design, many new exercises and applications, and increased Summary Exercises to enhance comprehension and challenge students’ knowledge of the subject matter.
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Marge Lial was always interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge's intense desire to educate both her students and herself has inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, is affiliated with American River College. Marge is an avid reader and traveler. Her travel experiences often find their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She is particularly interested in archeology. Trips to various digs and ruin sites have produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan.

When John Hornsby enrolled as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, he was uncertain whether he wanted to study mathematics education or journalism. His ultimate decision was to become a teacher, but after twenty-five years of teaching at the high school and university levels and fifteen years of writing mathematics textbooks, both of his goals have been realized. His love for both teaching and for mathematics is evident in his passion for working with students and fellow teachers as well. His specific professional interests are recreational mathematics, mathematics history, and incorporating graphing calculators into the curriculum. John's personal life is busy as he devotes time to his family (wife Gwen, and sons Chris, Jack, and Josh). He has been a rabid baseball fan all of his life. John's other hobbies include numismatics (the study of coins) and record collecting. He loves the music of the 1960s and has an extensive collection of the recorded works of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

A native Midwesterner, Terry McGinnis received her Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education with a concentration in Mathematics from Iowa State University. She has taught elementary and middle school mathematics, and developed and implemented the curriculum used with her students. Terry has been involved in college mathematics publishing for over 20 years, working with a variety of authors on textbooks in developmental mathematics and precalculus. After working behind the scenes on many of the Lial/Hornsby textbooks and supplements for over 10 years, Terry joined Margaret Lial and John Hornsby in 2002 as coauthor of their developmental mathematics series that includes Introductory Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Introductory and Intermediate Algebra. When not working, Terry enjoys spinning at a local health club, walking, and reading fiction. She is the devoted mother of two sons, Andrew and Tyler.

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Instructor's Resource Manual with Tests for Introductory Algebra, 9/E
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Instructor's Solutions Manual for Introductory Algebra, 9/E
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