College Algebra

The new 2nd edition of Cynthia Young's College Algebra continues to bridge the gap between in-class work and homework by helping students overcome common learning barriers and build confidence in their ability to do mathematics. The text features truly unique, strong pedagogy and is written in a clear, single voice that speaks directly to students and mirrors how instructors communicate in lectures. In this revision, Young enables students to become independent, successful learners by including hundreds of additional exercises, more opportunities to use technology, and a new themed modeling project that empowers students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the world outside the classroom. The seamlessly integrated digital and print resources to accompany College Algebra 2e offer additional tools for both instructors and students in order to help students experience success.

NEW to this Edition

 

• Significantly Expanded Exercises: Hundreds of new exercises have been added to the second edition spanning all categories: Skills, Applications, Catch the Mistake, Conceptual, Challenge, and Technology. Several of the new applications exercises require the student to model applications.

   

• Increased number of end of section/end of chapter exercises: including more exercises at lower difficulty level.

   

• New Modeling Your World feature: Engages students by using real world data to model mathematical applications found in everyday life

   

• Additional Practice Test Questions: These questions represent all relevant topics from the chapter.

   

• New Cumulative Test feature: Included at the end of each chapter to assess and improve students' retention of material.

   

• Applications: The second edition includes more applications to finance, biology, and chemistry.

   

• Revised opening vignettes: Provide increased relevance and interest to students.

   

• Technology: Additional Technology Tips and Technology Exercises throughout.

   

• Increased Coverage: More coverage on rational exponents found in Chapter 0.

   

• New Ch. 6 Section: New "Linear Equations and Inequalities in 3D" section found in Chapter 6 (Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities.)

   

• New Ch. 7 Section: Now Discusses determinant method for all matrices.

   

• New Chapter 8 Sections: Chapter 8 contains two new sections, Section 8.5: Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Section 8.6: Systems of Nonlinear Inequalities, to reinforce the graphing of conics.

   

• Chapter 9 includes more coverage of infinite series that diverge.

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