These scenarios are revisited throughout the chapter in examples, discussions, and exercises. Blitzer Bonuses provide historical, interdisciplinary, and otherwise interesting connections to the algebra being studied, showing students that math is an interesting and dynamic discipline. New to this edition, these are brought to life in in a new video series and related assignments.
Support students of all majors in their goal to be successful--in this course and beyond. Achieving Success boxes appear at the end of many sections in Chapters 1 through 5 with strategies for persistence and success in college mathematics courses. If students are not certain how to solve one of these, they can refer to the specific section and worked example provided next to each exercise.
Learning Objectives, framed in the context of a student question What am I supposed to learn? The objectives are restated in the margin at their point of use. These translate algebraic ideas into everyday English, clarify problem-solving procedures, present alternative ways of understanding concepts, and connect problem solving to concepts students have already learned. Check Point Examples follow a similar matched problem and offer students the opportunity to test their understanding of the example by working a similar exercise.
The answers to the Check Points are provided in the answer section. Detailed Worked-Out Examples make the purpose of the example clear. Examples are clearly written and provide students with detailed step-by-step solutions.
No steps are omitted and each step is thoroughly explained to the right of the mathematics. Great Question! Answers to the questions offer suggestions for problem solving, point out common errors to avoid, and provide informal hints and suggestions. Integration of Technology Using Graphic and Numerical Approaches to Problems are side-by-side features in the technology boxes that show how graphing utilities verify and visualize algebraic results.
Even for those not using graphing utilities, these displays will help students understand different approaches to problem solving. Discovery boxes, found throughout the text, encourage students to further explore algebraic concepts. These explorations are optional and their omission does not interfere with the continuity of the topic at hand.
Chapter Summaries organize chapter material into easy-to-use two-column review charts. These summarize the definitions and concepts for every section of the chapter and refer students to illustrative examples.
Learning Guide. Organized by the textbook's learning objectives, the Learning Guide is available as a print supplement to help students make the most of their textbook for test preparation. Activities are now included to give students an opportunity to discover and reinforce the concepts in an active learning environment and are ideal for group work in class.
This feature appears whenever a particular skill is first needed and eliminates the need for reteaching that skill. For more detail, students are referred to the appropriate section and objective in a previous chapter where the topic is fully developed. Retaining the Concepts exercises are a chance for students to review previously covered objectives in order to help maintain their mastery of the material and keep skills fresh.
Practice Plus Problems contains more challenging practice problems that often require students to combine several skills or concepts. With an average of ten Practice Plus problems per exercise set, instructors have the flexibility to create assignments that take practice to a more challenging level. Mid-Chapter Checkpoints appear approximately at the midway point in each chapter and contain a set of review exercises that allow students to review skills and concepts from several sections before the end-of-chapter exercises.
Graphing and Functions that model data appear in nearly every section and exercise set. Graphing is introduced in Chapter 1 and functions are introduced in Chapter 2, with an integrated graphing functional approach emphasized throughout the book.
Because functions are the core of this course, students are repeatedly shown how functions relate to equations and graphs.
Preview Exercises at the end of each exercise set prepare students for material in the section ahead. Some problems review important material from the past and others are designed to get students thinking about concepts that they will soon encounter. If students are not certain how to solve one of these, they can refer to the specific section and worked example provided next to each exercise.
Learning Objectives, framed in the context of a student question What am I supposed to learn? The objectives are restated in the margin at their point of use. These translate algebraic ideas into everyday English, clarify problem-solving procedures, present alternative ways of understanding concepts, and connect problem solving to concepts students have already learned. Check Point Examples follow a similar matched problem and offer students the opportunity to test their understanding of the example by working a similar exercise.
The answers to the Check Points are provided in the answer section. Detailed Worked-Out Examples make the purpose of the example clear. Examples are clearly written and provide students with detailed step-by-step solutions.
No steps are omitted and each step is thoroughly explained to the right of the mathematics. Great Question! Answers to the questions offer suggestions for problem solving, point out common errors to avoid, and provide informal hints and suggestions.
Integration of Technology Using Graphic and Numerical Approaches to Problems are side-by-side features in the technology boxes that show how graphing utilities verify and visualize algebraic results. Even for those not using graphing utilities, these displays will help students understand different approaches to problem solving.
Discovery boxes, found throughout the text, encourage students to further explore algebraic concepts. These explorations are optional and their omission does not interfere with the continuity of the topic at hand. Chapter Summaries organize chapter material into easy-to-use two-column review charts.
These summarize the definitions and concepts for every section of the chapter and refer students to illustrative examples. Learning Guide. Organized by the textbook's learning objectives, the Learning Guide is available as a print supplement to help students make the most of their textbook for test preparation. Activities are now included to give students an opportunity to discover and reinforce the concepts in an active learning environment and are ideal for group work in class.
This feature appears whenever a particular skill is first needed and eliminates the need for reteaching that skill. For more detail, students are referred to the appropriate section and objective in a previous chapter where the topic is fully developed.
Practice Plus Problems contains more challenging practice problems that often require students to combine several skills or concepts. With an average of ten Practice Plus problems per exercise set, instructors have the flexibility to create assignments that take practice to a more challenging level.
Mid-Chapter Checkpoints appear approximately at the midway point in each chapter and contain a set of review exercises that allow students to review skills and concepts from several sections before the end-of-chapter exercises. Graphing and Functions that model data appear in nearly every section and exercise set.
Graphing is introduced in Chapter 1 and functions are introduced in Chapter 2, with an integrated graphing functional approach emphasized throughout the book.
Because functions are the core of this course, students are repeatedly shown how functions relate to equations and graphs. Preview Exercises at the end of each exercise set prepare students for material in the section ahead. Some problems review important material from the past and others are designed to get students thinking about concepts that they will soon encounter.
Cumulative Review Exercises , beginning at the end of Chapter 2, ensure that students remember previously learned material, keeping the fundamental skills and concepts fresh in their minds as they move on to the next chapter. Chapter Tests cover all of the important topics in the chapter, helping students study for the real thing.
New to This Edition. Easier course set-up for instructors Enhanced Sample Assignments make course set-up easier by giving instructors a starting point for each chapter. Help students to study efficiently and apply their understanding with extensive and varied exercise sets Learning Guide.
Section P. Section 1. Graph ellipses at the origin. Write equations of ellipses in standard form. Graph ellipses not centered at the origin. Solve applied problems involving ellipses. Write equations of hyperbolas in standard form.
Graph hyperbolas centered at the origin. Graph hyperbolas not centered at the origin. Solve applied problems involving hyperbolas. Graph parabolas with vertices at the origin. Write equations of parabolas in standard form. Graph parabolas with vertices not at the origin. Solve applied problems involving parabolas. Find particular terms of a sequence from the general term. Use recursion formulas. Use factorial notation. Use summation notation. Find the common difference for an arithmetic sequence.
Write terms of an arithmetic sequence. Use the formula for a general term of an arithmetic sequence. Use the formula for the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence. Find the common ration of a geometric sequence. Write terms of a geometric sequence.
Use the formula for the general term of a geometric sequence. Use the formula for the sum of the first n terms of a geometric sequence. Find the value of annuity. Use the formula for the sum of a infinite geometric series. Understand the principle of mathematical induction. Prove statements using mathematical induction. Evaluate a binomial coefficient. Expand a binomial raised to a power.
Find a particular term in a binomial expansion. Use the Fundamental Counting Principle. Use the permutations formula. Distinguish between permutation problems and combination problems. Use the combinations formula.
Compute empirical probability. Compute theoretical probability. Find the probability that an event will not occur.
Find the probability of one event or a second event occurring. Find the probability of one event and a second event occurring. Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students. Connect with us to learn more. Bob Blitzer is a native of Manhattan and received a Bachelor of Arts degree with dual majors in mathematics and psychology minor: English literature from the City College of New York.
His unusual combination of academic interests led him toward a Master of Arts in mathematics from the University of Miami and a doctorate in behavioral sciences from Nova University. Bob is most energized by teaching mathematics and has taught a variety of mathematics courses at Miami-Dade College for nearly 30 years. He has received numerous teaching awards, including Innovator of the Year from the League for Innovations in the Community College, and was among the first group of recipients at Miami-Dade College for an endowed chair based on excellence in the classroom.
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This title is out of print. College Algebra, 4th Edition. Robert F. Blitzer, Miami Dade College. Availability This title is out of print. Description Gets Them Engaged. Keeps Them Engaged. Topics include cigarette consumption, passion and commitment in humans, and online spending trends. Brings relevance to examples, discussions, and applications applications involving cost functions, revenue functions, and break-even points section 5.
Peaks students' interest by showing them how important math is to their lives on a daily basis. Exceptionally clear and accessible presentation —More so than any text in the market, Blitzer is fastidious about ensuring that students can follow the book when they get home from class.
Features voice balloons that allow for very, specific annotations in examples. These annotations are the things that instructors say to students when teaching a particular example.
These annotations, like an instructor, translate the math for students. Further clarifies procedures and concepts for students.
Appears everywhere throughout the text, in examples and beside graphs, whereever a student needs help. Students always know what to expect when they read the examples at home because the format it always the same The format helps clarify and reinforce learning - First, students read the algebraic expression. Then, the annotations or instructor's voice help clarify the steps needed to solve the example, and last, the concept is immediately reinforced as the student is asked to try and solve a similar problem - a Checkpoint Example - right away.
This actively involves students in the learning process. New to This Edition. Refreshed Applications: Bob Blitzer believes that an engaged student is a motivated student. Get's students engaged by showing them how math is both interesting and relevant to their everyday lives. Overwhelmingly positively received, this is a great way to check understanding at critical points within chapters instead of waiting until the entire chapter is covered.
Solving logarithmic equations using the one-to-one property of logarithms. Table of Contents Chapter P. Mid-Chapter Check Point P. Chapter 1. Equations and Inequalities 1.
Use linear equations to solve problems. Mid-Chapter Check Point 1. Chapter 2. Functions and Graphs. Mid-Chapter Check Point 2. Chapter 3. Polynomial and Rational Functions. Use long division to divide polynomials 2. Chapter Opening and Section-Opening Scenarios are based on an application and revisiting in the course of the chapter or section in examples, exercises and discussions.
Blitzer Bonuses contain a variety of new but optional enrichment essays. Each course includes author-chosen, pre-assigned homework, integrated review questions, and quizzes to make creating a course even simpler.
Integrated Review are skill review quizzes that test on prerequisite knowledge and are integrated throughout the Ready to Go MyMathLab course as well as available in the standard MyMathLab course. Chapter Test Prep Videos allow students to work through step-by-step solutions to all the Chapter Test exercises from the textbook.
Content Updates Section P. Section P. Section 1. Section 2. There is also a new example that ties in with the section opener number of births and deaths in the United States and illustrates an application of the algebra of functions. Section 3.
Section 4. The section also contains a new table clarifying interest plans in which interest is paid more than once a year. Section 5. Table of Contents P. Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts of Algebra P. Equations and Inequalities 1.
Functions and Graphs 2. Polynomial and Rational Functions 3. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 4. Systems of Equations and Inequalities 5. Share a link to All Resources. Instructor Resources. Websites and online courses. Other Student Resources. Course Resources. About the Author s.
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