College Mathematics

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College Mathematics, Ninth Edition, is designed for students in a broad range of career programs requiring a solid understanding of basic math, elementary algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. The authors introduce topics using a step-by-step “spiral” learning approach and reinforce them with numerous examples and applications. Throughout the text, examples are presented in both symbolic and narrative form, and all concepts are applied to careers and professions.

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College Mathematics, Ninth Edition, is designed for students in a broad range of career programs requiring a solid understanding of basic math, elementary algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. The authors introduce topics using a step-by-step “spiral” learning approach and reinforce them with numerous examples and applications. Throughout the text, examples are presented in both symbolic and narrative form, and all concepts are applied to careers and professions. Paired with MyMathLab^® (access kit available separately), College Mathematics by Cleaves and Hobbs provides students with the math in context that they need to succeed in their future careers.

New and updated features

• In Good Company articles now begin each chapter by sharing interesting situations that resulted from errors made in mathematics, motivating students to learn from their own mistakes.
• Full color design makes use of color to help students learn the material.
• Examples are numbered for easy reference.
• All exercises are updated. Section exercises are now keyed to examples from the section, and contain career-coding to show students the relevance of the skills they are practicing. Answers to allexercises are found at the end of the book.
• End-of-chapter exercises are matched between even and odd numbers.
• Answers to the odd-numbered problems are included at the end of the text.
• Full solutions to the odd-numbered problems are included in the Student’s Solutions Manual.
• Full solutions to the even-numbered problems are included in the Instructor’s Resource Manual.
• Two MyMathLab® course options are now available: a standard course and a Ready to Go course.
• Standard MyMathLab courses allow instructors to build their course their way, offering maximum flexibility and complete control over all aspects of assignment creation.
• The new Ready to Go courses provide students with all the same great MyMathLab features, but make it easier for instructors to get started. Each course includes pre-assigned homework and quizzes to make creating a course even easier.
• Both course options offer the following:
• Pre-made (and pre-assigned in the Ready to Go course) section-level homework assignments
• Premade chapter review quizzes that are pre-assigned in the Ready to Go course and generate personalized homework assignments based on students’ quiz results.
• Pre-made (and pre-assigned in the Ready to Go course) pre- and post-test for every chapter.

 

Content Updates

• The chapter on Statistics has been enhanced with the inclusion of additional measures of relative position such as frequency distributions, quartiles, and percentiles. The concepts of theoretical, empirical, and invalid probabilities have been added to the section on probability, as well as the odds of an event occurring.
• Inequalities have been integrated in to appropriate chapters for linear and quadratic equations and inequalities. Solving Equations and Inequalities Containing One Absolute-Value Term has been moved to the chapter Quadratics and Other Non-Linear Equations and Inequalities.
• Career-coded applications on personal finance have been added to both examples and exercises and are identified with “PFIN”.
• Calculator keystrokes for the TI-84 Plus and Casio Prism calculators are included in many examples.
• Excel^® spreadsheet formulas and functions are included in many examples.
• Electronic units on the following topics are available upon request:
• Number Bases
• Matrices and Determinants
• Conics
• The revised chapter on financial statements (Chapter 21) discusses shareholder ratios (and their impact on company stock evaluation), includes new examples and exercises that help determine stock value, and emphasizes the importance of solvency and financial responsibility in financial statement reporting.
• More coverage of electronic banking (Chapter 4) reflects the latest financial trends.
• Explanation of new payroll, consumer credit, and tax laws (Chapters 10, 12, 20) keeps your course current with the latest developments in the tax code.
• New investment and insurance options reflect recent changes in the marketplace.

 

1. Review of Basic Concepts

1–1 Basic Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals

1–2 Exponents, Roots, and Powers of 10

1–3 Order of Operations and Problem Solving

 

2. Review of Fractions

2–1 Multiples and Factors

2–2 Equivalent Fractions and Decimals

2–3 Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers

2–4 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

 

3. Percents

3–1 Percent and Number Equivalents

3–2 Percentage Problems

3–3 Increase and Decrease

Chapters 1–3 Cumulative Practice Test

 

4. Measurement

4–1 The U.S. Customary System of Measurement

4–2 Introduction to the Metric System

4–3 Time, Temperature, and Other Measures

4–4 Metric–U.S. Customary Comparisons

4–5 Accuracy, Precision, Error, and Measuring Instruments

 

5. Signed Numbers and Powers of 10

5–1 Adding Signed Numbers

5–2 Subtracting Signed Numbers

5–3 Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers

5–4 Signed Rational Numbers

5–5 Powers of 10

5–6 Scientific Notation

6. Statistics

6–1 Reading Circle, Bar, and Line Graphs

6–2 Measures of Central Tendency

6–3 Measures of Dispersion

6–4 Counting Techniques and Simple Probabilities

Chapters 4–6 Cumulative Practice Test

 

7. Linear Equations and Inequalities

7–1 Variable Notation

7–2 Solving Linear Equations

7–3 Solving Linear Equations with Fractions and Decimals by Clearing the Denominators

7–4 Inequalities and Sets

7–5 Solving Linear Inequalities

7–6 Solving Compound Inequalities

 

8. Formulas, Proportion, and Variation

8–1 Formulas

8–2 Proportion

8–3 Direct and Joint Variation

8–4 Inverse and Combined Variation

Linear Equations, Functions, and Inequalities in Two Variables

 

9. Linear Equations, Functions, and Inequalities in Two Variables

9–1 Graphical Representation of Linear Equations and Functions

9–2 Graphing Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables Using Alternative Methods

9–3 Slope

9–4 Linear Equation of a Line

 

10. Systems of Linear Equations

10–1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities Graphically

10–2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using the Addition Method

10–3 Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using the Substitution Method

10–4 Problem Solving Using Systems of Linear Equations

Chapters 7–10 Cumulative Practice Test

 

11. Powers and Polynomials

11–1 Laws of Exponents

11–2 Polynomials

11–3 Basic Operations with Polynomials

 

12. Roots and Radicals

12–1 Irrational Numbers and Real Numbers

12–2 Simplifying Irrational Expressions 528

12–3 Basic Operations with Square-Root Radicals

12–4 Complex and Imaginary Numbers

 

13. Factoring

13–1 The Distributive Property and Common Factors 554

13–2 Factoring Special Products 557

13–3 Factoring General Trinomials 562

 

14. Rational Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

14–1 Simplifying Rational Expressions

14–2 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions

14–3 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

14–4 Solving Equations and Inequalities with Rational Expressions

 

15. Quadratic and Other Nonlinear Equations and Inequalities

15–1 Solving Quadratic Equations by the Square-Root Method

15–2 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring

15–3 Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square or Using the Formula

15–4 Graphing Quadratic Functions

15–5 Solving Higher-Degree Equations by Factoring

15–6 Solving Quadratic Inequalities

15–7 Solving Equations and Inequalities Containing One Absolute-Value Term

Chapters 11–15 Cumulative Practice Test

 

16. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

16–1 Exponential Expressions, Equations, and Formulas

16–2 Logarithmic Expressions, Equations, and Formulas

 

17. Geometry

17–1 Lines and Angles

17–2 Polygons

17–3 Circles and Radians

17–4 Volume and Surface Area

 

18. Triangles

18–1 Special Triangle Relationships

18–2 Pythagorean Theorem

18–3 Inscribed and Circumscribed Regular Polygons and Circles

18–4 Distance and Midpoints

Chapters 16–18 Cumulative Practice Test

 

19. Right-Triangle Trigonometry

19–1 Trigonometric Functions

19–2 Solving Right Triangles Using the Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Functions

 

20. Trigonometry with Any Angle

20–1 Vectors

20–2 Trigonometric Functions for Any Angle

20–3 Period and Phase Shift

20–4 Law of Sines

20–5 Law of Cosines

Chapters 19–20 Cumulative Practice Test

 

Selected Answers to Student Exercise Material

Glossary and Index

 

• Career-Coded Examples and Exercises focus on a wide variety of careers, such as business, automotive mechanics, hospitality, and computer technologies.
• Six-Step Approach to Problem Solving provides students with a systematic and logical framework for analyzing, comparing, estimating, and solving workplace applications.
• Section Exercises conclude each section, providing frequent opportunities to practice the concepts presented in the section. Exercises are keyed to learning outcomes and examples from the section, and contain career-coding to show students the relevance of the skills they are practicing. Answers to allexercises are found at the end of the book.
• Chapter Review of Key Concepts–these end-of-chapter summaries provide a quick overview of each learning outcome, the solution procedure, and an example–an excellent study tool prior to completing practice sets or taking tests. The Review is followed by Review Exercises, organized by section, as well as Team Problem-Solving Exercises, Concept Analysis Exercises, and a Practice Test.
• In Good Company articles now begin each chapter by sharing interesting situations that resulted from errors made in mathematics, motivating students to learn from their own mistakes.
• Students of any of the following fields will benefit from this text: Allied Health, Nursing, Computer Technology, Aviation, the Industrial Trades and Technologies, Electronics, CAD, Drafting, Architecture, Agriculture, Telecommunication, Auto/Diesel, Criminal Justice, Fire Science, Business, Hospitality, Personal Finance and Culinary/Food Safety programs.
• MyMathLab^® (access kit available separately) from Pearson is the world’s leading online resource in mathematics, integrating interactive homework, assessment, and media in a flexible, easy to use format. MyMathLab delivers proven results in helping individual students succeed. It provides engaging experiences that personalize, stimulate, and measure learning for each student. And, it comes from an experienced partner with educational expertise and an eye on the future.