eText Reference for Intermediate Algebra

Description

The eText Reference is a spiral-bound, printed version of the eText that provides a place for you to do practice work and summarize key concepts from the online videos and animations. In addition to the benefits it provides you, the eText Reference is also a nice resource for those instructors that prefer a printed text for class preparation. New and Updated Features

• Concept Videos and Animations show the authors animating each chapter’s most difficult concepts directly on screen to capture students’ interest and create an active learning environment.
• Updated! The Task List in the Trigsted MyMathLab^® course provides students with a strategy to navigate each section successfully. It reminds students that the first step in doing homework is reading the eText! This is followed by (#2) assignable Reading Assessment Questions, (#3) homework exercises, and (#4) section quizzes.

• NEW Exercises: There are 911 new exercises in the Second Edition.
• NEW Examples: There are 159 new examples in the Second Edition.
• NEW Example Videos:  There are 256 new example videos in the Second Edition
• NEW Example Interactive Video/Animation: There are 33 new example interactive videos.
• NEW Concept Animations/Videos: There are 79 new concept animations.
• Every example now has a video, interactive video, or animation associated with it.
• New “Tip” icon identified throughout the eText.
• Concept Animations (or concept videos) have been expanded to help explain key ideas.

Content Updates

• Former Section 1.3 (Compound Inequalities; Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities) has been split into two sections (1.3 Compound Inequalities, 1.4 Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities)
• New Section 1.5 (former 1.4): The application objective has been split into five objectives that more clearly define the type of application.
• Section 2.5: Two new objectives: Find the slopes of horizontal and vertical lines, and Find the slope and y-intercept of a line from its equations.
• Section 2.6: New objective: Solve applications involving linear inequalities in two variables.
• Section 3.2: New objective: Solve inconsistent and dependent systems in three variables.
• Section 3.3: New objective: Use systems of equations to solve interest problems.
• Section 3.4: New objective: Solve applications involving systems of linear inequalities.
• Section 4.4: New objective: Divide monomials.
• Section 5.1: New objective: Find the greatest common factor of a group of monomials.

• Section 6.3: New objective: Write equivalent rational expressions.
• Section 6.5: New objective: Identify and solve proportions.
• Section 10.1 has been renamed “Introduction to Conic Sections; The Parabola.”
• Section 10.1: New objective: Identify conic sections.
• Appendices B and C have been added: Solving systems of linear equations using matrices, and Determinants and Cramer’s Rule.