Schaum's Outline of Elementary Algebra, 3ed

by Philip Schmidt, Barnett Rich

Overview

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• Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge
• Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field
• In-depth review of practices and applications

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071611633
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/20/2009
Series:	Schaum's Outline Series
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	410,351
Product dimensions:	7.98(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Philip A. Schmidt, Ph.D., has a B.S. from Brooklyn College (with a major in Mathematics), an M.A. in Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics education from Syracuse University. He is Dean of the School of Education at SUNY College at New Paltz. He is author of 3000 Solved Problems in Precalculus and 2500 Solved Problems in College Algebra and Trigonometry as well as numerous journal articles.

Barnett Rich holds a PH.D. from Columbia University. Among his many achievements are the 6 degrees that he earned and the 23 books that he wrote, among them Schaum's Outlines of Elementary Algebra, Modern Elementary Algebra, and Review of Elementary Algebra.

Table of Contents

1. From Arithmetic to Algebra

2. Simple Equations and Their Solutions

3. Signed Numbers

4. Introduction to Monomials and Polynomials

5. First-Degree Equations

6. Formulas

7. Graphs of Linear Equations

8. Introduction to Simultaneous Equations

9. Problem Solving and Mathematical Modeling

10. Products and Factoring

11. Fractions

12. Roots and Radicals

13. Quadratic Equations

14. The Pythagorean Theorem and Similar Triangles

15. Introduction to Trigonometry

16. Introduction to Geometry