Algebra II Workbook For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119543114 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 352 str.

Mary Jane Sterling

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Algebra II 5Chapter 1: Going Beyond Beginning Algebra 7Chapter 2: Handling Quadratic (and Quadratic-Like) Equations and Inequalities 21Chapter 3: Rooting Out the Rational, the Radical, and the Negative 43Chapter 4: Graphing for the Good Life 61Part 2: Functions 89Chapter 5: Formulating Functions 91Chapter 6: Specializing in Quadratic Functions 107Chapter 7: Plugging in Polynomials 119Chapter 8: Acting Rationally with Functions 143Chapter 9: Exposing Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 163Part 3: Conics and Systems of Equations 189Chapter 10: Any Way You Slice It: Conic Sections 191Chapter 11: Solving Systems of Linear Equations 221Chapter 12: Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Inequalities 237Part 4: Other Good Stuff: Lists, Arrays, and Imaginary Numbers 251Chapter 13: Getting More Complex with Imaginary Numbers 253Chapter 14: Getting Squared Away with Matrices 263Chapter 15: Going Out of Sequence with Sequences and Series 279Chapter 16: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sets and Counting 293Part 5: The Part of Tens 309Chapter 17: Basic Graphs 311Chapter 18: Ten Special Sequences and Their Sums 317Index 323

O autorze

Mary Jane Sterling taught junior high and high school math before embarking on her career as an instructor at Bradley University, where she taught for more than 35 years.