Beginning And Intermediate Algebra: An Integrated Approach


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CHAPTER 1 REAL NUMBERS AND THEIR BASIC PROPERTIES Natural numbers: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . .} Whole numbers: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . .} Integers: {. . . , 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, . . .} Rational numbers: {All numbers that can be written as a fraction with an integer numerator and a nonzero integer denominator} Real numbers: {All numbers that are either a rational number or an irrational number} Prime numbers: {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, . . .} Composite numbers: {4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, . . .} Even integers: {. . . , 6, 4, 2, 0, 2, 4, 6, . . .} Odd integers: {. . . , 5, 3, 1, 1, 3, 5, . . .} Fractions: If there are no divisions by 0, then ax a a c ac    bx b b d bd a c ad a b ab     b d bc d d d a b ab   d d d Exponents and order of operations: If n is a natural number, then n factors of x        x xxx p x To simplify expressions, do all calculations within each pair of grouping symbols, working from the innermost pair to the outermost pair. 1. Find the values of any exponential expressions. 2. Do all multiplications and divisions from left to right. 3. Do all additions and subtractions from left to right. In a fraction, simplify the numerator and denominator separately and then simplify the fraction, if possible. n Figure Perimeter Area Square Rectangle P  4s P  2l  2w Triangle Pabc Trapezoid Pabcd Circle C  pD  2pr A  s2 A  lw 1 A  bh 2 1 A  h(b  d) 2 A  pr2 Figure Volume Rectangular solid Cylinder V  lwh V  Bh* 1 V  Bh* 3 1 V  Bh* 3 4 3 V  pr 3 Pyramid Cone Sphere *B is the area of the base. If a, b, and c are real numbers, then Closure properties: a  b is a real number. a  b is a real number. ab is a real number. a is a real number (b  0). b Commutative properties: abba ab  ba Associative properties: (a  b)  c  a  (b  c) (ab)c  a(bc) Distributive property: a(b  c)  ab  ac CHAPTER 2 EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES Let a, b, and c be real numbers. If a  b, then a  c  b  c. If a  b, then a  c  b  c. b a If a  b, then  (c  0). c c If a  b, then ca  cb. Sale price  regular price  markdown Retail price  wholesale cost  markup Percentage  rate  base Solving inequalities: Let a, b, and c be real numbers. If a  b, then a  c  b  c. If a  b, then a  c  b  c. If a  b and c  0, then ac  bc. If a  b and c  0, then ac  bc. a b If a  b and c  0, then  . c c If a  b and c  0, then a b  . c c CHAPTER 3 GRAPHING AND SOLVING SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES General form of the equation of a line: Ax  By  C Equation of a vertical line: x  a Equation of a horizontal line: y  b CHAPTER 4 POLYNOMIALS Properties of exponents: If x is a number, m and n are integers, and there are no divisions by 0, then n factors of x        x xxx p x xmxn  xmn (xm)n  xmn x n xn (xy)n  xnyn a b  n y y n xm  xmn xn 1 xn  n x x0  1 xm  xmn xn Special products: (x  y)2  x2  2xy  y2 (x  y)2  x2  2xy  y2 (x  y)(x  y)  x2  y2 CHAPTER 5 FACTORING POLYNOMIALS Factoring the difference of two squares: a2  b2  (a  b)(a  b) Factoring perfect-square trinomials: a2  2ab  b2  (a  b)2 a2  2ab  b2  (a  b)2 Factoring the sum and difference of two cubes: x3  y3  (x  y)(x2  xy  y2) x3  y3  (x  y)(x2  xy  y2) Zero-factor property: Let a and b be real numbers. If ab  0, then a  0 or b  0. CHAPTER 6 PROPORTIONS AND RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS a c  , then ad  bc. b d If there are no divisions by 0, then If ac a a a  a is undefined bc b 1 0 a c ad a b ab    b d bc d d d a b ab   d d d a c ac   b d bd CHAPTER 7 MORE EQUATIONS, INEQUALITIES, AND FACTORING If x  0,
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