TY - BOOK AU - Carson, Tom. AU - Ellyn Gillespie TI - Elementary and intermediate algebra SN - 9780321621092 AV - QA 152.3 .C37 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - [Boston] PB - Addision-Wesley Publishing Company KW - ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA N1 - Includes index; Chapter1. Foundations of algebra -- Chapter2. Solving linear equations and inequalities -- Chapter3. Problem solving -- Chapter4.Graphing linear equations and inequalities -- Chapter5. Polynomials -- Chapter6. Factoring -- Chapter7. Rational expressions and equations -- Chapter8. More on inequalities, absolute value and functions -- Chapter9. Systems of linear equations and inequalities -- Chapter10. Rational exponents, radicals and complex numbers -- Chapter11. Quadratic equations and functions -- Chapter12. Exponential and logarithmic functions -- Chapter13, Conic sections -- ChapterR. Elementary algebra review N2 - This text is designed to be versatile enough for use in a standard lecture format, a self-paced lab, or even in an independent study format. Throughout the text we explain why an algebraic process works the way it does ER -