Algebra for College Students

Algebra for College Students is a mathematically sound treatment of topics intended for students who have successfully completed a first-year algebra course. College algebra level topics are integrated at appropriate places with those covered in Aufmann's Intermediate Algebra with Applications, 7/e (c2008). This content includes Graphs of Polynomial Functions, Zeros of Polynomial Functions, Graphs of Rational Functions, and Introduction of Probability and Introduction to Statistics. The hallmarks of the Aufmann developmental texts that have made them market leaders are an interactive approach in an objective-based framework, a clear writing style, and an emphasis on problem solving strategies, offering guided learning for both lecture and self-paced courses. New! Interactive Exercises appear at the beginning of an objective's exercise set (when appropriate), and provide students with guided practice on some of the objective's underlying principles. New! Think About It Exercises are conceptual in nature and appear near the end of an objective's exercise set. They ask the students to think about the objective's concepts, make generalizations, and apply them to more abstract problems. The focus is on mental mathematics, not calculation or computation, and help students synthesize concepts. New! AIM for Success student preface presents study skills necessary achieve success at the college level. New! Important Points have been highlighted to capture students' attention. With these signposts, students are able to recognize what is most important and to study more efficiently. New! Instruction on how to divide a polynomial by a monomial has been added to the chapter five. Updated! Based on reviewer feedback, coverage of exponential and logarithmic functions has been revised for clarity.