Algebra II Workbook For Dummies (eBook)

Mary Jane Sterling (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014 | 2. Auflage
312 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-86685-6 (ISBN)

Infos

To succeed in Algebra II, start practicing now

Algebra II builds on your Algebra I skills to prepare you fortrigonometry, calculus, and a of myriad STEM topics. Workingthrough practice problems helps students better ingest and retainlesson content, creating a solid foundation to build on for futuresuccess.

Algebra II Workbook For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps youlearn Algebra II by doing Algebra II. Author and math professorMary Jane Sterling walks you through the entire course, showing youhow to approach and solve the problems you encounter in class.You'll begin by refreshing your Algebra I skills, because you'llneed a strong foundation to build upon. From there, you'll workthrough practice problems to clarify concepts and improveunderstanding and retention.
* Revisit quadratic equations, inequalities, radicals, and basicgraphs
* Master quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions
* Tackle conic sections, as well as linear and nonlinearsystems
* Grasp the concepts of matrices, sequences, and imaginarynumbers

Algebra II Workbook For Dummies, 2nd Edition includessections on graphing and special sequences to familiarize you withthe key concepts that will follow you to trigonometry and beyond.Don't waste any time getting started. Algebra II Workbook ForDummies, 2nd Edition is your complete guide to success.

Autor

Mary Jane Sterling is a math professor and the author ofnumerous For Dummies books.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started with Algebra II 5

Chapter 1: Going Beyond Beginning Algebra 7

Chapter 2: Handling Quadratic (and Quadratic-Like) Equations andInequalities 19

Chapter 3: Rooting Out the Rational, the Radical, and theNegative 39

Chapter 4: Graphing for the Good Life 55

Part II: Functions 83

Chapter 5: Formulating Functions 85

Chapter 6: Specializing in Quadratic Functions 99

Chapter 7: Plugging In Polynomials 109

Chapter 8: Acting Rationally with Functions 129

Chapter 9: Exposing Exponential and LogarithmicFunctions 147

Part III: Conics and Systems of Equations 169

Chapter 10: Any Way You Slice It: Conic Sections 171

Chapter 11: Solving Systems of Linear Equations 197

Chapter 12: Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations andInequalities 211

Part IV: Other Good Stuff: Lists, Arrays, and ImaginaryNumbers 223

Chapter 13: Getting More Complex with ImaginaryNumbers 225

Chapter 14: Getting Squared Away with Matrices 233

Chapter 15: Going Out of Sequence with Sequences andSeries 249

Chapter 16: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sets andCounting 263

Part V: The Part of Tens 277

Chapter 17: Ten Basic Graphs 279

Chapter 18: Ten Special Sequences and Their Sums 285

Index 291

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Algebra • Mathematics • Mathematik
• ISBN-10: 1-118-86685-1 / 1118866851
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-86685-6 / 9781118866856