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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Beyond the Book
• Chapter 1: Setting the Scene for Actions in Algebra
• Making Numbers Count
• Giving Meaning to Words and Symbols
• Operating with Signed Numbers
• Dealing with Decimals and Fractions
• Chapter 2: Examining Powers and Roots
• Expanding and Contracting with Exponents
• Exhibiting Exponent Products
• Taking Division to Exponents
• Taking on the Power of Zero
• Taking on the Negativity of Exponents
• Putting Powers to Work
• Circling around Square Roots
• Chapter 3: Ordering and Distributing: The Business of Algebra
• Taking Orders for Operations
• Dealing with Distributing
• Making Numbers and Variables Cooperate
• Making Distributions over More than One Term
• Chapter 4: Factoring in the First and Second Degrees
• Making Factoring Work
• Getting at the Basic Quadratic Expression
• Following Up on FOIL and unFOIL
• Making UnFOIL and the GCF Work Together
• Getting the Best of Binomials
• Chapter 5: Broadening the Factoring Horizon
• Grabbing onto Grouping
• Tackling Multiple Factoring Methods
• Knowing When Enough Is Enough
• Recruiting the Remainder Theorem
• Factoring Rational Expressions
• Chapter 6: Solving Linear Equations
• Playing by the Rules
• Solving Equations with Two Terms
• Taking on Three Terms
• Breaking Up the Groups
• Focusing on Fractions
• Changing Formulas by Solving for Variables
• Chapter 7: Tackling Second-Degree Quadratic Equations
• Recognizing Quadratic Equations
• Finding Solutions for Quadratic Equations
• Applying Factorizations
• Solving Three-Term Quadratics
• Applying Quadratic Solutions
• Calling on the Quadratic Formula
• Ignoring Reality with Imaginary Numbers
• Chapter 8: Expanding the Equation Horizon
• Queuing Up to Cubic Equations
• Using Synthetic Division
• Working Quadratic-Like Equations
• Rooting Out Radicals
• Chapter 9: Reconciling Inequalities
• Introducing Interval Notation
• Performing Operations on Inequalities
• Finding Solutions for Linear Inequalities
• Expanding to More than Two Expressions
• Taking on Quadratic and Rational Inequalities
• Chapter 10: Absolute-Value Equations and Inequalities
• Acting on Absolute-Value Equations
• Working Absolute-Value Inequalities
• Chapter 11: Making Algebra Tell a Story
• Making Plans to Solve Story Problems
• Finding Money and Interest Interesting
• Formulating Distance Problems
• Stirring Things Up with Mixtures
• Chapter 12: Putting Geometry into Story Problems
• Triangulating a Problem with the Pythagorean Theorem
• Being Particular about Perimeter
• Making Room for Area Problems
• Validating with Volume
• Chapter 13: Grappling with Graphing
• Preparing to Graph a Line
• Incorporating Intercepts
• Sliding the Slippery Slope
• Making Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Toe the Line
• Criss-Crossing Lines
• Turning the Curve with Curves
• Chapter 14: Ten Warning Signs of Algebraic Pitfalls
• Including the Middle Term
• Keeping Distributions Fair
• Creating Two Fractions from One
• Restructuring Radicals
• Including the Negative (or Not)
• Making Exponents Fractional
• Keeping Bases the Same
• Powering Up a Power
• Making Reasonable Reductions
• Catching All the Negative Exponents
• Index
• About the Author
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement