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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
• Chapter 1: Making Advances in Algebra
• Bringing Out the Best in Algebraic Properties
• Enumerating Exponential Rules
• Assigning Factoring Techniques
• Chapter 2: Lining Up Linear Equations
• Getting the First Degree: Linear Equations
• Lining Up Linear Inequalities
• Absolute Value: Keeping Everything in Line
• Chapter 3: Making Quick Work of Quadratic Equations
• Using the Square Root Rule When Possible
• Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
• The Quadratic Formula to the Rescue
• Promoting Quadratic-like Equations
• Solving Quadratic Inequalities
• Chapter 4: Rolling Along with Rational and Radical Equations
• Rounding Up Rational Equations and Eliminating Fractions
• Reasoning with Radicals
• Dealing with Negative Exponents
• Fiddling with Fractional Exponents
• Chapter 5: Forging Function Facts
• Describing Function Characteristics
• Determining Domain and Range
• Counting on Even and Odd Functions
• Taking on Functions One-to-One
• Composing Functions
• Getting into Inverse Functions
• Chapter 6: Graphing Linear and Quadratic Functions
• Identifying Some Graphing Techniques
• Mastering the Graphs of Lines
• Coming to Terms with the Standard Form of a Quadratic
• Eyeing a Quadratic’s Intercepts
• Finding the Vertex of a Parabola
• Sketching a Graph from the Available Information
• Chapter 7: Pondering Polynomials
• Sizing Up a Polynomial Equation
• Identifying Intercepts and Turning Points
• Determining When a Polynomial Is Positive or Negative
• Solving Polynomial Equations
• Finding Roots Synthetically
• Chapter 8: Being Respectful of Rational Functions
• Examining Rational Functions
• Assigning Roles to Asymptotes
• Discounting Removable Discontinuities
• Looking at Limits of Rational Functions
• Chapter 9: Examining Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
• Computing Exponentially
• Getting to the Base of Exponential Functions
• Exponential Equation Solutions
• Looking into Logarithmic Functions
• Solving Equations Containing Logs
• Chapter 10: Getting Creative with Conics
• Posing with Parabolas
• Circling around a Conic
• Getting Eclipsed by Ellipses
• Getting Hyped for Hyperbolas
• Chapter 11: Solving Systems of Equations
• Looking at Solutions Using the Standard Linear-Systems Form
• Solving Linear Systems by Graphing
• Using Elimination (Addition) to Solve Systems of Equations
• Finding Substitution to Be a Satisfactory Substitute
• Taking on Systems of Three Linear Equations
• Increasing the Number of Equations
• Intersecting Parabolas and Lines
• Crossing Parabolas with Circles
• Chapter 12: Taking the Complexity Out of Complex Numbers
• Simplifying Powers of i
• Getting More Complex with Complex Numbers
• Unraveling Complex Solutions in Quadratic Equations
• Investigating Polynomials with Complex Roots
• Chapter 13: Ten (or So) Special Formulas
• Using Multiplication to Add
• Factoring in Factorial
• Picking Out Permutations
• Collecting Combinations
• Adding n Integers
• Adding n Squared Integers
• Adding Odd Numbers
• Going for the Geometric
• Calculating Compound Interest
• Index
• About the Author
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement