Modeling, Functions, and Graphs: Algebra for College Students

Modeling, Functions, and Graphs includes the material found in a typical algebra course, along with introductions to curve-fitting and display of data. The order and presentation of topics are organized around families of functions and their applications. Appendix A includes review material on polynomial products and factoring, laws of exponents, and facts from geometry. Appendix B provides a note on the structure of the real number system and an introduction to complex numbers.