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" Algebra I for dummies / "
by Mary Jane Sterling
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BL
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583481
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GBB033290b412700
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| Main Entry
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Sterling, Mary Jane
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| Title & Author
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Algebra I for dummies /\ by Mary Jane Sterling
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken, NJ :: Wiley Pub.,, c2010
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--For dummies
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xiv, 368 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780470559642 (pbk.)
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: 0470559640 (pbk.)
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Starting off with the basics. Assembling your tools ; Assigning signs : positive and negative numbers ; Figuring out fractions and dealing with decimals ; Exploring exponents and raising radicals ; Doing operations in order and checking your answers -- Figuring out factoring. Working with numbers in their prime ; Sharing the fun : distribution ; Getting to first base with factoring ; Getting the second degree ; Factoring special cases -- Working equations. Establishing ground rules for solving equations ; Solving linear equations ; Taking a crack at quadratic equations ; Distinguishing equations with distinctive powers ; Rectifying inequalities -- Applying algebra. Taking measure with formulas ; Formulating for profit and pleasure ; Sorting out story problems ; Going visual : graphing ; Lining up graphs of lines -- The part of tens. The ten best ways to void pitfalls ; The ten most famous equations
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| Abstract
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Let this friendly guide show you the easy way to tackle algebra. You'll get plain-English explanations of the basics-- and the tougher stuff-- in terms you can understand
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Algebra
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512
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QA159.2.S74 2010
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Algebra one for dummies
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