Raymond Barnett,
Merritt College Michael Ziegler,
Deceased Karl Byleen,
Marquette University David Sobecki,
Miami University Hamilton
ISBN: 0073051950 Copyright year: 2009
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• See: www.aleks.comStudent Solutions Manual Prepared by Dave Sobecki, the Student’s Solutions Manual provides comprehensive, worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises from the text. The steps shown in the solutions match the style of solved examples in the textbook.
Video Lectures on Digital Video Disk (DVD) In the videos, J.D. Herdlick of St. Louis Community College at Meramec introduces essential definitions, theorems, formulas, and problem-solving procedures and then works through selected exercises from the textbook, following the solution methodology employed in the text. In addition, new instructional videos on graphing calculator operations help students master the most essential calculator skills used in the college algebra course. The video series is available on DVD or online as an assignable element of MathZone. The DVDs are closed-captioned for the hearing impaired, subtitled in Spanish, and meet the Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design. Instructors may use them as resources in a learning center, for online courses, and/or to provide extra help to students who require extra practice.
CTB (Computerized Test Bank) Online Available through MathZone, this computerized test bank, utilizing Brownstone Diploma® algorithm-based testing software, enables users to create customized exams quickly. This user-friendly program enables instructors to search for questions by topic, format, or difficulty level; to edit existing questions or to add new ones; and to scramble questions and answer keys for multiple versions of the same test. Hundreds of text-specific open-ended and multiple-choice questions are included in the question bank. Sample chapter tests and final exams in Microsoft Word® and PDF formats are also provided.
Instructor’s Solutions Manual Prepared by Dave Sobecki, and available on MathZone, the Instructor’s Solutions Manual provides comprehensive, worked-out solutions to all exercises in the text. The methods used to solve the problems in the manual are the same as those used to solve the examples in the textbook.
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