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Algebra: A Combined Approach (2nd Edition)

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The community college at which I tutor uses this textbook for its beginning and intermediate algebra courses, therefore, I am very familiar with this book's content. I feel it's an excellent book because it's very well laid out and gives sufficient step-by-step examples of individual concepts. There are also some good examples of the dreaded word problems, nicely explained so they (hopefully) become less feared. There is no 'heavy duty' math content -- everything is written clearly for the lay person.

The book starts with a review of the most basic math rules (that everyone ought to already know) and gets progressively more in-depth. First, it walks you through linear equations, followed by quadratics, then exponential and log functions and finally circles and ellipses. There are appendices at the end of this massive book that re-capitulates the most important concepts of algebra. If you want to learn algebra on your own and start off from the beginning of this book and work your way methodically through the chapters, you should have no problem understanding basic algebra by the time you are two-thirds the way into the book. Highly recommended!

What can I say? This book is neither good, nor bad. It is just your typical textbook, written by the typical math teacher. It could do with a lot more explanations, but I guess that's what going to class is all about.

its a new book, and its really cheaper! do not miss it! it just 100$!
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This is a great Algebra book to use from begining to advanced users. The Videos on the CD in the back of the book are a great way of refreshing what the instructor taught.

Seller was real slow to ship and did not communicate until it was too late. The seller was asked to cancel the order because they did not ship the book till after school had starded. I was forced to buy another book. Then the seller shipped the item and never once resopnded to my emails.

Well, if you MAT-098-099, then you will need this one way or another. It serves it purpose well.