College Algebra (3rd Edition) [Hardcover]

Mark Dugopolski (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201755262 | ISBN-13: 978-0201755268 | Publication Date: August 2002 | Edition: 3

This text is designed for a variety of students with different mathematical needs. For those students who will take additional mathematics, the text will provide the proper foundation of skills, understanding, and insights necessary for success in further courses. For those students who will not pursue further mathematics, the extensive emphasis on applications and modeling will demonstrate the usefulness and applicability of mathematics in the world today. Many of the applied problems in this text are actually real problems that people have had to solve on the job. With an emphasis on problem solving, this text provides students with an excellent opportunity to sharpen their reasoning and thinking skills. With increased critical thinking skills, students will have the confidence they need to tackle whatever future problems they may encounter inside and outside the classroom.This text is technology optional. With this approach, teachers will be able to offer either a technology-oriented course or a course that does not make use of technology. For departments requiring both options, this text provides the advantage of flexibility.

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About the Author

Mark Dugopolski was born in Menominee, Michigan. After receiving a B.S. from Michigan State University, he taught high school for four years, and then went on to receive an M.S. in mathematics from Northern Illinois University. He also received a Ph.D. in the area of topology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and ever since, Mark has been teaching at Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, LA. He has been writing textbooks for about fifteen years. He is married and has two daughters, and enjoys playing tennis, jogging, and riding his bicycle in his spare time. Despite the presence of sailboats both on and in his precalculus textbooks, Mark does not sail-- it's his passion for showing students how mathematics is used in the real world that led him to the world of sailing.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 696 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 3 edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201755262
• ISBN-13: 978-0201755268
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for class or self-learner, January 23, 2006

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This review is from: College Algebra (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

I used the second edition of this book, but I am sure that my
opinion of the third edition would be just as complimentary.
The author knows his audience. He writes in a clear and concise
manner. The examples and illustrations are outstanding in their
thoroughness and clarity. The most important thing about this
book is that your are thoroughly prepared for your next course
which is probably precalculus. The only thing I took exception
to was that the book did not go far enough into the topics of
exponential and logarithmic functions. The material that was
presented was presented in a superior manner, it just did not
go far enough. All in all if I were a school teacher, this is
the book I would use for a college algebra course and sight
unseen I would probably adopt his books on precalculus.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, March 25, 2006

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W. Guan (Alhambra, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: College Algebra (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

I got this book for my college math class as required for the course. I'm half way through so far and it's easy to digest. I would say that if one were to self-study, he or she may need additional sources to help them figure out some of the topics in some chapters due to the lack of examples. There are examples though, but just not enough to cover every type of variation in the chapters.

I guess it would be up to instructors and teachers to fill in the rest. This book also has many little chunks of how to perform problems such as functions and graphing on graphing calculators. Depending on your instructor or teacher, this may or may not be used at all, but it does help to have the flexibility of training yourself to use a calculator for future courses.

Oh and best of all, Thanks Amazon! I got this book brand new straight from Amazon at a very good price and it came in 3 days through the free shipping option.

2.0 out of 5 stars only an answer book not full text, July 24, 2010

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Rachelle O'Berry (POULSBO, WA, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: College Algebra (Paperback)

this would be great if the algebra book it goes with was also offered but its not I didnt know from the description that it was a side by side for the other book