Algebra for college students

Content: 
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
PREFACE, Pages vii-viii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Page ix
TO THE STUDENT, Pages xi-xii
CHAPTER ONE - THE REAL NUMBER SYSTEM, Pages 1-39
CHAPTER TWO - POLYNOMIALS, Pages 41-67
CHAPTER THREE - LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES, Pages 69-89
CHAPTER FOUR - WORD PROBLEMS, Pages 91-112
CHAPTER FIVE - ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS, Pages 113-144
CHAPTER SIX - FUNCTIONS, Pages 145-185
CHAPTER SEVEN - THE STRAIGHT LINE, Pages 187-214
CHAPTER EIGHT - EXPONENTS, RADICALS, AND COMPLEX NUMBERS, Pages 215-248
CHAPTER NINE - SECOND-DEGREE EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES, Pages 249-277
CHAPTER TEN - ROOTS OF POLYNOMIALS, Pages 279-305
CHAPTER ELEVEN - EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS, Pages 307-352
CHAPTER TWELVE - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY: THE CONIC SECTIONS, Pages 353-386
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS, Pages 387-417
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS, Pages 419-440
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - TOPICS IN ALGEBRA, Pages 441-472
APPENDIX/TABLES, Pages T-1-T-7
ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERS EXERCISES AND PROGRESS TESTS, Pages A-1-A-52
INDEX, Pages I-1-I-6