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Textbook in PDF format

For courses in Beginning Algebra.
Balancing skills and concepts
The Lial Developmental Algebra Series uses a teacherly writing style and a careful blend of skills development and conceptual questions to meet the unique needs of the developmental math student. The author team takes advantage of experiences in the classroom and an editing eye to offer one of the most well-rounded series available, written with the developmental learner in mind. In this revision, the team retains their hallmark writing style, and provides new features and resources to optimize student preparedness and conceptual understanding. The Lial program provides students with the perfect balance of skills and concepts for a student-friendly approach to math.
Contents
Prealgebra Review
The Real Number System
Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable
Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables; Functions
Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Exponents and Polynomials
Factoring and Applications
Rational Expressions and Applications
Roots and Radicals
Quadratic Equations