Explorations in College Algebra, 6th Edition
By Linda Almgren Kime, Judy Clark, and Beverly K. Michael
WileyPLUS for Explorations in College Algebra, now with corequisite support content, reshapes the college algebra course to make it more relevant and accessible to all students. This is achieved by shifting the focus from learning a set of discrete mechanical rules to exploring how algebra is used in social and physical sciences and in the world around us. By connecting mathematics to real-life situations, students come to appreciate its power and beauty. WileyPLUS provides a flexible platform with customizable content to elevate students’ learning experience in the modern classroom.
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New Corequisite Support Appendices
have been added as a digital appendix to support corequisite courses. The comprehensive coverage of prerequisite topics ranges from prealgebra through intermediate algebra, including step-by-step instructional worksheets that can be used inside or outside of the classroom, and an ample selection of homework and/or quiz exercises for each topic. Utilizing WileyPLUS, you can customize the corequisite topics and truly cater to your individual course needs.
Symbolic Palette Entry
New in WileyPLUS, symbolic palette and graphing questions powered by GeoGebra give instructors the ability to assign more complex auto-graded questions to improve conceptual understanding in math. Boost your homework assessments with flexible, accurate, and reliable symbolic palette entry and real-time manipulation of graphs.
WileyPLUS users will have best-in-class math assessment with unique features including:
– Randomization to ensure each student gets a different question
– Automatically marked questions with fully worked solutions
– Assessment of advanced math topics such as differential equations and matrices
Worked Example Video Series
This video series provides students with author-vetted content consistent with how instructors teach. These videos clarify the most difficult concepts in each section of the course.
What’s New
- New Corequisite Support Appendices have been added as a digital appendix to support corequisite courses. The comprehensive coverage of prerequisite topics ranges from prealgebra through intermediate algebra, including step-by-step instructional worksheets that can be used inside or outside of the classroom, and an ample selection of homework and/or quiz exercises for each topic. Utilizing WileyPLUS, you can customize the corequisite topics and truly cater to your individual course needs.
- Available for Fall 2021 classes, instructors will have assignable, auto-graded exercises for all prerequisite learning objectives that be used for homework or as pre-lecture activities.
- Symbolic Palette Entry is new in WileyPLUS. Symbolic palette and graphing questions powered by GeoGebra give instructors the ability to assign more complex auto-graded questions to improve conceptual understanding in math. Boost your homework assessments with flexible, accurate, and reliable symbolic palette entry and real-time manipulation of graphs.
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Data and Functions
Chapter 2: Rates of Change and Linear Functions
Chapter 3: When Lines Meet: Linear Systems
Chapter 4: The Laws of Exponents and Logarithms: Measuring the Universe
Chapter 5: Growth and Decay: An Introduction to Exponential Functions
Chapter 6: Logarithmic Links: Logarithmic and Exponential Functions
Chapter 7: Power Functions
Chapter 8: Quadratics and the Mathematics of Motion
Chapter 9: New Functions from Old