Algebra: A Combined Approach [With CDROM]

I was really please with this book. It was in great shape, had a great price, and I received it in a great time frame.

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

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!

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.