Intermediate Algebra

Got my book today. Edges of the cover were a bit frayed, and some pages were folded in on themselves. But everything is perfectly legible and it doesn't seem to be missing anything. Considering I got it here for like $120 less than on Amazon, it was a steal!

I received the book quickly and it was in good condition. Can't beat the price! Will definitely be checking this site again for all my textbooks!

The book is great, explains very well and teach you step by step but I wanted to agree with "Bear" about ridiculous prices of books. I bought that book in my college bookstore for 130$ and it does not even have CD ROM. That's pritty silly, students are not reach yet so books for us should be cheaper.

The Book was in excellent quality. It took less time to receive it than what it was expected.

I'm a former teacher who was given an advance copy of this text to review. This is an excellent intermediate algebra text. It is NOT an introductory algebra book; the authors have published another text for the beginning student (ISBN 0-07-236371-1). However, chapters one and two (which comprise a full 200 pages) provide good review of basic algebraic manipulations and linear functions. It will therefore serve admirably as the text in classes where the students vary in their level of preparation and a certain amount of review is required.The bulk of the book presents the standard topics one associates with a full semester (i.e. one full high school year) Algebra II course. These include an introduction to functional relationships, the manipulation of polynomial expressions, finding roots of polynomial equations, and good sections on complex numbers and logarithmic and exponential functions.The book comes with a CD that provides interactive tutorial help linked to the text, a passcode that can be used to gain access to an on-line tutorial site on the web, and a set of videos (sold separately) that show instructors explaining and solving practice problems from the text. These features, together with numerous problem sets based around the use of graphing calculators, provide the "up-to-date" resources that many instructors expect from modern textbooks. However, bells and whistles don't impress me. Don't get me wrong, the CD is well produced and informative and I'll bet that the web site is a good one (I didn't bother to sign-on). Call me old-fashioned but I feel very strongly that a good textbook must stand on its own merit. This one does. Some aspects of the book that deserve special note (in my own, subjective, order of importance)are:1. The number of practice problems is enormous2. Each chapter contains thorough mid-chapter and end of chapter reviews. In addition, each chapter has a short cumulative review of all material presented in the text up to that point. This cumulative reinforcement is quite worthwhile.3. The book has an "Application Index"; lists of problems arranged by subject (ex. business, construction, chemistry, biology, investment, sports...) with links to their locations in the text. This is a great resource for instructors, and it will help to remind students of the utility of mathematics in areas that are of interest to them. A nice touch!The text itself is very well written. Explanations are superb. I found that my own understanding in several areas improved significantly while scanning through the text and doing practice problems. I didn't notice a single error in the book. Editorial review seems to have been very thorough.This is a gem of a book; arguably the best on the market in the niche of intermediate algebra. It is certainly the best I've ever seen.