Personalize Learning with MyLab Math® MyLab Math is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. The MyLab course features hundreds of new algorithmic exercises, tutorial videos, and PowerPoint slides. MyLab can be successfully implemented in any classroom environment-lab-based, hybrid, fully online, or traditional. By addressing instructor and student needs, MyLab improves student learning. Imagine what you could do if every student came to class having completed the assigned readings? Student Engagement and Achievement Students are motivated to succeed when they''re engaged in the learning experience and understand the relevance and power of mathematics. MyLab Math''s online homework offers students immediate feedback and tutorial assistance that motivates them to do more, which means they retain more knowledge and improve their test scores. Exercises with immediate feedback- are based on the textbook exercises, and regenerate algorithmically to give students unlimited opportunity for practice and mastery.

MyLab provides helpful feedback when students enter incorrect answers and includes optional learning aids including Help Me Solve This, View an Example, videos, and the eText. Learning Catalytics(tm) is a student response tool that uses students'' smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more interactive tasks and thinking. Learning Catalytics fosters student engagement and peer-to-peer learning with real-time analytics. Learning Tools for Students Instructional videos -More than 400 videos in the MyLab Math course provide help for students outside of the classroom. These videos are also available as learning aids within the homework exercises, for students to refer to at point-of-use. The Pearson eText , available through MyLab Math, gives students access to their textbook anytime, anywhere . In addition to note taking, highlighting, and bookmarking,the Pearson eText offers interactive and sharing features. Instructors canshare their comments or highlights, and students can add their own, creating a tightcommunity of learners in your class.

The eText also includes links to videos. The Student''s Solutions Manual contains revised solutions for every other odd-numbered section exercise. These step-by-step solutions have been expanded for even greater accuracy, clarity, and consistency to improve student problem-solving skills. The Student''s Solutions Manual is downloadable from within MyLab Math. Skills for Success Modules help foster strong study skills in collegiate courses and prepare students for future professions. Topics include "Time Management" and "Stress Management". Accessibility and achievement go hand in hand. MyLab is compatible with the JAWS screen reader, and enables multiple-choice and free-response problem types to be read and interacted with via keyboard controls and math notation input.

MyLab also works with screen enlargers, including ZoomText, MAGic, and SuperNova. And, all MyLab videos have closed-captioning. More information is available at https://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/mymathlab/accessibility/. FEATURES Example Descriptions A brief descriptive title is given with each example that is not an illustrative example. This gives an easy reference for the example, particularly when reviewing the contents of the section. Examples involving applications now describe the area of application explicitly.

Practice Exercises Throughout the text, there are practice exercises in the margin. They are included so that a student is more actively involved in the learning process and can check his or her understanding of the material to that point in the section. They can also be used for classroom exercises. The answers to these exercises are given at the end of the exercise set for the section. Chapter Introductions Each chapter introduction illustrates specific examples of how the development of technology has been related to the development of mathematics. These introductions show that past discoveries in technology led to some of the methods in mathematics, whereas in other cases mathematical topics already known were later very useful in bringing about advances in technology. Special Explanatory Comments Throughout the book, special explanatory comments in colour have been used in the examples to emphasize and clarify certain important points. Arrows are often used to indicate clearly the part of the example to which reference is made.

Important Formulas Throughout the book, important formulas are set off and displayed so that they can be easily referenced. Exercises Directly Referenced to Text Examples The first few exercises in most of the text sections are referenced directly to a specific example of the section. These exercises are worded so that it is necessary for the student to refer to the example in order to complete the required solution. In this way, the student should be able to review and understand the text material better before attempting to solve the exercises that follow. Writing Exercises There are more than 400 writing exercises throughout the book (at least 8 in each chapter) that require at least a sentence or two of explanation as part of the answer. These are noted by a pencil icon next to the exercise number. Key Formulas, Review Exercises, and Practice Tests At the end of each chapter, all important formulas and equations are listed together for easy reference. Each chapter is also followed by a set of review exercises that covers all the material in the chapter.

Following the chapter equations and review exercises is a chapter practice test that students can use to check their understanding of the material. Solutions to all practice test problems are provided in the back of the book. Applications Examples and exercises illustrate the application of mathematics in all fields of technology. Many relate to modern technology such as computer design, electronics, solar energy, lasers, fibre optics, the environment, and space technology. Others relate to technologies such as aeronautics, architecture, automotive, business, chemical, civil, construction, energy, environmental, fire science, machine, medical, meteorology, navigation, police, refrigeration, seismology, and wastewater. A special "Index of Applications" is included near the end of the book. Margin Notes Throughout the text, some margin notes briefly point out relevant historical events in mathematics and technology. Other margin notes are used to make specific comments related to the text material.

Also, where appropriate, equations from earlier material are shown for reference in the margin. Answers to Exercises The answers to all odd-numbered exercises (except the end-of-chapter writing exercises) are given at the back of the book. Flexibility of Material Coverage The order of material coverage can be changed in many places, and certain sections may be omitted without loss of continuity of coverage. Users of earlier editions have indicated the successful use of numerous variations in coverage. Any changes will depend on the type of course and completeness required.