The super-condensed guide to college algebra combines the authority of Schaum's with quick-study approach to help busy students achieve better grades. This new edition is enhanced with a free-access online diagnostic test: an extensive set of review questions that pinpoint weaknesses and ensure full mastery of the subject.About the Book Schaum's Easy Outlines of College Algebraprovides busy students with a powerful tool to review the subject rapidly. By paring textbook subject matter down to the essentials, this handy guide makes every minute of study time count.Packed with quick study tips and at-a-glance tables and diagrams, this book is perfect for test preparation, pre-exam review, and last-minute cram situations. It combines the academic authority that the Schaum's name is known for, with the Easy Outline approach to maximizing the return on time spent studying.The new edition features a free-access online test for assessing test-readiness. The test provides worked answers for all questions, and cross-references the results to each chapter in the book, so students can pinpoint their strengths and areas that require further study.
A revolving databank of questions ensures the value of repeat testing to measure progress.Key Selling Features Established authors: their Schaum's Outlines and Easy Outlines titles have sold over 55,000 copies. Successful series: Schaum's Easy Outlines have sold over half a million copies. These titles are concise distillations of Schaum's Outlines, which have sold over 40 million copies. Appealing presentation: solved problems and concise explanations combined with cartoons, sidebars, and other graphic pointers to appeal to students who are put off by dense text. Students can be confident of achieving better grades with less time spent studying. New online diagnostic test provides an appealing, interactive way to assess test-readiness and identify areas requiring more study.Market / Audience For college and university students who need help in understanding complex disciplines quickly, especially those studying College Algebra, Precalculus, Algebra I, Algebra II, Linear Algebra Arithmetic and Topics in Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, Functions and Graphs.
Author Profiles Murray R. Spiegel(deceased) received the M.S. degree in Physics and the Ph.D. in Mathematics from Cornell University. He had positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Oak Ridge, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his last position was Professor and Chairman of Mathematics at the Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center.Robert E.
Moyer (Fort Valley, GA)has been teaching mathematics at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia, since 1985. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Education from the University of Illinois in 1974 and his Master of Science in 1967.