Larson Coll Alg 2e St & Sols Gde

by Ron Larson and Dianna L. Zook

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0669162752
• ISBN13: 9780669162752
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Better--the second time.

I'll start out by saying that when I took this class I myself had no intention of taking any more mathematics beyond this class. Fast forward a couple years and I'm about to take a calculus course. When I took the class, this book seemed illogical in its explanations for the fact that it didn't do a great job in breaking things down in plain english. However, it has just enough in it for you to figure the plain english out on its own. I ended up in a huge quandary when in my Gen Chem course in college suddenly required me to know log again. Me--having forgotten entirely all the properties of logs (because yeah, you're never gonna need it). That said, I needed a reference. So there I go and instantly I'm able to read it, and I find the language useful and easy to understand. So the moral of the story is this: This text is great if you need a back reference, but you'll need a great teacher or a really logical mind to figure out many of the problems. Oh, the examples also don't go over the most difficult questions you'll find in the text--so the instructor's edition is MANDATORY. Then at least--if you have the answer you can reason backwards to the problem to find you mistake(s) I rate this a 4 though because it was also a very good resource for some things I needed to go back to in calculus and whenever I feel the need to refresh skills. As far as the necessity of algebra--no its not necessary, but if you look at the pay difference between bachelor's degrees that use even a little math (such as accounting or management) and no math at all (English majors, humanities, psychology) the discrepancy in pay is at minimum $11000 (as of 2007). Personally, I'd rather put myself through a little hell during my four years in order to get a job that actually pays what I'm worth. And that's not too much to ask.

Again, Larson creates a thorough and CLEAR

textbook for college algebra.As with his other texts, Larson approaches subjects from an analytical perspective AND from a graphic/geometric perspective.This allows students who despise the Xs, Ys, and Zs of algebra to "see" what might otherwise escape them if approached only analytically.Excellent text.