Intermediate Algebra (with Interactive Video Skillbuilder CD-ROM and iLrn? Student Tutorial Printed Access Card)

This textbook walks through methods for solving equations, inequalities, quadratic equations, and systems of linear equations, and explains the concepts behind radicals, conic sections, functions, exponents, and logarithms. The eighth edition adds 50 new problems to ten different problem sets. The CD-ROM contains eight hours of video instruction. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Jerome E. Kaufmann received his Ed.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Virginia. Now a retired Professor of Mathematics from Western Illinois University, he has more than 30 years of teaching experience at the high school, two-year, and four-year college levels. He is the author of 45 college mathematics textbooks.

Karen L. Schwitters graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. in Mathematics. She earned an M.S. Ed. in Professional Secondary Education from Northern Illinois University. Schwitters is currently teaching at Seminole Community College in Sanford, Florida, where she is very active in multimedia instruction and is involved in planning distance learning courses with multimedia materials. She is an advocate for Enhanced WebAssign and uses it in her classroom. In 1998, she received the Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology Award.