New and Updated Features The presentation of many topics has been thoroughly reviewed and tightened. When possible, more content is presented using bulleted lists and with the expanded usage of pointers in the examples to appeal to today’s visual learners. Study Skills Activities have been integrated throughout the text. These short activities provide helpful information, tips, and strategies on a variety of essential skills. Lial’s student-friendly examples keep students engaged in the learning process. Now Try exercises are now included as a parallel margin exercise for each numbered example. These all-new exercises immediately apply and reinforce the concepts and skills presented in corresponding examples. Math in the Media activities show students how mathematical concepts are applied in real life, especially in popular media. New to the Supplements Package TheLial Video Library, available in MyMathLab and on the Video Resources on DVD, provides students with a wealth of video resources to help them navigate the road to success! All video resources in the library offer optional English subtitles. TheLial Video Library includes the following resources: Section Lecture Videos offer a new navigation menu that allows students to easily focus on the key examples and exercises that they need to review in each section. These lectures also include optional Spanish subtitles. Solutions Clips show an instructor working through the complete solutions to selected exercises from the text. Exercises with a solution clip are marked in the text and e-book with a DVD icon. Quick Review lectures provide a short summary lecture of each key concept from the Quick Reviews at the end of every chapter in the text. The Chapter Test Prep Videos show step-by-step solutions to all exercises from the Chapter Tests. These videos provide guidance and support when students need it the most: the night before an exam. The Chapter Test Prep Videos are also available on YouTube (searchable using author name and book title). Updated! The Instructor’s Resource Manual now includes Mini-Lectures to provide new instructors with objectives, key examples, and teaching tips for every section of the text. MyWorkBook provides extra practice exercises for every chapter of the text. MyWorkbook can be packaged with the textbook or with the MyMathLab access kit and includes the following resources for every section: Key vocabulary terms, and vocabulary practice problems Guided Examples with stepped-out solutions and similar Practice Exercises, keyed to the text by Learning Objective References to textbook Examples and Section Lecture Videos for additional help Additional Exercises with ample space for students to show their work, keyed to the text by Learning Objective MyMathLab® Enhancements for the Lial Hardback Series The Lial Video Library provides students with a wealth of video resources to help them navigate the road to success! Premade homework assignments are available for each section of the text. The Summary Review exercises are now available to assign. Content Changes There are approximately 1,200 new and updated exercises, including problems that check conceptual understanding, focus on skill development, and provide review. The authors have also improved the even/odd pairing of exercises Real-world data in more than 165 applications in the examples and exercises