Support for All Classroom Types: a complete suite of instructional materials makes it easier for instructors to prepare for the course, and leads to student success. Updates to MyMathLab® and MathXL® are an integral part of supporting instructors and student success in today’s classroom. NEW! MyNotes from new co-author Callie Daniels provide structure for student note taking. Interactive chapter summaries allow students to quiz themselves with interactive examples on key vocabulary, symbols, and concepts. NEW! Ready-to-Go MyMathLab courses are pre-built MyMathLab courses that make the start-up time building your course quick and easy. NEW! Interactive Figures are now available in MyMathLab, enabling users to manipulate figures to bring hard-to-convey math concepts to life. Interactive Animations are now tied to Function Boxes. Thevideo program is designed to help students study any time, anywhere. Quick Reviews cover key definitions and procedures from each section. Example Solutions walk students through the detailed solution process for every example in the textbook. Author-designated sample homework problems include pencasts for selected problems. Additional MathXL coverage of all exercises include Summary Exercises, Relating Concepts Exercises, and Chapter Review exercises. Additional MathXL quizzes are assignable as homework. These are based on the text’s mid-chapter quizzes. Cumulative assignments follow each chapter test in the homework and test manager, allowing students to synthesize previous material throughout the course. These assignments consist of 30 problems each. Support for Learning Concepts: a systematic approach is used to present each topic, and is designed to actively engage students in the learning process. As a result, students develop both the conceptual understanding and the analytical skills necessary for success. Pointers in the examples provide on-the-spot reminders and warnings about common pitfalls. Examples now offer additional side comments where appropriate in the step-by-step solutions, and there are more section references to previously covered material. Now Try exercises conclude every example with a reference to one or more parallel, odd-numbered exercises from the corresponding exercise set. Students are able to immediately apply and reinforce the concepts and skills presented in the examples, while actively engaged in the learning process. Real-life applications in the examples and exercises draw from fields such as business, pop-culture, sports, life sciences, and environmental studies to show the relevance of algebra to daily life. Functions are introduced in Chapter 2 and are a unifying theme throughout the text. Function boxes offer a comprehensive, visual introduction to each class of function and also serve as an excellent resource for student reference and review throughout the course. Each function box includes a table of values alongside traditional and calculator graphs, as well as the domain, range, and other specific information about the function. NEW! Animations are available within MyMathLab. Graphing calculator coverage is optional and may be omitted without loss of continuity. The authors stress that these devices can be useful as an aid to understanding, but that students must master the underlying mathematical concepts first. Graphing calculator solutions are included for selected examples as appropriate. Graphing calculator notes and exercises are marked with an icon for easy identification