Gary Rockswold teaches algebra in context, answering the question, "Why
am I learning this?" By experiencing math through applications, students
see how it fits into their lives, and they become motivated to succeed.
Rockswold's focus on conceptual understanding helps students make
connections between the concepts and as a result, students see the
bigger picture of math and are prepared for future courses. This
streamlined text covers linear, quadratic, nonlinear, exponential, and
logarithmic functions and systems of equations and inequalities, which
gets to the heart of what students need from this course. A more
comprehensive college algebra text is also available.