Includes index.

Contents: A Review of basic concepts and skills -- Equations and inequalities -- Functions and graphs -- Operations on functions and analyzing graphs -- Polynomial and rational functions -- Exponential and logarithmic functions -- An Introduction to trignometric functions -- Identities: their place, purpose, and application -- Applications of trignometry -- Systems of equations and inequalities -- Conic sections and nonlinear systems -- Additional topics in algebra -- Appendix I: U.S. standard units and the metric system -- Appendix II: Rational expressions and the least common denomenator -- Appendix III: Reduced row-echelon form and more on matrices -- Appendix IV: Deriving the equation of a conic.