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This straightforward presentation of intermediate algebra emphasizes skills, concepts, and their applications. The authors pay particular attention to reducing math anxiety, promoting good study habits, and showing the connection between mathematics and everyday life. The text takes into account teaching/learning by objective, teaching/learning by application, the importance of vocabulary, and the relationship between skills, concepts, and problem solving. Students are challenged according to their individual levels of learning. The worktext format is ideal for self-paced, lab settings and can easily be used in lecture classes as well. Features: * Nationally acclaimed, class-proven pedagogy enhances the thorough, detailed topic coverage. Clearly stated Objectivas are followed by an Application, vocabulary, How and Why explanations, Examples anf Warm Up problems, section exercises, a Chapter Concept Review, and Chapter Test. * How and Why Segments explainand demonstrate concepts and skills and are numbered to correspond to the objectives. Throughout these segments, skill boxes identify and outline skills in step-by-step form and concept boxes highlight important properties, formul