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College Algebra (Lial/Hornsby/Schneider Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 17250
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 9th
Pages: 816
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0321227573
Dewey Decimal Number: 512.9
EAN: 9780321227577
Publication Date: January 31, 2004
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 Very Thorough Book June 14, 2008
P. Tentoni (Columbus, MS United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am teaching from this book this summer, and I have not had the problems that other reviewers have described. This book is written for people with a pretty good understanding of high school algebra - after all, it is a college algebra book. It is not watered down at all, and the material is presented in some depth. However, I have found that this book does a really good job of warning students about common mistakes. I have found it clear (I can't say that for every algebra book I've used.) and my students have not complained, either. I would use this book again.
 Dazed and Confused April 18, 2001
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book will leave you dazed and confused if you don't have a lot of mathematical background. The authors assume that you already know everything about algebra and don't really explain certain things or steps that you need to take to get a certain answer. In order to completely understand this book you need the intermediate algebra book that has been written by almost all the same authors... If you don't use the intermediate algebra book as a reference you'll just be dazed and confused!
 Sadly disappointed December 7, 2005
S. Beard (Alabama)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This text is a pathetic excuse for educational material. It gives meager examples and many are not even applicable to the chapter exercises. By far this is the poorest written text I have encountered in three years of college.
College Algebra, 9th edition, by Lial June 8, 2005
C. Ott
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I just got done with taking my final in College Algebra using this textbook. I was extremely frustrated and stressed during the whole course because I just couldn't get it! This book did not explain enough and just quickly glossed over or assumed that you knew the info already. Definitely not written for students, but for professors already gifted in algebra!! Needless to say, I struggled through this whole course. I had to buy three other algebra books just to understand what this textbook left out. I would not recommend this textbook at all!
How to teach algebra to mathematicians... September 5, 2003
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book was not written for students. It was written for those already fluent in algebra. Why this was chosen as the textbook for my college algebra course, I will never know.
The explanations are terse, and if the student does not already posess a natural affinity for mathematics, lead to even greater confusion. Vital steps are glossed over as if the author thinks everyone reading the book instantly understands without explanation or example.
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