You'll have the confidence and knowledge to succeed in this course and any subsequent math course you take with UNDERSTANDING INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA: A COURSE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. Hirsch and Goodman's gradual introduction of concepts, rules, and definitions through a wealth of illustrative examples (both numerical and algebraic) will help you compare and contrast related ideas and understand the sometimes-subtle distinctions among a variety of situations.

Prepared by Mark Dugopolski, the Student's Solutions Manual contains complete worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises in the text. It also contains solutions for all exercises in the Chapter Tests. It may be purchased by your students from McGraw-Hill.