![]() ![]() Those two things are enough to give this book a 1-star rating even with the explanation I gave about non-traditional vs. ![]() So again you have no 'blueprint' to use in solving that problem. Also the even numbered problems often don't have their similar match amongst the odd numbered problems. It skips too many steps in the examples, therefore students can't go back to the particular section and see how a problem is solved. If you are a non-traditional student I suggest that you also buy the solution manual and the DVD for this book, and then block off the adequate time required for you to succeed, otherwise forget it. If you've been out of school for 10+ years it's going to be a struggle because the author assumes that he is just adding a little bit more knowledge to what you already know and have been doing for the last 2-3 years. The problem I think most people are finding is that this book was written for traditional college students who had algebra 1&2 in high school and basically have no other time constraints, ie., a family, job etc. I am taking college algebra now, and we're using this book. This book should be renamed to: Algebra for the expert mathematician professional. I am reading a Calculus book that is far easier to understand than this. It would take me about a month working every night to cover 1 chapter, and we cover 1 chapter a week in the class. I've had college algebra before, but this is by far the most difficult book I've ever seen on the subject. Which leave the student baffled as to how they got the answer. I'm not sure how learning is supposed to occur during this process? The sections in this book before the problems do a few basic examples, then they have dozens of problems far FAR more advance and cryptic. ![]() ![]() You go home and you have the problem, and the answers for the odd numbers in the back, and no idea how to do 85% of the assigned problems because there is no example anywhere to be found. Is it the teacher, or the book, or both? The teacher has assigned problems from the book in advance. I have a degree in Computer Info Systems and I wanted to go back and get my Masters in Comp Sci.sooooo. ![]()
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