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Contents
Three Distinct Series xvi
The Enhanced with Graphing Utilities Series xvii
Preface to the Instructor xviii
Resources for Success xxiv
To the Student xxvi
R Review 1
R.1 Real Numbers 2

Work with Sets • Classify Numbers • Evaluate Numerical Expressions
• Work with Properties of Real Numbers
R.2 Algebra Essentials 18

Graph Inequalities • Find Distance on the Real Number Line • Evaluate
Algebraic Expressions • Determine the Domain of a Variable • Use the
Laws of Exponents • Evaluate Square Roots • Use a Calculator to Evaluate
Exponents • Use Scientific Notation
R.3 Geometry Essentials 31

Use the Pythagorean Theorem and Its Converse • Know Geometry
Formulas • Understand Congruent Triangles and Similar Triangles
R.4 Polynomials 40
Recognize Monomials • Recognize Polynomials • Add and Subtract
Polynomials • Multiply Polynomials • Know Formulas for Special Products
• Divide Polynomials Using Long Division • Work with Polynomials in Two
Variables
R.5 Factoring Polynomials 50

Factor the Difference of Two Squares and the Sum and Difference of Two
Cubes • Factor Perfect Squares • Factor a Second-Degree
Polynomial: x2 + Bx + C • Factor by Grouping • Factor a Second-Degree
Polynomial: Ax2 + Bx + C, A ≠ 1 • Complete the Square
R.6 Synthetic Division 59

Divide Polynomials Using Synthetic Division
R.7 Rational Expressions 63

Reduce a Rational Expression to Lowest Terms • Multiply and Divide
Rational Expressions • Add and Subtract Rational Expressions • Use the
Least Common Multiple Method • Simplify Complex Rational Expressions
R.8 nth Roots; Rational Exponents 74

Work with nth Roots • Simplify Radicals • Rationalize Denominators •
Simplify Expressions with Rational Exponents
1 Graphs, Equations, and Inequalities 82
1.1 The Distance and Midpoint Formulas; Graphing Utilities;

Introduction to Graphing Equations 83
Use the Distance Formula • Use the Midpoint Formula • Graphing Equations
by Plotting Points • Graph Equations Using a Graphing Utility • Use a
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Graphing Utility to Create Tables • Find Intercepts from a Graph • Use a

Graphing Utility to Approximate Intercepts
1.2 Solving Equations Using a Graphing Utility; Linear and

Rational Equations 99
Solve Equations Using a Graphing Utility • Solve Linear Equations • Solve
Rational Equations • Solve Problems That Can Be Modeled by Linear
Equations
1.3 Quadratic Equations 110

Solve Quadratic Equations by Factoring • Solve Quadratic Equations Using
the Square Root Method • Solve Quadratic Equations by Completing the
Square • Solve Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic Formula • Solve
Problems That Can Be Modeled by Quadratic Equations
1.4 Complex Numbers; Quadratic Equations in the Complex

Number System 121
Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Complex Numbers • Solve Quadratic
Equations in the Complex Number System
1.5 Radical Equations; Equations Quadratic in Form; Absolute

Value Equations; Factorable Equations 129
Solve Radical Equations • Solve Equations Quadratic in Form • Solve
Absolute Value Equations • Solve Equations by Factoring
1.6 Problem Solving: Interest, Mixture, Uniform Motion, Constant

Rate Jobs 137
Translate Verbal Descriptions into Mathematical Expressions • Solve
Interest Problems • Solve Mixture Problems • Solve Uniform Motion
Problems • Solve Constant Rate Job Problems
1.7 Solving Inequalities 146

Use Interval Notation • Use Properties of Inequalities • Solve Linear
Inequalities Algebraically and Graphically • Solve Combined Inequalities
Algebraically and Graphically • Solve Absolute Value Inequalities
Algebraically and Graphically
Chapter Review 158

Chapter Test 162
Chapter Projects 163
2 Graphs 164
2.1 Intercepts: Symmetry; Graphing Key Equations 165

Find Intercepts Algebraically from an Equation • Test an Equation for
Symmetry • Know How to Graph Key Equations
2.2 Lines 173

Calculate and Interpret the Slope of a Line • Graph Lines Given a Point
and the Slope • Find the Equation of a Vertical Line • Use the Point–Slope
Form of a Line; Identify Horizontal Lines • Write the Equation of a Line
in Slope–Intercept Form • Find the Equation of a Line Given Two Points •
Graph Lines Written in General Form Using Intercepts • Find Equations of
Parallel Lines • Find Equations of Perpendicular Lines
2.3 Circles 189

Write the Standard Form of the Equation of a Circle • Graph a Circle by
Hand and by Using a Graphing Utility • Work with the General Form of
the Equation of a Circle
2.4 Variation 196

Construct a Model Using Direct Variation • Construct a Model Using Inverse
Variation • Construct a Model Using Joint Variation or Combined Variation

Contents xi
Chapter Review 202

Chapter Test 204
Cumulative Review 204
Chapter Project 205
3 Functions and Their Graphs 206
3.1 Functions 207

Determine Whether a Relation Represents a Function • Find the Value of a
Function • Find the Difference Quotient of a Function • Find the Domain
of a Function Defined by an Equation • Form the Sum, Difference, Product,
and Quotient of Two Functions
3.2 The Graph of a Function 222

Identify the Graph of a Function • Obtain Information from or about the
Graph of a Function
3.3 Properties of Functions 231

Determine Even and Odd Functions from a Graph • Identify Even and Odd
Functions from an Equation • Use a Graph to Determine Where a Function
Is Increasing, Decreasing, or Constant • Use a Graph to Locate Local
Maxima and Local Minima • Use a Graph to Locate the Absolute Maximum
and the Absolute Minimum • Use a Graphing Utility to Approximate Local
Maxima and Local Minima and to Determine Where a Function Is Increasing
or Decreasing • Find the Average Rate of Change of a Function
3.4 Library of Functions; Piecewise-defined Functions 245

Graph the Functions Listed in the Library of Functions • Graph Piecewise-
defined Functions
3.5 Graphing Techniques: Transformations 256

Graph Functions Using Vertical and Horizontal Shifts • Graph Functions
Using Compressions and Stretches • Graph Functions Using Reflections
about the x-Axis and the y-Axis
3.6 Mathematical Models: Building Functions 268

Build and Analyze Functions
Chapter Review 273

Chapter Test 277
4 Linear and Quadratic Functions 280
4.1 Properties of Linear Functions and Linear Models 281

Graph Linear Functions • Use Average Rate of Change to Identify Linear
Functions • Determine Whether a Linear Function Is Increasing, Decreasing,
or Constant • Build Linear Models from Verbal Descriptions
4.2 Building Linear Models from Data 291

Draw and Interpret Scatter Diagrams • Distinguish between Linear and
Nonlinear Relations • Use a Graphing Utility to Find the Line of Best Fit
4.3 Quadratic Functions and Their Properties 298

Graph a Quadratic Function Using Transformations • Identify the Vertex
and Axis of Symmetry of a Quadratic Function • Graph a Quadratic
Function Using Its Vertex, Axis, and Intercepts • Find a Quadratic Function
Given Its Vertex and One Other Point • Find the Maximum or Minimum
Value of a Quadratic Function

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4.4 Build Quadratic Models from Verbal Descriptions and from Data 310
Build Quadratic Models from Verbal Descriptions • Build Quadratic Models
from Data
4.5 Inequalities Involving Quadratic Functions 320

Solve Inequalities Involving a Quadratic Function
Chapter Review 324

Chapter Test 327
5 Polynomial and Rational Functions 330
5.1 Polynomial Functions and Models 331

Identify Polynomial Functions and Their Degree • Graph Polynomial
Functions Using Transformations • Identify the Real Zeros of a Polynomial
Function and Their Multiplicity • Analyze the Graph of a Polynomial
Function • Build Cubic Models from Data
5.2 The Real Zeros of a Polynomial Function 351

Use the Remainder and Factor Theorems • Use Descartes’ Rule of Signs to
Determine the Number of Positive and the Number of Negative Real Zeros
of a Polynomial Function • Use the Rational Zeros Theorem to List the
Potential Rational Zeros of a Polynomial Function • Find the Real Zeros of
a Polynomial Function • Solve Polynomial Equations • Use the Theorem for
Bounds on Zeros • Use the Intermediate Value Theorem
5.3 Complex Zeros; Fundamental Theorem of Algebra 366

Use the Conjugate Pairs Theorem • Find a Polynomial Function with
Specified Zeros • Find the Complex Zeros of a Polynomial Function
5.4 Properties of Rational Functions 372

Find the Domain of a Rational Function • Find the Vertical Asymptotes of a
Rational Function • Find the Horizontal or Oblique Asymptote of a
Rational Function
5.5 The Graph of a Rational Function 382

Analyze the Graph of a Rational Function • Solve Applied Problems
Involving Rational Functions
5.6 Polynomial and Rational Inequalities 393

Solve Polynomial Inequalities Algebraically and Graphically • Solve
Rational Inequalities Algebraically and Graphically
Chapter Review 400

Chapter Test 404
6 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 407
6.1 Composite Functions 408

Form a Composite Function • Find the Domain of a Composite Function
6.2 One-to-One Functions; Inverse Functions 416

Determine Whether a Function Is One-to-One • Determine the Inverse of a
Function Defined by a Map or a Set of Ordered Pairs • Obtain the Graph of
the Inverse Function from the Graph of the Function • Find the Inverse of a
Function Defined by an Equation

Contents xiii
6.3 Exponential Functions 428

Evaluate Exponential Functions • Graph Exponential Functions • Define
the Number e • Solve Exponential Equations
6.4 Logarithmic Functions 445

Change Exponential Statements to Logarithmic Statements and Logarithmic
Statements to Exponential Statements • Evaluate Logarithmic Expressions
• Determine the Domain of a Logarithmic Function • Graph Logarithmic
Functions • Solve Logarithmic Equations
6.5 Properties of Logarithms 458

Work with the Properties of Logarithms • Write a Logarithmic Expression
as a Sum or Difference of Logarithms • Write a Logarithmic Expression as a
Single Logarithm • Evaluate a Logarithm Whose Base Is Neither 10 Nor e
• Graph a Logarithmic Function Whose Base Is Neither 10 Nor e
6.6 Logarithmic and Exponential Equations 467

Solve Logarithmic Equations • Solve Exponential Equations • Solve
Logarithmic and Exponential Equations Using a Graphing Utility
6.7 Financial Models 475

Determine the Future Value of a Lump Sum of Money • Calculate Effective
Rates of Return • Determine the Present Value of a Lump Sum of Money
• Determine the Rate of Interest or the Time Required to Double a Lump
Sum of Money
6.8 Exponential Growth and Decay Models; Newton’s Law; Logistic

Growth and Decay Models 484
Find Equations of Populations That Obey the Law of Uninhibited Growth
• Find Equations of Populations That Obey the Law of Decay • Use
Newton’s Law of Cooling • Use Logistic Models
6.9 Building Exponential, Logarithmic, and Logistic Models

from Data 495
Build an Exponential Model from Data • Build a Logarithmic Model from
Data • Build a Logistic Model from Data
Chapter Review 504

Chapter Test 509
7 Analytic Geometry 513
7.1 Conics 514

Know the Names of the Conics
7.2 The Parabola 515

Analyze Parabolas with Vertex at the Origin • Analyze Parabolas with
Vertex at 1h, k2 • Solve Applied Problems Involving Parabolas
7.3 The Ellipse 525

Analyze Ellipses with Center at the Origin • Analyze Ellipses with Center
at 1h, k2 • Solve Applied Problems Involving Ellipses
7.4 The Hyperbola 536

Analyze Hyperbolas with Center at the Origin • Find the Asymptotes of
a Hyperbola • Analyze Hyperbolas with Center at 1h, k2 • Solve Applied
Problems Involving Hyperbolas

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Chapter Review 550

Chapter Test 551
8 Systems of Equations and Inequalities 553
8.1 Systems of Linear Equations: Substitution and Elimination 554

Solve Systems of Equations by Substitution • Solve Systems of Equations
by Elimination • Identify Inconsistent Systems of Equations Containing
Two Variables • Express the Solution of a System of Dependent Equations
Containing Two Variables • Solve Systems of Three Equations Containing
Three Variables • Identify Inconsistent Systems of Equations Containing
Three Variables • Express the Solution of a System of Dependent Equations
Containing Three Variables
8.2 Systems of Linear Equations: Matrices 569

Write the Augmented Matrix of a System of Linear Equations • Write
the System of Equations from the Augmented Matrix • Perform Row
Operations on a Matrix • Solve a System of Linear Equations Using
Matrices
8.3 Systems of Linear Equations: Determinants 585

Evaluate 2 by 2 Determinants • Use Cramer’s Rule to Solve a System of Two
Equations Containing Two Variables • Evaluate 3 by 3 Determinants
• Use Cramer’s Rule to Solve a System of Three Equations Containing Three
Variables • Know Properties of Determinants
8.4 Matrix Algebra 595

Find the Sum and Difference of Two Matrices • Find Scalar Multiples of a
Matrix • Find the Product of Two Matrices • Find the Inverse of a Matrix
• Solve a System of Linear Equations Using an Inverse Matrix
8.5 Partial Fraction Decomposition 612

P
Decompose , Where Q Has Only Nonrepeated Linear Factors • Decompose
Q
P P
, Where Q Has Repeated Linear Factors • Decompose , Where Q Has a
Q Q
P
Nonrepeated Irreducible Quadratic Factor • Decompose , Where Q Has a
Q
Repeated Irreducible Quadratic Factor
8.6 Systems of Nonlinear Equations 620

Solve a System of Nonlinear Equations Using Substitution • Solve a System
of Nonlinear Equations Using Elimination
8.7 Systems of Inequalities 630

Graph an Inequality by Hand • Graph an Inequality Using a Graphing Utility
• Graph a System of Inequalities
8.8 Linear Programming 639

Set Up a Linear Programming Problem • Solve a Linear Programming
Problem
Chapter Review 646

Chapter Test 650

Contents xv
9 Sequences; Induction; the Binomial Theorem 653
9.1 Sequences 654

Write the First Several Terms of a Sequence • Write the Terms of a Sequence
Defined by a Recursive Formula • Use Summation Notation • Find the Sum
of a Sequence Algebraically and Using a Graphing Utility • Solve Annuity
and Amortization Problems
9.2 Arithmetic Sequences 667

Determine Whether a Sequence Is Arithmetic • Find a Formula for an
Arithmetic Sequence • Find the Sum of an Arithmetic Sequence
9.3 Geometric Sequences; Geometric Series 674

Determine Whether a Sequence Is Geometric • Find a Formula for a
Geometric Sequence • Find the Sum of a Geometric Sequence • Determine
Whether a Geometric Series Converges or Diverges
9.4 Mathematical Induction 684

Prove Statements Using Mathematical Induction
9.5 The Binomial Theorem 688

n
Evaluate a b • Use the Binomial Theorem
j
Chapter Review 694

Chapter Test 697
10 Counting and Probability 699
10.1 Counting 700

Find All the Subsets of a Set • Count the Number of Elements in a Set
• Solve Counting Problems Using the Multiplication Principle
10.2 Permutations and Combinations 705

Solve Counting Problems Using Permutations Involving n Distinct Objects
• Solve Counting Problems Using Combinations • Solve Counting Problems
Using Permutations Involving n Nondistinct Objects
10.3 Probability 714

Construct Probability Models • Compute Probabilities of Equally Likely
Outcomes • Find Probabilities of the Union of Two Events • Use the
Complement Rule to Find Probabilities
Chapter Review 724

Chapter Test 726
Answers AN1
Credits C1
Index I1

Three Distinct Series
Students have different goals, learning styles, and levels of preparation. Instructors
have different teaching philosophies, styles, and techniques. Rather than write one
series to fit all, the Sullivans have written three distinct series. All share the same
goal—to develop a high level of mathematical understanding and an appreciation
for the way mathematics can describe the world around us. The manner of reaching
that goal, however, differs from series to series.
Enhanced with Graphing Utilities Series,

Seventh Edition
This series provides a thorough integration of graphing utilities into topics, allowing
students to explore mathematical concepts and encounter ideas usually studied in
later courses. Using technology, the approach to solving certain problems differs from
the Contemporary or Concepts through Functions Series, while the emphasis on
understanding concepts and building strong skills does not: College Algebra, Algebra &
Trigonometry, Precalculus.
Contemporary Series, Tenth Edition

The Contemporary Series is the most traditional in approach, yet modern in its
treatment of precalculus mathematics. Graphing utility coverage is optional and can
be included or excluded at the discretion of the instructor: College Algebra, Algebra
& Trigonometry, Trigonometry: A Unit Circle Approach, Precalculus.
Concepts through Functions Series,

Third Edition
This series differs from the others, utilizing a functions approach that serves as the
organizing principle tying concepts together. Functions are introduced early in various
formats. This approach supports the Rule of Four, which states that functions are
represented symbolically, numerically, graphically, and verbally. Each chapter
introduces a new type of function and then develops all concepts pertaining to that
particular function. The solutions of equations and inequalities, instead of being
developed as stand-alone topics, are developed in the context of the underlying
functions. Graphing utility coverage is optional and can be included or excluded
at the discretion of the instructor: College Algebra; Precalculus, with a Unit Circle
Approach to Trigonometry; Precalculus, with a Right Triangle Approach to Trigonometry.
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The Enhanced with Graphing
Utilities Series
College Algebra
This text provides an approach to college algebra that completely integrates graphing
technology without sacrificing mathematical analysis and conceptualization. The
text has three chapters of review material preceding the chapters on functions. After
completing this text, a student will be prepared for trigonometry, finite mathematics,
and business calculus.
Algebra & Trigonometry

This text contains all the material in College Algebra, but it also develops the
trigonometric functions using a right triangle approach and shows how that
approach is related to the unit circle approach. Graphing techniques are emphasized,
including a thorough discussion of polar coordinates, parametric equations, and
conics using polar coordinates. Graphing calculator usage is integrated throughout.
After completing this text, a student will be prepared for finite mathematics, business
calculus, and engineering calculus.
Precalculus
This text contains one review chapter before covering the traditional precalculus
topics of functions and their graphs, polynomial and rational functions, and
exponential and logarithmic functions. The trigonometric functions are introduced
using a unit circle approach and show how it is related to the right triangle
approach. Graphing techniques are emphasized, including a thorough discussion of
polar coordinates, parametric equations, and conics using polar coordinates. Graphing
calculator usage is integrated throughout. The final chapter provides an introduction to
calculus, with a discussion of the limit, the derivative, and the integral of a function.
After completing this text, a student will be prepared for finite mathematics, business
calculus, and engineering calculus.
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s professors at an urban university and a community New Learning, Do the Math” published in the Edurati
college, Michael Sullivan and Michael Sullivan III Review. In this article, Kevin Washburn suggests that
are aware of the varied needs of College Algebra “the more students are required to recall new content or
students. Such students range from those who have little skills, the better their memory will be.” It is frustrating
mathematical background and are fearful of mathematics when students cannot recall skills learned earlier in
courses, to those with a strong mathematical education and the course. To alleviate this recall problem, we have
a high level of motivation. For some of your students, this created “Retain Your Knowledge” problems. These are
will be their last course in mathematics, whereas others will problems considered to be “final exam material” that
further their mathematical education. We have written this students can use to maintain their skills. All the answers
text with both groups in mind. to these problems appear in the back of the text, and all
As a teacher, and as an author of precalculus, engineering are programmed in MyMathLab.
calculus, finite mathematics, and business calculus texts, • Guided Lecture Notes Ideal for online, emporium/
Michael Sullivan understands what students must know if redesign courses, inverted classrooms, or traditional
they are to be focused and successful in upper-level math lecture classrooms. These lecture notes help students take
courses. However, as a father of four, he also understands thorough, organized, and understandable notes as they
the realities of college life. As an author of a developmental watch the Author in Action videos. They ask students to
mathematics series, Michael’s son and co-author, Michael complete definitions, procedures, and examples based on
Sullivan III, understands the trepidations and skills that the content of the videos and text. In addition, experience
students bring to the College Algebra course. As the father suggests that students learn by doing and understanding
of a current college student, Michael III realizes that today’s the why/how of the concept or property. Therefore, many
college students demand a variety of media to support their sections have an exploration activity to motivate student
education. This text addresses that demand by providing learning. These explorations introduce the topic and/or
technology and video support that enhances understanding connect it to either a real-world application or a previous
without sacrificing math skills. Together, both authors have section. For example, when the vertical-line test is
taken great pains to ensure that the text offers solid, student- discussed in Section 3.2, after the theorem statement, the
friendly examples and problems, as well as a clear and notes ask the students to explain why the vertical-line test
seamless writing style. works by using the definition of a function. This challenge
A tremendous benefit of authoring a successful series helps students process the information at a higher level of
is the broad-based feedback we receive from teachers and understanding.
students. We are sincerely grateful for their support. Virtually
• Illustrations Many of the figures now have captions to
every change in this edition is the result of their thoughtful
help connect the illustrations to the explanations in the
comments and suggestions. We are confident that, building on
body of the text.
the success of the first six editions and incorporating many of
these suggestions, we have made College Algebra Enhanced • TI Screen Shots In this edition we have replaced all
with Graphing Utilities, 7th Edition, an even better tool for the screen shots from the sixth edition with screen
learning and teaching. We continue to encourage you to share shots using TI-84 Plus C. These updated screen shots
with us your experiences teaching from this text. help students visualize concepts clearly and help make
stronger connections among equations, data, and graphs
in full color.
Features in the Seventh Edition
• Exercise Sets All the exercises in the text have been
A descriptive list of the many special features of reviewed and analyzed for this edition, some have been
College Algebra can be found in the front of this text. removed, and new ones have been added. All time-
This list places the features in their proper context, as sensitive problems have been updated to the most
building blocks of an overall learning system that has been recent information available. The problem sets remain
carefully crafted over the years to help students get the classified according to purpose.
most out of the time they put into studying. Please take the The ‘Are You Prepared?’ problems have been
time to review this and to discuss it with your students at improved to better serve their purpose as a just-in-time
the beginning of your course. When students utilize these review of concepts that the student will need to apply in
features, they are more successful in the course. the upcoming section.
The Concepts and Vocabulary problems have been
New to the Seventh Edition expanded and now include multiple-choice exercises.
Together with the fill-in-the-blank and true/false
• Retain Your Knowledge This new category of problems problems, these exercises have been written to serve as
in the exercise set is based on the article “To Retain reading quizzes.
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Skill Building problems develop the student’s R 1

computational skills with a large selection of exercises that
10 2 9
are directly related to the objectives of the section. Mixed
Practice problems offer a comprehensive assessment of 3
skills that relate to more than one objective. Often these 4 5 6 7
require skills learned earlier in the course.
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Applications and Extensions problems have been
updated. Further, many new application-type exercises
have been added, especially ones involving information
and data drawn from sources the student will recognize, Chapter R Review
to improve relevance and timeliness. This chapter consists of review material. It may be used as
The Explaining Concepts: Discussion and Writing the first part of the course or later as a just-in-time review
exercises have been improved and expanded to provide when the content is required. Specific references to this
more opportunity for classroom discussion and group chapter occur throughout the text to assist in the review
projects. process.
New to this edition, Retain Your Knowledge exercises
consist of a collection of four problems in each exercise Chapter 1 Equations and Inequalities
set that are based on material learned earlier in the Primarily a review of intermediate algebra topics, this
course. They serve to keep information that has already material is a prerequisite for later topics. The coverage of
been learned “fresh” in the mind of the student. Answers complex numbers and quadratic equations with a negative
to all these problems appear in the Student Edition. discriminant is optional and may be postponed or skipped
The Review Exercises in the Chapter Review have entirely without loss of continuity.
been streamlined, but they remain tied to the clearly
expressed objectives of the chapter. Answers to all these Chapter 2 Graphs
problems appear in the Student Edition. This chapter lays the foundation for functions. Section 2.4
• Annotated Instructor’s Edition As a guide, the author’s is optional.
suggestions for homework assignments are indicated by
a blue underscore below the problem number. These Chapter 3 Functions and Their Graphs
problems are assignable in MyMathLab. This is perhaps the most important chapter. Section 3.6 is
optional.
Content Changes in the Chapter 4 Linear and Quadratic Functions
Seventh Edition Topic selection depends on your syllabus. Sections 4.2 and
4.4 may be omitted without loss of continuity.
• Section 3.1 The objective Find the Difference Quotient
of a Function has been added.
Chapter 5 Polynomial and Rational Functions
• Section 5.2 The objective Use Descartes’ Rule of Signs Topic selection depends on your syllabus.
has been included.
• Section 5.2 The theorem Bounds on the Zeros of a Chapter 6 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Polynomial Function is now based on the traditional Sections 6.1–6.6 follow in sequence. Sections 6.7, 6.8, and
method of using synthetic division. 6.9 are optional.
• Section 5.5 Content has been added that discusses the
role of multiplicity of the zeros of the denominator of a Chapter 7 Analytic Geometry
rational function as it relates to the graph near a vertical Sections 7.1–7.4 follow in sequence.
asymptote.
Chapter 8 Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Using the Seventh Edition Effectively Sections 8.2–8.7 may be covered in any order, but each
requires Section 8.1. Section 8.8 requires Section 8.7.
with Your Syllabus
To meet the varied needs of diverse syllabi, this text Chapter 9 Sequences; Induction; The Binomial
contains more content than is likely to be covered in an Theorem
College Algebra course. As the chart illustrates, this text There are three independent parts: Sections 9.1–9.3,
has been organized with flexibility of use in mind. Within a Section 9.4, and Section 9.5.
given chapter, certain sections are optional (see the details
that follow the accompanying figure) and can be omitted Chapter 10 Counting and Probability
without loss of continuity. The sections follow in sequence.

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Acoustics Biology product design, 646
amplifying sound, 507 alcohol and driving, 453, 458 production scheduling, 645
loudness of sound, 457, 509 bacterial growth, 485–486, 500 product promotion, 187
whispering galleries, 532–533 E-coli, 243, 282 profit, 610–611
blood types, 704 maximizing, 643–644, 645–646
Agriculture bone length, 326 profit function, 221
farm management, 645 cancer, 443, 500 rate of return on, 482
farm workers in U.S., 494 cricket chirp rate and temperature, 319 restaurant management, 566
field enclosure, 628 healing of wounds, 442, 457 revenue, 144, 308, 323
minimizing cost, 645 maternal age versus Down syndrome, 297 airline, 646
watering a field, 119 yeast biomass as function of time, 499 of clothing store, 599–600
daily, 309
Air travel Business from digital music, 267
cost of transatlantic, 220–221, 229 advertising, 326 maximizing, 308, 316
distance between two planes, 269–270 automobile production, 414, 583 monthly, 309
intersection point for two planes, 269–270 blending coffee, 144, 161 online advertising, 503
parking at O’Hare International Airport, cable rates, 502 from seating, 683
253 candy bar size, 119 theater, 567
car rentals, 288 revenue equation, 200
Applet(s) checkout lines, 723 RV rental, 327
slope, 188 clothing store, 725 salary, 673
cookie orders, 649–650 gross, 220, 415
Archaeology cost increases in, 682, 696
age of ancient tools, 487–488 of can, 389–390, 392 sales
age of fossil, 493 of charter bus, 161 commission on, 157, 325
age of tree, 493 of commodity, 415 of movie theater ticket, 554, 558–559, 566
date of prehistoric man’s death, 508 of manufacturing, 30, 144, 229, 399, 638 net, 98
marginal, 308–309, 326 salvage value, 508
Architecture minimizing, 326, 645 straight-line depreciation, 285–286, 289
brick staircase, 673, 696 of printing textbooks, 345–346 supply and demand, 286–287, 289
Burj Khalifa building, 32 of production, 242, 414, 610, 650 tax, 399
floor design, 671, 696 of theater ticket per student, 400 theater attendance, 109
football stadium seating, 673 of transporting goods, 254 toy truck manufacturing, 638
mosaic design, 673, 696 cost equation, 186–187, 200 transporting goods, 638
Norman window, 38, 317 cost function, 289 truck rentals, 186, 290
parabolic arch, 317 average, 225 unemployment, 726
racetrack design, 535 demand wages
special window, 317 for candy, 200 of car salesperson, 187
stadium construction, 673 for jeans, 297 hourly, 106, 108
window design, 317 demand equation, 325, 327, 405 Word users, 494
window dimensions, 119 depreciation, 407
discounts, 109, 415 Calculus
Art drive-thru rate area under a curve, 267
framing a painting, 161 at Burger King, 438–439 area under graph, 242
at Citibank, 443, 457 Simpson’s rule, 317
Astronomy at McDonald’s, 443
distance from Earth to its moon, 30 equipment depreciation, 682 Carpentry. See also Construction
distances of planets from Sun, 666 expense computation, 145 pitch, 188
light-year, 30 Jiffy Lube’s car arrival rate, 443, 457
planetary orbits, 532 managing a meat market, 645 Chemistry, 108
Earth, 535 milk production, 501 alpha particles, 549
elliptical, 535 mixing candy, 144 decomposition reactions, 493
Jupiter, 535 mixing nuts, 144 drug concentration, 391
Mars, 535 orange juice production, 583 ethanol production, 500
Neptune, 552 precision ball bearings, 30 gas laws, 201
Pluto, 535, 552 presale order, 566 pH, 456
price markup, 109 purity of gold, 145
Aviation of new car, 157 radioactive decay, 492, 493, 500–501, 508,
orbital launches, 566 price vs. quantity demanded, 290 509, 646
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xxviii Applications Index
radioactivity from Chernobyl, 493 of enclosures of storm, 160

reactions, 317 around garden, 145 traveled by wheel, 38
solutions, 566 around pond, 145 between two moving vehicles, 98
salt, 145, 161 maximizing area of, 312, 316, 325 toward intersection, 271
sugar molecules, 145 of fencing, 312, 316, 325, 628 visibility of Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse beam,
volume of gas, 156 minimum cost for, 392 39
of flashlight, 523 visual, 39
Combinatorics of headlight, 523 walking, 230
airport codes, 706 installing cable TV, 272
binary codes, 725 patio dimensions, 119 Economics
birthday permutations, 708, 712, 719–720, of rain gutter, 317 Consumer Price Index (CPI), 483
724, 726 of ramp demand equations, 405
blouses and skirts combinations, 704 access ramp, 187 federal stimulus package of 2009, 482
book arrangements, 712 of rectangular field enclosure, 316 inflation, 482–483
box stacking, 712 of stadium, 317, 673 IS-LM model in, 567
code formation, 712 of steel drum, 392 marginal propensity to consume, 683
combination locks, 713 of swimming pool, 38, 39 multiplier, 683
committee formation, 710, 712, 713, 726 TV dish, 523 participation rate, 221
Senate committees, 713 vent pipe installation, 535 per capita federal debt, 482
flag arrangement, 711, 725 poverty rates, 349
letter codes, 706 Cryptography poverty threshold, 98
license plate possibilities, 712, 725, 726 matrices in, 611 relative income of child, 611
lining up people, 707, 712 unemployment, 726
number formation, 704, 712, 713, 726 Decorating
objects selection, 713 Christmas tree, 33 Education
seating arrangements, 725 age distribution of community
shirts and ties combinations, 704 Demographics college, 726
telephone numbers, 725 birth rate(s), 319, 698 college costs, 482, 610
two-symbol codewords, 703 of unmarried women, 309 college value, 120
word formation, 710–711, 713, 726 death rates, 698 computing grades, 157
diversity index, 456 degrees awarded, 702
Communications divorced population, 314–315 doctorates, 723
cell phone towers, 502 marital status, 705 education savings account, 665
data plan, 229, 242–243 mosquito colony growth, 492 faculty composition, 724
wireless, 206, 278 population. See Population field trip, 400
installing cable TV, 272 poverty rates, 349 funding a college education, 508
international calling, 290 rabbit colony growth, 666 grades, 109
phone charges, 289 learning curve, 444, 457
satellite dish, 521, 523 Design maximum level achieved, 652
smartphones, 109 of box with minimum surface multiple-choice test, 712
social networking, 109, 495, 501 area, 392 spring break, 645, 662
spreading of rumors, 443, 457 student loan, 277
Direction interest on, 610
Computers and computing of fireworks display, 548 true/false test, 712
graphics, 611–612 of lightning strikes, 548 tuition, 508
households owning PCs, 494 video games and grade-point
iPod data storage capacity, 290 Distance average, 296
laser printers, 145 Bermuda Triangle, 39 working students and GPA, 120
smartphones, 109 bicycle riding, 230
website design, 611 of explosion, 549 Electricity, 108
website map, 611 height cost of, 251–252
Word users, 494 of bouncing ball, 682, 696 current in RC circuit, 444
of Great Pyramid of Cheops, 39 current in RL circuit, 444, 457
Construction of Mt. Everest, 30 impedance, 129
of border around a garden, 119 from home, 230 Kirchhoff’s Rules, 567, 584
of border around a pool, 119 of hot-air balloon parallel circuits, 129
of box, 116–117, 119, 628 from intersection, 98 resistance in, 381
closed, 276 from intersection, 269–270, 271 rates for, 157, 187
open, 272 limiting magnitude of telescope, 508 resistance, 71, 73, 201, 204, 381
of brick staircase, 696 pendulum swings, 679, 682 voltage
of can, 403 range of airplane, 145 foreign, 30
of coffee can, 146 of search and rescue, 161 household, 156
of cylindrical tube, 628 sound to measure, 136–137 U.S., 30

Applications Index xxix
Electronics depreciation, 442 hospital diet, 568, 583

comparing tablets, 120 of car, 474, 511 hot dog and soda combinations, 290
microphones, 172 discounts, 415 ice cream, 645
division of money, 108, 139–140 “light” foods, 157
Energy electricity rates, 187 number of possible meals, 702–703
nuclear power plant, 548 federal debt, 243 pig roasts, 493–494
solar, 172 federal stimulus package of 2009, 482 warming time of beer stein, 493
solar heat, 524 financial planning, 139–140, 160, 566, 579–
thermostat control, 266–267 580, 583, 584, 636, 638, 639–640, 646 Forestry
foreign exchange, 415 wood product classification, 491–492
Engineering fraternity purchase, 120
bridges funding a college education, 508 Games
Golden Gate, 313–314 fundraising lottery, 391 die rolling, 726
parabolic arch, 326, 524 future value of money, 350 grains of wheat on a chess board, 682
semielliptical arch, 534–535, 551 gross salary, 220 lottery, 726, 727
suspension, 317, 523 growth of investment, 496–497
crushing load, 137 inheritance, 108 Gardens and gardening. See also
Gateway Arch (St. Louis), 524 international calling plan, 290 Landscaping
grade of road, 188 life cycle hypothesis, 318 border around, 119
horsepower, 201 loans, 144 enclosure for, 145
maximum weight supportable by pine, 198 amortization schedule, 163
safe load for a beam, 201 car, 665 Geography
searchlight, 523, 551 home, 665 inclination of mountain trail, 629
whispering galleries, 535 interest on, 139, 160, 163, 277, 610
repayment of, 482 Geology
Entertainment student, 610 earthquakes, 457–458
Demon Roller Coaster customer rate, 443 mortgages
theater revenues, 567 fees, 254 Geometry
interest rates on, 482, 483–484 balloon volume, 414
Environment payments, 197, 200, 203, 663 circle
endangered species, 443 second, 482 area of, 143
invasive species, 494 price appreciation of homes, 482 circumference of, 29, 143
lake pollution control laws, 665 prices of fast food, 568 equation of, 594
oil leakage, 414 price vs. quantity demanded, 289 inscribed in square, 271
refunds, 567 radius of, 628
Finance, 108. See also revenue equation, 200 collinear points, 594
Investment(s) revenue maximization, 308, 310–311, 316 cone volume, 201, 415
annuity, 682 rich man’s promise, 683 cube
balancing a checkbook, 30 salary options, 683 length of edge of, 365
bills in wallet, 726 sales commission, 157 surface area of, 30
clothes shopping, 651 saving volume of, 30
computer system purchase, 482 for a car, 482 cylinder
cost for a home, 682 inscribing in cone, 272
of car, 109 for spring break, 662 inscribing in sphere, 271
of car rental, 254 savings accounts interest, 482 volume of, 201, 415
of college, 482 selling price, 205 Descartes’s method of equal roots,
of data plan, 229, 242–243 sinking fund, 682 628–629
of driving a car, 187 taxes, 289 equation of line, 594
of electricity, 251–252 competitive balance, 289 polygon
of fast food, 566 e-Filing returns, 243 area of, 594
minimizing, 326, 392 federal income, 254, 427 diagonals of, 120
of natural gas, 254 withholding, 415 Pythagorean Theorem, 119
of pizza, 108 used-car purchase, 482 rectangle
of printing textbooks, 345–346 water bills, 157 area of, 29, 220, 269, 276
of transatlantic travel, 220, 229 dimensions of, 109, 119, 160, 628
cost equation, 200 Food and nutrition inscribed in ellipse, 535
cost function, 289 animal, 646 inscribed in semicircle, 270
cost minimization, 308–309 candy, 295 perimeter of, 29
credit cards color mix of candy, 726 pleasing proportion for, 161
balance on, 619 cooler contents, 726 semicircle inscribed in, 270–271
debt, 665 cooling time of pizza, 493 sphere
interest on, 482 fast food, 391, 566, 568 surface area of, 29
payment, 255, 665 Girl Scout cookies, 723 volume of, 29

xxx Applications Index
square return on, 482, 645, 646 mixing candy, 144

area of, 144 savings account, 478 solutions, 566
perimeter of, 144 in stock water and antifreeze, 145
surface area analyzing, 329
of balloon, 414 appreciation, 482 Money. See Finance; Investment(s)
of cube, 30 NASDAQ stocks, 712
of sphere, 29 NYSE stocks, 712 Motion. See also Physics
triangle portfolios of, 705 of golf ball, 228–229
area of, 29, 38, 594 price of, 683 revolutions of circular disk, 38
equilateral, 29, 97 time to reach goal, 482, 483 tortoise and the hare race, 628
inscribed in circle, 271 tripling of, 480, 483 uniform, 141–142, 144
isosceles, 97, 220, 628
lengths of the legs, 161 Landscaping. See also Gardens and Motor vehicles
medians of, 97 gardening alcohol and driving, 453, 458
Pascal’s, 666 tree planting, 583 automobile production, 414, 583
average car speed, 146
Government Law and law enforcement brake repair with tune-up, 726
federal debt, 243 motor vehicle thefts, 723 cost of driving a car, 187
federal income tax, 221, 254, 427 violent crimes, 221 depreciation, 407, 474, 511
federal stimulus package of 2009, 482 with Global Positioning System
federal tax withholding, 157 Leisure and recreation (GPS), 508
first-class mail, 255 cable TV, 272 loans for, 665
per capita federal debt, 482 community skating rink, 277 markup of new car, 157
Ferris wheel, 195 runaway car, 323
Health. See also Medicine field trip, 400 speed and miles per gallon, 318–319
age versus total cholesterol, 503 video games and grade-point average, 296 stopping distance, 221, 309, 427
cigarette use among teens, 187 used-car purchase, 482
exercising, 157 Mechanics, 108. See also Physics
expenditures on, 221 Music
heartbeats during exercise, 283–284 Medicine. See also Health revenues from, 267
ideal body weight, 427 age versus total cholesterol, 503
life cycle hypothesis, 318 cancer, 443, 500 Optics
life expectancy, 156 drug concentration, 242, 391 intensity of light, 201
drug medication, 443, 457 lensmaker’s equation, 73
Home improvement. See also healing of wounds, 442, 457 light obliterated through glass, 442
Construction spreading of disease, 509 mirrors, 549
painting a house, 568 reflecting telescope, 524
Meteorology
Housing. See also Real estate weather balloon height and atmospheric Pediatrics
apartment rental, 318 pressure, 498 height vs. head circumference, 427
number of rooms in, 220
price appreciation of homes, 482 Miscellaneous Pharmacy
prices for, 403 banquet seating, 645 vitamin intake, 567, 584
bending wire, 628
Investment(s), 105–106, 108, 144, citrus ladders, 673 Physics, 108
160, 509 coffee container, 511 bouncing balls, 696
annuity, 661–662 cross-sectional area of beam, 221, 228 diameter of atom, 30
in bonds, 646 curve fitting, 564, 567, 583, 649 Doppler effect, 392
Treasuries, 583, 584, 636, 638, 639–640 diameter of copper wire, 30 effect of elevation on weight, 229
zero-coupon, 479, 483 drafting error, 98 falling objects, 200
in CD, 478–479, 646 motor, 30 force, 144
compound interest on, 475–476, 477, pet ownership, 723 of wind on a window, 199, 201
478–479, 481 reading books, 157 gravity, 381, 400
diversified, 568 surface area of balloon, 414 on Earth, 220, 427
doubling of, 480, 483 volume of balloon, 414 on Jupiter, 220
education savings account, 665 wire enclosure area, 271 heat loss
finance charges, 482 through a wall, 198
in fixed-income securities, 483, 646 Mixtures. See also Chemistry through glass window, 203
401k, 682, 696 blending coffees, 140–141, 144, 161, 638, horsepower, 201
growth of, 496–497 649 intensity of light, 161, 201
rate of, 481–482 blending teas, 144 kinetic energy, 144, 201
IRA, 482, 665, 682 cement, 146 maximum weight supportable by pine, 198
Roth, 665 mixed nuts, 144, 566, 638, 650 missile trajectory, 329

Applications Index xxxi
Newton’s law, 200 of filling Statistics. See Probability

pendulum motion, 137, 679 a tub, 146
period, 267, 427 a tank, 161 Surveys
simple pendulum, 200 speed of appliance purchases, 704
pressure, 144, 200 average, 146 data analysis, 701–702, 704
projectile motion, 119, 312–313, of current, 144 stock portfolios, 705
316–317 of cyclists going in opposite directions, of summer session attendance, 704
artillery, 323 146 of TV sets in a house, 723
safe load for a beam, 201 of motorboat, 144
sound of moving walkways, 144 Temperature
to measure distance, 136–137 per gallon rate and, 318–319 of air parcel, 673
speed of, 157 of plane, 145, 146 body, 30, 156
stress of materials, 201 of sound, 157 conversion of, 415, 427
stretching a spring, 200 cooling time of pizza, 493
thrown object, 161 Real estate
cricket chirp rate and, 319
ball, 318, 323 commission, 157 measuring, 187
uniform motion, 141–142, 144, 161, mortgage fees, 254 after midnight, 350
271 saving for a home, 682 relationship between scales, 267
velocity down inclined planes, 81 selling price of, 205 of skillet, 508
vertically propelled object, 323 value of, 164 warming time of beer stein, 493
vibrating string, 200 wind chill factor, 508
wavelength of visible light, 30 Recreation
weight, 201, 203 bungee jumping, 400 Time
work, 144 Demon Roller Coaster customer for beer stein to warm, 493
rate, 443 to go from an island to a town, 272
Population. See also Demographics online gambling, 723 hours of daylight, 405–406
bacterial, 492, 494, 500
for pizza to cool, 493
decline in, 492–493 Seismology
for rescue at sea, 161
E-coli growth, 243, 282 calibrating instruments, 551 waiting, for fast food, 391
of endangered species, 494
of fruit fly, 490–491 Sequences. See also Transportation
as function of age, 220 Combinatorics
high-speed walkways, 144
growth in, 492, 494, 495 ceramic tile floor design, 671
insect, 381, 492, 495 Drury Lane Theater, 673 Travel. See also Air travel
of trout, 665 football stadium seating, 673
of United States, 474, 501 drivers stopped by the police, 510
seats in amphitheater, 673
of world, 474, 502, 508, 653 driving to school, 200
Speed parking at O’Hare International Airport, 253
Probability of current, 650
checkout lines, 723
Volume
as function of time, 230, 271
classroom composition, 724 of gasoline in tank, 81
wind, 566
exponential, 438–439, 443, 457 of ice in skating rink, 277
household annual income, 723 Sports of water in cone, 272
Poisson, 443 baseball, 713, 725
Price is Right games, 723 Weapons
diamond, 97
of same birthday in roomful of people, homeruns, 296 artillery, 323
494–495 Little League, 97 cannons, 329
of winning lottery, 699, 724 on-base percentage, 291–292
World Series, 713
Weather
Psychometrics basketball, 713 atmospheric pressure, 442, 457
IQ tests, 157 free throws, 228 cooling air, 673
granny shots, 228 hurricanes, 295
Publishing biathlon, 146 hurricanes, 349
textbook printing cost, 345–346 bungee jumping, 400 lightning and thunder, 160
cycling, 146 lightning strikes, 545–546, 548
Pyrotechnics exacta betting, 726 relative humidity, 443
fireworks display, 548 football, 145, 535, 713 tornadoes, 295
field design, 120 weather satellites, 195
Rate. See also Speed golf, 228–229, 503 wind chill, 255, 508
current of stream, 567 Olympic heroes, 146
of emptying races, 145, 162, 625–626, 628 Work
oil tankers, 145 relay runners, 725 constant rate jobs, 650
a pool, 146 tennis, 144 working together, 143, 145, 161


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R Review
A Look Ahead Outline

R.1 Real Numbers
Chapter R, as the title states, contains review material. Your instructor may R.2 Algebra Essentials
choose to cover all or part of it as a regular chapter at the beginning of your R.3 Geometry Essentials
course or later as a just-in-time review when the content is required. Regardless, R.4 Polynomials
when information in this chapter is needed, a specific reference to this chapter R.5 Factoring Polynomials
will be made so you can review. R.6 Synthetic Division
R.7 Rational Expressions
R.8 nth Roots; Rational
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2 CHAPTER R Review
R.1 Real Numbers

PREPARING FOR THIS TEXT Before getting started, read “To the Student” at the front of this text.
OBJECTIVES
1 Work with Sets (p. 2)
2 Classify Numbers (p. 4)
3 Evaluate Numerical Expressions (p. 8)
4 Work with Properties of Real Numbers (p. 10)
1 Work with Sets

A set is a well-defined collection of distinct objects. The objects of a set are called its
elements. By well-defined, we mean that there is a rule that enables us to determine
whether a given object is an element of the set. If a set has no elements, it is called
the empty set, or null set, and is denoted by the symbol ∅.
For example, the set of digits consists of the collection of numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. If we use the symbol D to denote the set of digits, then we can write
D = 5 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 96
In this notation, the braces 5 6 are used to enclose the objects, or elements, in
the set. This method of denoting a set is called the roster method. A second way
to denote a set is to use set-builder notation, where the set D of digits is written as
D = 0 x is a digit}
{ x
c
$%+++&
c c
6 2
Read as “D is the set of all x such that x is a digit.”
EX AMPLE 1 Using Set-builder Notation and the Roster Method

(a) E = 5x 0 x is an even digit6 = 50, 2, 4, 6, 86
(b) O = 5x 0 x is an odd digit6 = 51, 3, 5, 7, 96
Because the elements of a set are distinct, we never repeat elements. For
example, we would never write 51, 2, 3, 26; the correct listing is 51, 2, 36. Because a
set is a collection, the order in which the elements are listed is immaterial. 51, 2, 36,
51, 3, 26, 52, 1, 36, and so on, all represent the same set.
If every element of a set A is also an element of a set B, then A is a subset of B,
which is denoted A ⊆ B. If two sets A and B have the same elements, then A equals
B, which is denoted A = B.
For example, 51, 2, 36 ⊆ 51, 2, 3, 4, 56 and 51, 2, 36 = 52, 3, 16.
DEFINITION If A and B are sets, the intersection of A with B, denoted A ∩ B, is the set
consisting of elements that belong to both A and B. The union of A with B,
denoted A ∪ B, is the set consisting of elements that belong to either A or B,
or both.
EX AMPLE 2 Finding the Intersection and Union of Sets

Let A = 51, 3, 5, 86, B = 53, 5, 76, and C = 52, 4, 6, 86. Find:
(a) A ∩ B (b) A ∪ B (c) B ∩ 1A ∪ C2

SECTION R.1 Real Numbers 3
Solution (a) A ∩ B = 51, 3, 5, 86 ∩ 53, 5, 76 = 53, 56

(b) A ∪ B = 51, 3, 5, 86 ∪ 53, 5, 76 = 51, 3, 5, 7, 86
(c) B ∩ 1A ∪ C2 = 53, 5, 76 ∩ 3 51, 3, 5, 86 ∪ 52, 4, 6, 86 4
= 53, 5, 76 ∩ 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 86 = 53, 56
Now Work problem 15
Usually, in working with sets, we designate a universal set U, the set consisting of
all the elements that we wish to consider. Once a universal set has been designated,
we can consider elements of the universal set not found in a given set.
DEFINITION If A is a set, the complement of A, denoted A, is the set consisting of all the
elements in the universal set that are not in A.*
EX AMPLE 3 Finding the Complement of a Set

If the universal set is U = 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 96 and if A = 51, 3, 5, 7, 96, then
A = 52, 4, 6, 86.
It follows from the definition of complement that A ∪ A = U and A ∩ A = ∅.

Do you see why?
Now Work problem 19
Universal set It is often helpful to draw pictures of sets. Such pictures, called Venn diagrams,
represent sets as circles enclosed in a rectangle, which represents the universal
B
set. Such diagrams often help us to visualize various relationships among sets. See
A Figure 1.
If we know that A ⊆ B, we might use the Venn diagram in Figure 2(a). If we
C know that A and B have no elements in common—that is, if A ∩ B = ∅—we might
use the Venn diagram in Figure 2(b). The sets A and B in Figure 2(b) are said to be
disjoint.
Figure 1 Venn diagram
Universal set Universal set
B
A A B
Figure 2 (a) A B (b) A B 5

subset disjoint sets
Figures 3(a), 3(b), and 3(c) use Venn diagrams to illustrate the definitions of
intersection, union, and complement, respectively.
Universal set Universal set Universal set
A B A B A A
Figure 3 (a) A B (b) A B (c) A

intersection union complement
*Some texts use the notation A′ for the complement of A.

4 CHAPTER R Review
2 Classify Numbers
It is helpful to classify the various kinds of numbers that we deal with as sets. The
counting numbers, or natural numbers, are the numbers in the set 51, 2, 3, 4, c6.
(The three dots, called an ellipsis, indicate that the pattern continues indefinitely.)
As their name implies, these numbers are often used to count things. For example,
there are 26 letters in our alphabet; there are 100 cents in a dollar. The whole
numbers are the numbers in the set 50, 1, 2, 3, c6—that is, the counting numbers
together with 0. The set of counting numbers is a subset of the set of whole numbers.
DEFINITION The integers are the set of numbers 5 c, - 3, - 2, - 1, 0, 1, 2, 3,c6.
These numbers are useful in many situations. For example, if your checking account
has $10 in it and you write a check for $15, you can represent the current balance
as −$5.
Each time we expand a number system, such as from the whole numbers to the
integers, we do so in order to be able to handle new, and usually more complicated,
problems. The integers enable us to solve problems requiring both positive and
negative counting numbers, such as profit/loss, height above/below sea level,
temperature above/below 0°F, and so on.
But integers alone are not sufficient for all problems. For example, they do not
answer the question “What part of a dollar is 38 cents?” To answer such a question,
38
we enlarge our number system to include rational numbers. For example,
100
answers the question “What part of a dollar is 38 cents?”
a
DEFINITION A rational number is a number that can be expressed as a quotient of two
b
integers. The integer a is called the numerator, and the integer b, which cannot
be 0, is called the denominator. The rational numbers are the numbers in the
a
set e x ` x = , where a, b are integers and b ≠ 0 f.
b
3 5 0 2 100 a
Examples of rational numbers are , , , - , and . Since = a for any
4 2 4 3 3 1
integer a, it follows that the set of integers is a subset of the set of rational numbers.
Rational numbers may be represented as decimals. For example, the rational
3 5 2 7
numbers , , - , and may be represented as decimals by merely carrying out
4 2 3 66
the indicated division:
3 5 2 7
= 0.75 = 2.5 - = - 0.666c = - 0.6 = 0.1060606c = 0.106
4 2 3 66
3 5
Notice that the decimal representations of and terminate, or end. The decimal
4 2
2 7
representations of - and do not terminate, but they do exhibit a pattern of
3 66
2
repetition. For - , the 6 repeats indefinitely, as indicated by the bar over the 6; for
3
7
, the block 06 repeats indefinitely, as indicated by the bar over the 06. It can be
66
shown that every rational number may be represented by a decimal that either
terminates or is nonterminating with a repeating block of digits, and vice versa.
On the other hand, some decimals do not fit into either of these categories. Such
decimals represent irrational numbers. Every irrational number may be represented
by a decimal that neither repeats nor terminates. In other words, irrational numbers
a
cannot be written in the form , where a, b are integers and b ≠ 0.
b

Irrational numbers occur naturally. For example, consider the isosceles right
triangle whose legs are each of length 1. See Figure 4. The length of the hypotenuse
is 22, an irrational number.
Also, the number that equals the ratio of the circumference C to the diameter d
of any circle, denoted by the symbol p (the Greek letter pi), is an irrational number.
See Figure 5.
C
2
1
d
1
C
Figure 4 Figure 5 p =
d
DEFINITION The set of real numbers is the union of the set of rational numbers with the set
of irrational numbers.
Figure 6 shows the relationship of various types of numbers.*
Irrational numbers Rational

numbers
Integers
Whole numbers
Natural or
counting
numbers
Real numbers
Figure 6
EX AMPLE 4 Classifying the Numbers in a Set

List the numbers in the set
4
b - 3, , 0.12, 22, p, 10, 2.151515c1where the block 15 repeats2 r
3
that are
(a) Natural numbers (b) Integers (c) Rational numbers
(d) Irrational numbers (e) Real numbers
Solution (a) 10 is the only natural number.
(b) - 3 and 10 are integers.
4
(c) - 3, 10, , 0.12, and 2.151515c are rational numbers.
3
(d) 22 and p are irrational numbers.
(e) All the numbers listed are real numbers.
Now Work problem 25

*The set of real numbers is a subset of the set of complex numbers. We discuss complex numbers in
Chapter 1, Section 1.4.

6 CHAPTER R Review
Approximations
Every decimal may be represented by a real number (either rational or irrational),
and every real number may be represented by a decimal.
In practice, the decimal representation of an irrational number is given as an
approximation. For example, using the symbol ≈ (read as “approximately equal
to”), we can write
22 ≈ 1.4142 p ≈ 3.1416
In approximating decimals, we either round off or truncate to a given number of

decimal places.* The number of places establishes the location of the final digit in
the decimal approximation.
Truncation: Drop all of the digits that follow the specified final digit in the
decimal.
Rounding: Identify the specified final digit in the decimal. If the next digit
is 5 or more, add 1 to the final digit; if the next digit is 4 or less, leave the final
digit as it is. Then truncate following the final digit.
EX AMPLE 5 Approximating a Decimal to Two Places

Approximate 20.98752 to two decimal places by
(a) Truncating
(b) Rounding
Solution For 20.98752, the final digit is 8, since it is two decimal places from the decimal point.
(a) To truncate, we remove all digits following the final digit 8. The truncation of
20.98752 to two decimal places is 20.98.
(b) The digit following the final digit 8 is the digit 7. Since 7 is 5 or more, we add 1
to the final digit 8 and truncate. The rounded form of 20.98752 to two decimal
places is 20.99.
EX AMPLE 6 Approximating a Decimal to Two and Four Places
Rounded Rounded Truncated Truncated

to Two to Four to Two to Four
Decimal Decimal Decimal Decimal
Number Places Places Places Places
(a) 3.14159 3.14 3.1416 3.14 3.1415
(b) 0.056128 0.06 0.0561 0.05 0.0561
(c) 893.46125 893.46 893.4613 893.46 893.4612
Now Work problem 29
Significant Digits
There are two types of numbers—exact and approximate. Exact numbers are
numbers whose value is known with 100% certainty and accuracy. For example,
there are 12 donuts in a dozen donuts, or there are 50 states in the United States.
*Sometimes we say “correct to a given number of decimal places” instead of “truncated.”

Approximate numbers are numbers whose value is not known with 100% certainty
or whose measurement is inexact. When values are determined from measurements
they are typically approximate numbers because the exact measurement is limited
by the accuracy of the measuring device and the skill of the individual obtaining the
measurement. The number of significant digits in a number represents the level of
accuracy of the measurement.
The following rules are used to determine the number of significant digits in
approximate numbers.
The Number of Significant Digits

• Leading zeros are not significant. For example, 0.0034 has two significant
digits.
• Embedded zeros are significant. For example, 208 has three significant
digits.
• Trailing zeros are significant only if the decimal point is specified. For example,
2800 has two significant digits. However, if we specify the measurement is
accurate to the ones digit, then 2800 has four significant digits.
When performing computations with approximate numbers, it is important

not to report the result with more accuracy than the measurements used in the
computation.
When performing computations using significant digits, proceed with the
computation as you normally would, then round the final answer to the number
of significant digits as the least accurately known number. For example, suppose we
want to find the area of a rectangle whose width is 1.94 inches (three significant
digits) and whose length is 2.7 inches (two significant digits). Because the length
has two significant digits, we report the area to two significant digits. The area,
(1.94 inches) (2.7 inches) = 5.238 square inches, can only be written to two significant
digits and is reported as 5.2 square inches.
Calculators
Calculators are incapable of displaying decimals that contain a large number of digits.
For example, some calculators are capable of displaying only eight digits. When a
number requires more than eight digits, the calculator either truncates or rounds. To
see how your calculator handles decimals, divide 2 by 3. How many digits do you
see? Is the last digit a 6 or a 7? If it is a 6, your calculator truncates; if it is a 7, your
calculator rounds.
There are different kinds of calculators. An arithmetic calculator can only
add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers; therefore, this type is not adequate for
this course. Scientific calculators have all the capabilities of arithmetic calculators
and contain function keys labeled ln, log, sin, cos, tan, xy, inv, and so on. Graphing
calculators have all the capabilities of scientific calculators and contain a screen on
which graphs can be displayed. As you proceed through this text, you will discover
how to use many of the function keys.
2
Figure 7 shows on a TI-84 Plus C graphing calculator. How many digits are
3
Figure 7 displayed? Does a TI-84 Plus C round or truncate? What does your calculator do?
Operations
In algebra, we use letters such as x, y, a, b, and c to represent numbers. The
symbols used in algebra for the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and division are +, - , # , and >. The words used to describe the results of these

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Der Neger ist ein Naturkind und ein Kind überhaupt, er springt und
tanzt also um den gefällten Riesen und verknallt unsinnige Mengen
seines teuren Pulvers in die Luft. Aber dann tritt doch gleich wieder
das ewige Furchtgefühl vor der allbelebten Natur ein, der Reigen löst
sich, die Jäger verschwinden; mit Wurzeln kehren sie aus dem Pori
zurück und reiben ihre schweißtriefenden Leiber ein. Jetzt erst sind
sie gefeit gegen die rachebrütende Seele des Elefanten, der ja in
Wirklichkeit ein mächtiger Häuptling ist, und können mit Muße an
das Herauslösen der Zähne, das Zerlegen des Tieres selbst, das
Vertilgen ungeheurer Massen frischen Fleisches und das
Konservieren der überflüssigen Fleischvorräte gehen. Das geschieht
in derselben Weise, wie man am Rovuma Fische trocknet, nämlich
auf etwa einen halben Meter hohen Rosten über dem Feuer; andere
ziehen es vor, das in Streifen geschnittene Fleisch an der Luft zu
trocknen. Viel soll es nicht sein, was in dieser Weise der Behandlung
bedarf; der Neger gleicht dem Aasgeier, er wittert sozusagen auf
Meilen, wo ein Stück Fleisch die Eintönigkeit seiner Ugalidiät einmal
zu unterbrechen berufen ist, und so sorgen schon nach unglaublich
kurzer Zeit Hunderte von Kostgängern für den raschen Abgang des
schönen Bratens.
Fischtrocknen am Rovuma.
Freske an einer Hauswand in Akundonde, zwei Europäer mit ihrer Begleitung
darstellend. Autor: ein Yaoknabe.
Zwölftes Kapitel.
Rovuma-Idyll und Zug ins Pori.
Newala, Anfang September 1906.
Ich lebe seit ein paar Tagen in einer andern Welt; ich bin dem
Himmel nahe, denn ich sitze hier in einer Höhe von mehr als 700
Meter über dem Spiegel des Indischen Ozeans und schaue aus
mehr als 500 Meter Höhe stolz auf das Graugrün der unendlichen
Ebene im Westen hinab. Das heißt, dieser wundersame Anblick über
jene Ebene zu meinen Füßen, über den Rovuma mit seinem breiten,
gegenwärtig vom Wasser allerdings nur spärlich gefüllten Bett im
Südwesten, auf die Bergkette von Massassi weit im Nordwesten, auf
die zahllosen Inselberge in jeder Entfernung im Süden, Westen und
Nordwesten, dieser Blick wird mir erst, wenn ich reuig wieder einen
Kilometer westwärts von meinem jetzigen Ruhesitz schreite, da
Newala nicht am jähen Steilrande des Plateaus liegt, sondern
tausend Meter landeinwärts.
Und nun erst der klimatische Gegensatz, wenigstens gegen die
Hölle Chingulungulu und das Fegefeuer Akundonde! Frisch ist’s hier
wie auf dem Kamm des Thüringer Waldes, und eiligst haben wir
Europäer nach unseren „Wintersachen“ gegriffen. Doppelte Decken
des Nachts und eine warme Weste am Morgen und Abend genügen
allein nicht; ich habe außerdem einen würdigen Überzieher aus
vergangenen Semestern aus der Lade genommen, Nils, der
Wikinger, aber wandelt in einem Überrock einher, von dem er
behauptet, er sei erst vor reichlich einem Jahrzehnt von seinem
Leibschneider in Treungen im fernen Nordland gefertigt worden; ich
hingegen lebe der Überzeugung, daß diesmal zwar der edle Vasco
da Gama unschuldig ist, daß aber einer von Nils’ wikingischen
Ahnen vor tausend Jahren schon in diesem Gewande die
nordischen Meere durchfurcht haben muß.
Doch bitte Schritt für Schritt! Zwischen unserem Abschied von
Chingulungulu und unserem Einzug in die Boma von Newala liegen
nur elf Tage, aber wieviel, oder richtiger wievielerlei haben mir diese
anderthalb Wochen gebracht! Nie haben meine Träger vor lauter
Lust und Ausgelassenheit so getobt und gelärmt, als zu jener
Frühmorgenstunde, in der sie von der Untätigkeit bei Matola
entbunden wurden. Stillsitzen ist nichts für Wanyamwesiträger; sie
wollen laufen, wollen etwas Neues sehen; zu guter Letzt huldigen
auch sie dem Grundsatz: „Andere Städtchen andere Mädchen“. Ich
habe schließlich schwere Mühe gehabt, meine 24 rüstigen Kerle —
die Rugaruga von Lindi habe ich schon in Massassi leichten Herzens
entlassen — über die Gefahren dieses Kapua hinwegzubringen; sie
wurden gewalttätig, vergriffen sich an Frauen und Mädchen und
gaben auch zu sonstigen Klagen Veranlassung. Zur Ablenkung
haben sie unsere Barasa mit den schönsten und längsten Tischen
aus halbierten Bambusknüppeln ausstaffieren müssen; sie haben
alle paar Tage uns beiden Weißen einen neuen Choo zu bauen
gehabt, einen immer schöner und luxuriöser als den andern —
nichts hat gefruchtet. Trotz ihrer Last von 60, 70 Pfund sind sie wie
die jungen Kälber an jenem Morgen einhergesprungen, als wir dem
Rovuma zuschritten.
Und wie freudig sind wir alle ausgeschritten! Im Handumdrehen
Mein Begleiter Nils Knudsen.
liegt das schattenlose Pori von Chingulungulu hinter uns; eine
scharfe Wendung des Weges aus seiner Westrichtung nach Süden,
ein kurzer steiler Abstieg; wir stehen an den Fluten des Nasomba.
Fluten ist etwas euphemistisch ausgedrückt, doch nach der
wasserlosen, der schrecklichen Zeit kommt uns auch der dünne
Wasserfaden, der dieses tiefe Tal durchzieht, wie ein schiffbarer
Strom vor. Über abgeerntete, ausgedehnte Mais- und Hirsefelder,
zwischen grünenden Bohnenbeeten und prachtvollen
Tabakpflanzungen geht es vorwärts; hohe Termitenhügel künden alle
Augenblicke, wie fruchtbar hier die Erde ist; auf hohen Pfählen
angebrachte Wachthäuschen zeigen andererseits, daß Wildschwein
und Affe, von hundert anderen Schädlingen zu schweigen, auch hier
lüstern sind, der Segnungen menschlichen Fleißes teilhaftig zu
werden. Längst ist Knudsen seiner Jagdleidenschaft gefolgt; von Zeit
zu Zeit donnert eins seiner mehr oder minder ehrwürdigen
Schießeisen über Hügel und Tal dahin. Ich habe inzwischen den fast
gänzlich schilfverwachsenen Lichehesee passiert; nach der Karte
muß ich demnach dicht am Rovuma sein. Auch die Vegetation
kündet größeren Wasserreichtum an; wir kommen an Baobabs von
gewaltigen Abmessungen vorüber; wir zwängen uns durch niedere
Palmendickichte, und die Kronen stolzer Fächerpalmen rauschen zu
unseren Häupten. Ich will gerade in ein neues Gebüsch eindringen,
da reißt mich die nervige Faust Hemedi Marangas, meines neuen
Gefreiten, zurück. „Mto hapa, Bwana,“ sagt er dabei, „hier ist der
Fluß, Herr.“ Ein Schritt noch, und ich wäre die wohl 5 bis 6 Meter
hohe, steile Uferwand hinuntergestürzt, an deren Fuß ich erst jetzt
jene breite Wasserfläche erglänzen sehe, von deren Reizen mir Nils
Knudsen hundertmal erzählt hat, ja, die selbst auf nüchternere
Gemüter, wie das Ewerbecks, ihren Eindruck nicht verfehlt haben.
„Hapana“ ist in meinen Ohren das schrecklichste Wort, ein
Ausdruck, der mich allmählich nervös macht; das sonore „Hapa“ des
Gefreiten habe ich damals gesegnet.
Zwei Matambwemütter vom Rovuma.
Was soll ich singen und sagen von jenen fünf oder sechs
glücklichen Tagen an den Ufern und auf den Inseln dieses durch
Livingstone geheiligten Stromes. Für den Ethnographen ist dort
zurzeit wenig zu holen. Vor 40 Jahren noch, als Livingstone
stromaufwärts zog, war es anders, da waren die Ufer des Rovuma
dicht besetzt mit Ansiedelungen der Wamatambwe; die Fluten des
Stromes trugen tausend Einbäume jenes rührigen Fischervolkes,
und ein reges, fröhliches Leben herrschte überall. Doch wie ein Reif
in der Frühlingsnacht sind auch hierher die Wangoni gekommen; von
dem einst so stolzen, zahlreichen Stamm der Wamatambwe sind
heute nur noch ganz spärliche Reste übrig geblieben, die sich
regellos über die ungeheure Länge des Rovuma verteilen oder aber
in den anderen Völkerschaften der Makua, Yao und Makonde
aufgegangen sind. Der Reisende muß schon, wie ich das so
gewohnt bin, Glück haben, um ein paar Angehörige dieses
verlorenen Volkes zu Gesicht zu bekommen.
Wir haben unser erstes Lager hart am Strombett aufgeschlagen,
ich, wie immer, am weitesten gegen den Wind unmittelbar am
Wasser, daneben Knudsens Zelt; die Träger müssen weiter leewärts
im Schutz einer überhängenden Uferwand unterkriechen. Derartige
Wände sind hier allgemein; während und nach der Regenzeit
schüttet der Strom, der dann in majestätischer Breite ungeheure
Wassermassen dem Ozean zuwälzt, seine Alluvialebene immer
höher auf; in der späteren Trockenzeit, wie gerade jetzt, liegt
dagegen das 1 bis 1½ Kilometer breite Bett fast ganz trocken; wo
sonst die gelben Fluten rauschen, dehnen sich jetzt unabsehbare
Sand- und Kiesbänke. Zwischen ihnen irrt der Rovuma in der
Trockenzeit unsicher hin und her, hier und da in einem
geschlossenen Bett, das etwa so breit ist wie das der Elbe bei
Dresden, meist aber in zwei, drei Arme aufgeteilt, die man bequem
durchwaten kann. Doch trotz seiner Ohnmacht hegt der Fluß
Angriffsgelüste; in starker Kurve schießt er auf die nächste Uferstelle
zu; unheimlich brodeln und quirlen seine sonst so klaren Gewässer;
stolze Bäume spiegeln ihre Wipfel am stillen Uferrand in diesem
Wasser; doch wie lange noch? Dann kommt ein Tag, wo das
Fleckchen Erde, das sie so lange verziert und verschönt haben,
einem Bild der Verwüstung Platz gemacht hat: die stolzen Bäume
sind gestürzt; die Wurzelenden hoch in der Luft, tauchen sie mit
ihren Kronen tief in den Strom hinein. Der aber, ein gefräßiger
Nimmersatt, gräbt weiter und weiter.
Es ist am späten Nachmittag; in einem ziemlich großen,
enggeschlossenen Kreise stehen ein Dutzend Neger an einer
flachen Stelle mitten im Bett des Rovuma; aufmerksam, fast
ängstlich spähen sie umher, den Blick starr aufs Wasser gerichtet,
als wollten sie es bis zum Boden des Stromes durchdringen. Was ist
der Männer Beginnen? Hat etwa der weiße Herr kostbare Schätze
verloren, die er durch seine Mannen suchen läßt? Des Rätsels
Lösung ist weit einfacher. Schaut in den Kreis hinein: zwei
Tropenhüte schwimmen auf dem Wasser; wenn sie sich über dessen
glänzende Fläche einmal emporheben, seht ihr zwei Blaßgesichter,
den beiden Wasungu Knudsen und Weule zugehörig, die voll
Entzücken, dem ewigen Bad in der engen Gummiwanne mit ihrem
halben Eimer Wasser enthoben zu sein, ihre schlanken Glieder in
den belebenden Fluten des Stromes kühlen. Und die schwarzen
Männer? Der Rovuma steht nicht umsonst in dem Rufe, einer der
krokodilreichsten Ströme Ostafrikas zu sein; da ist es immer gut,
eine kleine Postenkette aufzustellen; zudem ist es recht drollig, die
ängstlichen Gesichter der schwarzen Helden zu bewundern,
trotzdem das Wasser auf weite Entfernung hin kaum knietief ist.
Und es will Abend werden; ein steifer Westwind hat eingesetzt,
der das breite Bett des Stromes mit ungehinderter Heftigkeit
hinauffegt; selbst die magere Wasserader des Rovuma versucht
einige kümmerliche Wellen zu werfen. Froh des ungewohnten
Anblicks schweift das Auge flußabwärts; Totenstille ringsum, nichts
von dem alten, frohen Wamatambwe-Leben der 1860er Jahre. Doch,
was ist das? Fern in der letzten Strombiegung ein schwarzer Punkt,
der rasch größer wird; unsere Schwarzen mit ihren Luchsaugen
haben das Phänomen längst erspäht und starren wie wir beiden
Europäer in gleicher Richtung. „Mtumbwi, ein Einbaum“, ertönt es
wie aus einem Munde, als der Punkt sich bei einer Biegung des
Fahrwassers zu einer schwarzen Linie entwickelt. Nach einer
Viertelstunde ist das Boot heran, ein Einbaum einfachster Form, mit
traurigem Inhalt: mehr tot schon als lebendig kauert in seinem
Hintergrunde ein altes Weib. Mich dauert die Ärmste; ein Wink; ein
älterer und ein jüngerer Mann springen gewandt ans Ufer. Ein paar
Fragen. „Die ist sehr krank, die Bibi,“ heißt es, „sie wird wohl noch
heute sterben.“ Ich sehe selbst, hier ist menschliche Hilfe zwecklos.
Schon stehen die beiden Männer wieder an ihrem Paddelruder; nach
zehn Minuten sieht man sie schräg oben am anderen Ufer anlegen;
sie tragen ein unförmiges Bündel über die Sandbank weg in den
Busch — ein Menschenschicksal hat sich erfüllt.
Nils Knudsen hatte mir in seiner gewohnten Weise wieder wahre
Wunderdinge von dem Lagerplatz Naunge weiter oberhalb am
Rovuma erzählt; „da müssen wir unbedingt hin, Herr Professor,“
hatte er wieder und wieder gesagt; „dort ist es zu schön“. So ganz
unrecht hatte Nils diesmal nicht; der Platz mit seinem wilden
Felsengewirr am und im Strom, die kleinen Katarakte zwischen den
moosbewachsenen Steinen, das dunkle Grün der dichten
Ufervegetation, alles das war in der Tat verlockend genug. Doch wie
sah es dafür am Boden selbst aus! Zertreten die Grasnarbe, die
Büsche zerzaust, dazu der unverkennbare Duft negroider Fäkalien
überall. Danke, sagte ich, als ich hier, genau auf den Spuren des
schottischen Missionars, stromaufwärts zog; Safari, vorwärts! Schon
hundert oder ein paar hundert Meter vom Stromufer ab beginnt das
lichte Pori. So bin ich mit einem viertel Dutzend meiner Askari
gleichsam als linke Seitendeckung durch die Ufervegetation selbst
stromaufwärts marschiert, unter unsäglichen Anstrengungen, aber
doch froh des frischen Naturbildes, des Stromes mit seiner ewig
wechselnden Szenerie. Endlich habe ich, was ich suche: mitten im
Strombett, wohl 600 bis 700 Meter von uns ab, erhebt sich, steil und
scharf wie der Bug eines Kriegsschiffes, eine Strominsel; mit den
roten Wänden leuchtet sie weit über das Silbergrau der Sandbänke
hinweg, oben aber ist sie von einer kompakten Masse saftigen
Grüns überwuchert. Ein gellender Pfiff durch das Pori zu meiner
Karawane hinüber, ein kecker Sprung in die Tiefe, und schon wate
ich im tiefen Sande direkt auf jenes Eiland zu.
Das Idyll, das ich für einige Tage als Einsiedler auf dieser wohl 8
Meter hoch senkrecht aufsteigenden Rovuma-Insel genossen habe,
wird mir zeitlebens unvergeßlich bleiben. Nils Knudsen ewig auf der
Jagd, von der er stets mit saftigem Braten heimkehrt; unsere Leute
infolgedessen in bester Stimmung, dabei weitab unter dem Winde;
unsere Zelte tief unten in einer schmalen Sandschlucht am Fuß der
Insel: ich selbst schließlich wie in einer grünen Laube einsam oben,
erreichbar nur nach dem streng vorgeschriebenen Anruf „Hodi
Bwana“. Nur meine Leibdienerschaft darf mir unangemeldet bringen,
was Omari, der jetzt einige Gerichte passabel zu kochen weiß,
Schönes und Gutes für seinen der Pflege bedürftigen Herrn
hergerichtet hat. Es war herrlich!
Herrlich war auch unsere letzte Station am Rovuma. Es war die
Einmündungsstelle des Bangala, jenes größten linken Nebenflusses
unseres Grenzstromes, der sich auf der Karte so stattlich ausnimmt,
der aber jetzt zur Trockenzeit gleichwohl nur ein Wadi war; man
hätte mehrere Meter tief graben müssen, um zu seinem unterirdisch
fließenden Wasser zu gelangen. Wir haben es gar nicht nötig
gehabt, wir lebten und webten dort im klaren Wasser des Rovuma
selbst, vor allem meine Leute, die ein geradezu amphibisches Leben
führten. Wie rein und sauber schritten sie einher, seitdem sie wieder
die tägliche Möglichkeit des Waschens und Badens vor sich sahen.
„Msuri we! bist du schön!“ sage ich im Vorbeigehen anerkennend zu
Chafu koga, dem Dreckschwein; so etwa nämlich läßt sich sein
Name übersetzen. Das selbstgefällige Schmunzeln auf dem
Bronzegesicht des Edlen war allein eine Reise nach Afrika wert!
Nur eins kann den Aufenthalt am Rovuma etwas verleiden; es ist
der furchtbare Nachtwind, der gegen Sonnenuntergang anhebt, sich
dann von Stunde zu Stunde bis fast zur Stärke eines Orkans
steigert, um gegen Mitternacht abzuflauen. Gegen ihn hilft keine
Schutzwand und kein Verkriechen hinterm Zelt; kein Windschützer
rettet die Lampe vor dem Verlöschen; unweigerlich müssen Herr und
Diener um acht Uhr ins Bett.
Und dann die kitzligen Nachtbesuche. Zwar die der Elefanten
mögen noch hingehen; die Tiere sind hier sehr zahlreich, aber doch
auch sehr scheu, sie umgehen das Lager in weitem Bogen. Nicht so
der Löwe; er scheint es zu lieben, beim bleichen Mondeslicht
zwischen meinen Leuten spazieren zu gehen. Am Bangala war er
die Reihe meiner schnarchenden Leute entlang gewandelt und war
schließlich, wie der Posten, der mit fertig gemachtem Gewehr in
einiger Entfernung davon gestanden hatte, mit boshaftem Grinsen
erzählte, zu Häupten meines Kochs Omari stehengeblieben. „Soll ich
ihn fressen oder nicht?“ schien der König der Tiere bei sich zu
überlegen. Lange stand er so; dann ein tiefes, verdrießliches
Knurren, als wenn er sagen wollte: „Nee, du Kerl, du bist zu
unappetitlich“, und langsam war er in den Wald getrottet.
Luisenfelde — ich weiß nicht, nach welcher Luise du genannt
worden bist, aber ich werde deiner lange gedenken als eines
Kulturgrußes inmitten des echtesten afrikanischen Pori. Schon der
Name Bergbaufeld klingt so unternehmend und dabei doch
anheimelnd. Zwar warst du mit deinen Granaten zu einem nur
kurzen Dasein verurteilt, trotzdem der glückhafte Herr Vohsen, dein
vormaliger Besitzer, den leuchtend roten Stein stolz Kaprubin
benannte. Granaten sind zu billig, sie wachsen auch zu vielerorts.
So ist nach kurzer Frist der Bedarf gedeckt gewesen, wie es der
technische Ausdruck so schön besagt; Herr Marquardt, der
konquistadorenhafte Leiter des Bergbaufeldes, zog heim, und Nils
Knudsen, der Mann für alles, saß vergessen im Busch. Tatsächlich
im Busch, denn das stolze Haus mit seinem Doppeldach — unter
dem äußeren, schweren Strohdach liegt noch ein anderes aus
Wellblech — blieb dem Norweger fortan verschlossen; er mochte in
einem der beiden Wirtschaftsgebäude sein Unterkommen finden.
Jetzt haben wir in Erinnerung geschwelgt; wir haben auf unserm
Marsch vom Rovuma nordwärts eigens einen viertel Tag
haltgemacht, um unser sonntägiges Mittagessen unter der Veranda
des Herrenhauses einzunehmen. Ein doppeltes Memento liegt dort
vor uns: mitten in dem langen, weiten Hofraum ein großer Haufen
jener Kaprubine, für die der Markt nicht mehr aufnahmefähig war,
und mit denen jetzt die Hand des jungen Negerkindes wie mit
gewöhnlichen Murmeln spielt; im Vordergrunde aber das Grab von
Marquardts einzigem Töchterlein. Dreijährig, zu den besten
Hoffnungen berechtigend, ist es mit Vater und Mutter hier in die
Einöde gekommen; nach nur stundenlanger Krankheit hat es im
Sande der Rovuma-Ebene sein frühes Grab gefunden. Wir Europäer
sind nüchtern und hart und glauben nicht an Vorbedeutungen, dem
Neger war der jähe Tod der Kleinen schon längst vor seinem Eintritt
kein Geheimnis mehr.
Bergbaufeld Luisenfelde.
„‚Herr, hier wird einer sterben.‘ Mit diesen Worten,“ so erzählt
Knudsen, „tritt eines Tages einer der schwarzen Arbeiter aus den
Granatgruben an mich heran. ‚Dummes Zeug‘, sage ich und jage
den Burschen weg. Am nächsten Tage kommt er wieder: ‚Herr, hier
wird einer sterben.‘ Wieder jage ich den Mann weg, aber trotzdem
kommt er wieder. Nacht für Nacht sitzt eine Eule auf Marquardts
Haus und schreit. Das geht eine Woche so fort und auch noch eine
zweite; dann erkrankt plötzlich Marquardts Töchterchen, und wenige
Stunden darauf ist es tot. Da ist der Vogel nicht wiedergekommen;
sein Name aber ist Liquiqui.“
Die eine Geschichte löst andere aus; Matola hat uns beim trauten
Schein der Abendlampe so manche erzählt. Hier ein paar von ihnen.
„Zwischen hier,“ so berichtete Matola in Chingulungulu, „und dem
Nyassa liegt ein hoher Berg, Mlila mit Namen; an dem führt der Weg
vorbei. Und am Wege stehen zwei Beile und eine Schaufel; und wer
es versucht, sie wegzutragen, der bringt es nicht fertig. Lädt er sie
auf seine Schulter, so erfaßt ihn alsbald das Gefühl, sie nicht mehr
zu haben; er dreht sich um und sieht, wie Beile und Schaufel wieder
auf ihren Platz gehen. Eigentümer der Beile und der Schaufel aber
ist Nakale.“
Die andere Geschichte lautet folgendermaßen: „Beim alten
Wayaohäuptling Mtarika hat man ein großes Wunder gesehen:
Usanyekörner, die roten Früchte dieser Hirseart, weinten in dem
Korbe, in dem sie standen. Und das kam so. Sie (die Leute) hatten
die Usanye in der Schambe abgehackt und in den Korb gelegt. Und
beim Zusammenpressen fingen die Körner an zu schreien und zu
weinen, und sie jammerten im Korbe. Aber die Leute wußten nicht,
woher das Geschrei kam, und warfen die Usanyekörner aus dem
Korbe heraus, um in und unter dem Korbe nachzusehen. Aber sie
fanden nichts; auch hörten sie jetzt nichts. Darauf taten sie die
Körner wieder in den Korb; da ertönte das Geschrei von neuem. Und
alles Volk lief erschreckt weg und holte Leute. Auch diese sahen
nach, fanden aber auch nichts. Und alle gingen höchst erstaunt von
dannen. Als sie aber heimkamen, siehe, da tanzte der Mörser; auch
die großen Mbale, die großen Tonschalen, tanzten; und Yongōlo, der
Tausendfuß, baute sich Häuser. Am nächsten Morgen liefen sie alle
zusammen, um sich zu befragen, was das alles bedeuten solle. Und
drei Tage danach starb Mtarika. Das war die Bedeutung.“
Flötenkonzert der Unyago-Knaben bei der Daggara von Akundonde.

Wir haben Luisenfelde nur zum Teil aus Pietät berührt:
hauptsächlich ist der Umstand, daß der Weg von der
Der Unglücksvogel Liquiqui.
Nach der Zeichnung eines
Makuamannes (s. S. 452).
Bangalamündung nach Akundonde gerade hier vorbeiführt, die
Ursache unseres Besuchs gewesen. Akundonde ist dann nicht mehr
weit; ein anderthalb- bis zweistündiger Marsch im
tiefeingeschnittenen Bett des Namaputa aufwärts, ein kurzer, steiler
Aufstieg auf die Höhe der nächsten Hügelwelle, und wir stehen vor
der typischen Negeransiedelung dieser Länder: einem mäßig
großen, sorgfältig gesäuberten Platz mit dem Pfeilerbau der Barasa
in der Mitte; um ihn herum ein halbes Dutzend Hütten im Rund- oder
Viereckstil, alle mit schwerem, weitausladendem und bis fast zur
Erde reichendem Strohdach; auf dem Kamm des Hügels entlang in
weiten Abständen eine Reihe anderer Gehöfte. Akundonde
behauptet, unseren Besuch erwartet zu haben; trotzdem ist er nur
wenig entgegenkommend und zugänglich; ein Kater nach der
Libation von neulich wird kaum die Ursache sein, denn dazu ist die
Kehle des alten Sünders zu ausgepicht; näher liegt es schon, an
sein wehes Bein zu denken. Ich habe gerade eine Flasche echten
„alten“ Jumbenkognaks zur Verfügung, jenes berühmten Getränks,
das wie Rosenöl duftet, dessen Geschmack ich aber nicht zu
schildern vermag; ich spendiere sie dem alten Häuptling, lasse ihn
aber sonst links liegen. Dies kann ich ohne Gefahr für das Gelingen
meiner Expedition wagen, denn der junge Jumbe des Dorfes, ein
fixer, nach landläufigen Begriffen stutzerhaft gekleideter Yao, an
dessen Weste sogar eine dicke Uhrkette baumelt und der den
dazugehörigen Zeitmesser alle zwei Minuten demonstrativ zückt, ist
ein viel brauchbarerer Führer durch das Volkstum dieses entlegenen
Bezirks als der griesgrämige alte Akundonde. Was hat uns der junge
Mensch allein an autochthonen Kunstwerken vorgeführt! Wir
brauchten bloß von Haus zu Haus zu wandern, um unter den
verschwiegenen Dachtraufen alle Wände mit den schönsten Fresken
bedeckt zu finden. Auch einen kleinen Friedhof konnte der Führer
uns zeigen; ein paar Yaogräber, über denen ich nun zum ersten
Male das niedrige Hüttendach mit den darauf befestigten Stoffen
erschauen konnte. Fast stimmungsvoll nahmen sich in der kurzen
Abenddämmerung diese schon halb verfallenen Zeichen der Pietät
auch im barbarischen Afrika aus.
Bei Akundonde findet dieses Jahr Unyago statt. Dies wußten wir,
und daher setzten wir alles daran, möglichst alles zu erfahren und
alles zu sehen. Das Versprechen eines fürstlichen Honorars hat
denn auch alsbald seine Schuldigkeit getan; nur meine Träger und
Soldaten dürften nicht mit, meint der Jumbe, Moritz und Kibwana sei
aber der Zutritt gestattet. Meine beiden Mohrenknaben haben das
Feldleben schon herzlich satt, deswegen bedarf es erst einer kleinen
Auffrischung ihres Diensteifers; dann aber trotten sie, wenn auch
widerwillig, mit der Kamera hinter uns her.
Mit merkbarer Heimlichkeit hat der Jumbe uns zwei Weiße und
die beiden Diener aus dem Bereich des Dorfes hinausgeführt; immer
tiefer geht es in das schweigende Pori hinein, das hier mit seinen
stattlichen Bäumen fast an einen deutschen Hochwald gemahnt;
selbst das Grün ist hier frischer und allgemeiner, als es jenseits
Chingulungulu zu finden gewesen war. In der erklärlichen Spannung
des Forschers, der vor etwas Neuem, Ungeahntem steht, achte ich
weder auf Ort noch Zeit; wir mögen eine halbe, aber auch eine
ganze Stunde fürbaß geschritten sein; endlich brechen wir durch ein
Gebüsch; wir stehen vor einer kleinen Hütte; wir sind am Ziel.
Yaogräber in Akundonde.
Das Ziel ist des Erstrebens wohl wert gewesen. Bevor ich noch
Größe, Bauart und Stil des länglichen Gebäudes habe mustern
können, sind wir bereits von einer Schar halbwüchsiger Knaben
umringt. Mit lautem Zuruf und energischer Handbewegung treibt der
Jumbe sie zurück; ein älterer Mann tritt jetzt heran; er muß aus der
Hütte selbst gekommen sein, denn er steht wie aus dem Boden
gewachsen plötzlich da. Feierliche Begrüßung seitens des
Wamidjira, denn diesen Oberleiter des ganzen Knaben-Unyago
haben wir in der Person dieses würdigen Mannes vor uns: sodann
ein leiser Wink mit seinen Augen zu den Knaben hin. Die stehen
bereits in einer langen Reihe ausgerichtet, wundersam anzuschauen
mit ihren großen Grasschürzen, die die schmächtigen Körper
gleichsam wie die von Überballetteusen erscheinen lassen; am
Munde jeder ein röhrenförmiges Instrument, dem sie nunmehr ihre
Begrüßungsmusik entlocken. Auch jetzt wieder muß ich tief
bedauern, so wenig musikalisch zu sein, denn das Spiel ist etwas
Einzigartiges. Ich lasse die nicht unschöne Melodie zu Ende gehen;
dann trete ich näher heran, um die Kapelle genauer zu besichtigen.
Jedes der Instrumente ist lediglich ein Stück Bambusrohr, alle an
Länge und Weite verschieden, alle aber unten mit dem natürlichen
Internodium verschlossen und oben glatt abgeschnitten. Dergestalt
verfügt jeder der kleinen Musikanten nur über einen Ton, doch das
ist s e i n Ton, und den weiß ein jeder von ihnen so präzis und
fehlerlos in das „Lied ohne Worte“ einzufügen, daß ein vollkommen
harmonisches Ganzes entsteht. Moritz hat inzwischen seines Amtes
als Finanzminister gewaltet; einzelne der Knaben haben es sogar
über sich vermocht, mir hinter der Hütte die Wirkungen des
chirurgischen Eingriffs, der bereits um einen Monat zurückliegt, bei
dem einen oder anderen aber noch immer Eiterungen verursacht, zu
zeigen. Doch jetzt treibt es mich in die Hütte selbst.
Luxus ist ein Begriff, dessen sich der Europäer in Afrika sehr bald
auch für seine Person entwöhnt, den er bei den Eingeborenen aber
gar nicht erst suchen darf; wie primitiv und anspruchslos jedoch
diese für Monate berechnete Behausung der 15 Knaben ist, spottet
jeder Beschreibung. Die Daggara, wie die Beschneidungshütte
offiziell genannt wird, ist ein Bau von zirka 10 Meter Länge bei 4
Meter Breite, also ein an sich ganz stattliches Bauwerk; doch Schutz
gegen die Unbilden der Nacht vermögen weder die aus krummen,
ästigen Baumstämmen gebildeten Seitenwände, durch deren
Lücken der Wind ungehindert hindurchpfeift, noch auch das ebenso
luftige, schlecht gehaltene Strohdach zu gewähren. Türöffnungen
sind zwar da, in der Mitte jeder Längswand eine, doch fehlt ihnen der
Verschluß. Tritt man ins Innere selbst, so blickt das Auge zunächst
nur auf ein Meer von Hirsestroh; es liegt auf dem Boden, mit
Aschebergen durchmischt; es ragt an den Wänden empor; es breitet
sich schließlich in unordentlicher Lagerung über 16 ursprünglich
vielleicht ganz saubere Betten und Bettchen. Eins von diesen ist das
Ruhelager des Meisters, die 15 anderen sind die Schmerzenslager
seiner Jünger; auf ihnen haben die Ärmsten die schmerzhafte
Operation ohne Narkose, ohne lokale Anästhesie, ohne Antisepsis
und ohne Asepsis über sich ergehen lassen müssen, mit
zusammengebissenen Zähnen und ohne einen Schmerzenslaut von
sich zu geben. Dieser ist bei den tapferen Yao, diesen Spartanern
des Ostens, verpönt. Übermannt den immer noch kindlich
empfindenden, kleinen Mann trotz allen Heldenmuts der Schmerz,
was ist die Folge? Er wird überbrüllt vom homerischen Gelächter der
Anamungwi, seines Mentors, und seiner Gefährten.
Daggara im Walde bei Akundonde.

Heute sind die 15 Betten schon arg mitgenommen; ein Teil von
ihnen ist vollkommen niedergebrochen, auf anderen finden sich nur
noch kümmerliche Reste des alten, sauberen Strohbelags; wir durch
die Ordnungsliebe der deutschen Hausfrau verwöhnten Angehörigen
einer hohen Kultur sehen mit einem Blick, daß hier das ordnende
Walten der weiblichen Hand gänzlich fehlt. Dafür sprechen auch die
großen Aschehaufen zwischen je zwei Betten; sie sind der Beweis,
daß jeder der kleinen Patienten sich gegen die empfindliche Kühle
der Tropennacht durch ein sorgsam unterhaltenes Feuer zu
schützen sucht; dafür spricht auch vor allem die unmeßbar dicke
Dreck-, Staub- und Aschenschicht, mit denen jeder der kleinen Kerle
vom Scheitel bis zur Sohle überzogen ist. Das große gemeinsame
Bad, das den Aufenthalt in der Daggara und damit auch die
Novizenzeit der angehenden Männer beendigt, ist denn auch ein
nicht nur langentbehrter Genuß, sondern direkt eine Notwendigkeit.
Doch was ziert die Mitte des Hauses? Ist es ein ins Afrikanische
übersetzter Weihnachtsbaum mit seiner buntgefärbten Epidermis
und seinem Behang von Fellstreifen, Tierschwänzen und
Vogelbälgen, oder was stellt dieses merkwürdige Phantom sonst
dar? Die Lupanda ist es, wie ich vom Meister vernehme, der
Baumast, nach dem das ganze Mannbarkeitsfest der Knaben seinen
Namen führt; Unyago ist die Bezeichnung für die Pubertätsfeste
schlechthin, Lupanda der Name für die Knabenbeschneidung.
Näheres kann oder, wohl richtiger, will mir der Alte nicht sagen; ich
muß also sehen, einen anderen Gewährsmann für diese und so
viele andere Fragen zu bekommen, insbesondere auch für das
Mädchen-Unyago, das nach alledem, was ich raunen höre, zum
mindesten ebenso interessant sein muß wie die Lupanda.

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The Enhanced with Graphing Utilities Series xvii

Preface to the Instructor xviii

Resources for Success xxiv

To the Student xxvi

R.1 Real Numbers 2

R.2 Algebra Essentials 18

R.3 Geometry Essentials 31

R.5 Factoring Polynomials 50

R.6 Synthetic Division 59

R.7 Rational Expressions 63

R.8 nth Roots; Rational Exponents 74

1 Graphs, Equations, and Inequalities 82

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1.3 Quadratic Equations 110

1.4 Complex Numbers; Quadratic Equations in the Complex

1.5 Radical Equations; Equations Quadratic in Form; Absolute

1.6 Problem Solving: Interest, Mixture, Uniform Motion, Constant

1.7 Solving Inequalities 146

Chapter Review 158

2.1 Intercepts: Symmetry; Graphing Key Equations 165

2.2 Lines 173

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Chapter Review 202

3 Functions and Their Graphs 206

3.1 Functions 207

3.2 The Graph of a Function 222

3.3 Properties of Functions 231

3.4 Library of Functions; Piecewise-defined Functions 245

3.5 Graphing Techniques: Transformations 256

3.6 Mathematical Models: Building Functions 268

Chapter Review 273

4 Linear and Quadratic Functions 280