Publisher's Synopsis
"Basic College Mathematics" provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a basic college math course. The "Aufmann Interactive Method" ensures that students master concepts by actively practicing them as they are introduced. This approach is ideal for traditional and returning students in both classroom and distance-learning environments.
For the Sixth Edition, topics from geometry have been integrated into the text, using verbal explanations. In addition, coverage of simple interest (Chapter 6) has been expanded.Eduspace is Houghton Mifflin' s online learning tool. Powered by Blackboard, Eduspace is a customizable, powerful and interactive platform that provides instructors with text-specific online courses and content. The Aufmann/Barker/Lockwood "Basic College Mathematics" course features even-numbered questions from the book and test bank content in question pools.
