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The Instructor’s Solutions Manual for College Algebra, 5th Edition by Judith Beecher, Judith Penna, and Marvin Bittinger provides detailed, step-by-step solutions to every exercise in the text, ensuring instructors have a reliable and comprehensive teaching resource. The manual is structured to align perfectly with the textbook’s organization, beginning with Graphs, Functions, and Models, covering graphing fundamentals, linear functions, slope, equations of lines, and linear inequalities. It then expands into More on Functions, addressing increasing and decreasing behavior, algebra and composition of functions, symmetry, transformations, and variation. In the section on Quadratic Functions and Equations; Inequalities, instructors will find fully worked examples on quadratic models, complex numbers, rational and radical equations, and absolute value applications. The manual also includes extensive solutions for Polynomial Functions and Rational Functions, including polynomial division, remainder and factor theorems, zeros of polynomials, graphing techniques, and rational inequalities. The coverage of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions provides detailed solutions for inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic equations, graph analysis, logarithmic properties, and real-world growth and decay applications such as compound interest. The Systems of Equations and Matrices section is equally comprehensive, walking through solutions in two and three variables, matrix operations, determinants, Cramer’s Rule, partial fractions, and linear programming problems. Advanced algebra topics are supported with clear solutions in Conic Sections, where parabolas, circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and nonlinear systems are analyzed in detail. The manual concludes with Sequences, Series, and Combinatorics, offering full solutions for arithmetic and geometric sequences, mathematical induction, permutations, combinations, the binomial theorem, and probability problems.

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College Algebra – 5th Edition

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SOLUTIONS
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Judith A. Beecher, Judith A. Penna, Marvin L. Bittinger
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Complete Solutions Manual for Instructors and
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Students
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© Judith A. Beecher, Judith A. Penna & Marvin L. Bittinger

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Contents
Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Chapter 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Chapter 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Chapter 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
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Chapter 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
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Chapter 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Chapter 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Chapter 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
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Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635

Just-in-Time Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Chapter R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
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, Chapter 1
Graphs, Functions, and Models
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Exercise Set 1.1
4 (1, 4)
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1. Point A is located 5 units to the left of the y-axis and 2
(5, 0) (4, 0)
4 units up from the x-axis, so its coordinates are (−5, 4). 4 2 2 4 x
Point B is located 2 units to the right of the y-axis and 2
(4, 2)
2 units down from the x-axis, so its coordinates are (2, −2).
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4 (2, 4)
Point C is located 0 units to the right or left of the y-axis
and 5 units down from the x-axis, so its coordinates are
(0, −5). 5. To graph (−5, 1) we move from the origin 5 units to the
left of the y-axis. Then we move 1 unit up from the x-axis.
Point D is located 3 units to the right of the y-axis and
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5 units up from the x-axis, so its coordinates are (3, 5). To graph (5, 1) we move from the origin 5 units to the right
of the y-axis. Then we move 1 unit up from the x-axis.
Point E is located 5 units to the left of the y-axis and
4 units down from the x-axis, so its coordinates are To graph (2, 3) we move from the origin 2 units to the right
(−5, −4). of the y-axis. Then we move 3 units up from the x-axis.
Point F is located 3 units to the right of the y-axis and To graph (2, −1) we move from the origin 2 units to the
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0 units up or down from the x-axis, so its coordinates are right of the y-axis. Then we move 1 unit down from the
(3, 0). x-axis.
To graph (0, 1) we do not move to the right or the left of
2. G: (2, 1); H: (0, 0); I: (4, −3); J: (−4, 0); K: (−2, 3); the y-axis since the first coordinate is 0. From the origin
L: (0, 5) we move 1 unit up.
3. To graph (4, 0) we move from the origin 4 units to the right
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of the y-axis. Since the second coordinate is 0, we do not
move up or down from the x-axis.
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To graph (−3, −5) we move from the origin 3 units to the (2, 3)
2
left of the y-axis. Then we move 5 units down from the (5, 1) (0, 1) (5, 1)
x-axis. 4 2 4 x
To graph (−1, 4) we move from the origin 1 unit to the left 2 (2, 1)
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of the y-axis. Then we move 4 units up from the x-axis. 4

To graph (0, 2) we do not move to the right or the left of
the y-axis since the first coordinate is 0. From the origin y
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we move 2 units up.
To graph (2, −2) we move from the origin 2 units to the 4
right of the y-axis. Then we move 2 units down from the (5, 2)
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x-axis. (5, 0) (4, 0)
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4 2 2 4 x
y 2

4 (4, 3)
(1, 4) 4 (1, 5)
2 (0, 2)
(4, 0) 7. The first coordinate represents the year and the second co-
4 2 2 4 x
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ordinate represents the number of Sprint Cup Series races
2 (2, 2)
in which Tony Stewart finished in the top five. The or-
(3, 5) 4 dered pairs are (2008, 10), (2009, 15), (2010, 9), (2011, 9),
(2012, 12), and (2013, 5).

8. The first coordinate represents the year and the second
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coordinate represents the percent of Marines who are
women. The ordered pairs are (1960, 1%), (1970, 0.9%),
(1980, 3.6%), (1990, 4.9%), (2000, 6.1%), and (2011, 6.8%).


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9. To determine whether (−1, −9) is a solution, substitute 12. For (1.5, 2.6): x2 + y 2 = 9
−1 for x and −9 for y.
(1.5)2 + (2.6)2 ? 9
y = 7x − 2 
2.25 + 6.76 
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−9 ? 7(−1) − 2 9.01  9 FALSE

 −7 − 2 (1.5, 2.6) is not a solution.

−9  −9 TRUE For (−3, 0): x2 + y 2 = 9
The equation −9 = −9 is true, so (−1, −9) is a solution. (−3)2 + 02 ? 9
To determine whether (0, 2) is a solution, substitute 0 for 
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x and 2 for y.
9  9 TRUE
y = 7x − 2
(−3, 0) is a solution.
2 ? 7 · 0 − 2  1 4
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 13. To determine whether − , −
 0−2 is a solution, substitute
 2 5
2  −2 FALSE 1 4
− for a and − for b.
The equation 2 = −2 is false, so (0, 2) is not a solution. 2 5
  2a + 5b = 3
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10. For , 8 : y = −4x + 10
2 2 − +5 − ? 3
2 5 
1 
8 ? −4 · + 10 −1 − 4 
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 −5  3 FALSE
 −2 + 10
  1 4
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TRUE The equation −5 = 3 is false, so − , − is not a solu-
  2 5
1 tion.
, 8 is a solution.  3
2 To determine whether 0, is a solution, substitute 0 for
5
For (−1, 6): y = −4x + 10 3
a and for b.
5
6 ? −4(−1) + 10
 2a + 5b = 3
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 4 + 10
 3
6  14 FALSE 2·0+5· ? 3
5 
(−1, 6) is not a solution. 
0+3 
2 3 
11. To determine whether , is a solution, substitute
2 3  3 TRUE
3 4 3  3
3
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for x and for y. The equation 3 = 3 is true, so 0, is a solution.
4 5
6x − 4y = 1  3
14. For 0, : 3m + 4n = 6
2 3 2
6· −4· ? 1 3
3 4  3·0+4· ? 6
 2 
4−3  
 0+6 
1  1 TRUE 
6  6 TRUE
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2 3
The equation 1 = 1 is true, so , is a solution.  3
3 4 0, is a solution.
 3 2
To determine whether 1, is a solution, substitute 1 for 2 
2
3 For ,1 : 3m + 4n = 6
x and for y. 3
2 2
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6x − 4y = 1 3·
+4·1 ? 6
3 
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6·1−4· ? 1 2+4 
2  
6  6 TRUE

6−6  2 

0  1 FALSE The equation 6 = 6 is true, so , 1 is a solution.
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The equation 0 = 1 is false, so 1, is not a solution.
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