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COLLEGE ALGEBRA, NINTH EDITION
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
College algebra / Raymond A. Barnett ... [et al.]. — 9th ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: College algebra. 8th ed. / Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E. Byleen.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-07-351949-4 — ISBN 0-07-351949-9 (hard copy : alk. paper) 1. Algebra–Textbooks.
I. Barnett, Raymond A.
QA154.3.B365 2011
512.9–dc22
2009019471
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