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  Algebra II
Essentials
FOR
DUMmIES
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by Mary Jane Sterling
Algebra II Essentials For Dummies
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About the Author
Mary Jane Sterling
has been an educator since graduating
from college. Teaching at the junior high, high school, and
college levels, she has had the full span of experiences and
opportunities to determine how best to explain how mathe-
matics works. She has been teaching at Bradley University in
Peoria, Illinois, for the past 30 years. She is also the author of
Algebra II For Dummies, Trigonometry For Dummies, Math Word
Problems For Dummies, Business Math For Dummies,
and
Linear
Algebra For Dummies.
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