About This Book
Changes From Adapted Resource
Overall significant work was done on this version of the text to improve the accessibility and format from the import from Open Stax and other resources.
All mathematical notation was written in LaTeX to allow for MathJax functionality. MathJax provides the following accessibility features:
- Automatic magnification on hover
- Text-to-speech options
- Collapsible math
- Highlight, foreground, and background customization
- The ability to translate math into other syntaxes
- MathJax options in over 20 languages
See the full extent of MathJax’s accessibility features in their documentation.
In addition the following formatting changes were made:
- The majority of images that included math where replaced with LaTeX
- Images were recolored for contrast
- Examples were reformatted into steps for ease of understanding
Specific content changes from the adapted resources can be found in the table below.
| Unit 1 | All sections from Elementary Algebra 2e Combined the Fractions sections into one. |
| Unit 2 | Section 2.1 – Combined parts from Elementary Algebra 2e Section 1.10 with Mathematics for Public and Occupational Health Professionals (1.3 Measurement Systems) and Business/Technical Mathematics (6.1) examples related to health care taken and included in section. Order of the parts was changed as well to put metric system first and then the U.S./Imperial system. Extended some tables to include extra metric prefixes. Edited for readability. Section 2.2 -Added some content on exact vs inexact numbers, and rounding with mixed operations. Section 2.3– Added small section on scientific notation and significant figures and some examples to include how to preserve significant figures in scientific notation and decimal notation. Section 2.4 – Examples and content from Rounding Rules When Converting Within the Same System of Measurement created. |
| Unit 3 | Most sections are adapted from Elementary Algebra 2e. Some sections were combined from chapters 3 and 4 and some content was rearranged. |
| Unit 4 | All sections adapted from Elementary algebra chapter 5. Some sections combined. |
| Unit 5 | All sections from Elementary Algebra 2e chapter 6. Section 5.8 was created. Graphs created using desmos.com graphing calculator. |
| Unit 6 | Images added to provide a health profession perspective. |
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Pedrosa, L. (2019, July 10). MathJax: now available on PressbooksEDU. Pressbooks. https://pressbooks.com/new-features/mathjax-now-available-on-pressbooksedu/
