Donald J. DeCoste

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Zumdahl/DeCoste's best-selling INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY: A FOUNDATION, Cengage International Edition, 10th Edition, combines an engaging and readable writing style, an emphasis on conceptual understanding and a unique problem-solving structure. Interactive examples and discussion-catalyzing “Critical Thinking” questions provide substantial pedagogy to enable students to become creative, independent problem solvers. Student interest and engagement is enhanced with early coverage of chemical reactions, accessible explanations and visualizations and an emphasis on everyday applications. Students have access to even more skill-building resources in WebAssign, Cengage's online learning system for chemistry.

Learning chemistry is more than just memorizing facts and formulas. To be successful, you need to understand fundamental chemistry concepts and how to apply them to solve problems. CHEMISTRY, CENGAGE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, Eleventh Edition, will help you gain the tools you need to succeed in your chemistry course--and beyond. This trusted text has helped generations of students learn to “think like chemists,” developing critical-thinking and creative problem-solving skills to master even the most challenging problems. An engaging writing style, clear explanations and interactive examples help you build both skill and confidence, so you can study to understand rather than simply memorize. In addition, useful online resources and instant feedback in OWLv2 help bring the material to life and make learning even more effective.

This manual contains fully worked-out solutions to all odd-numbered exercises in the text, giving you a way to check your answers and see if you took the correct steps in solving the problem.

Learning chemistry is more than just memorizing facts and formulas. To be successful, you need to understand fundamental chemistry concepts and how to apply them to solve problems. CHEMISTRY, Eleventh Edition, will help you gain the tools you need to succeed in your chemistry course--and beyond. This trusted text has helped generations of students learn to “think like chemists,” developing critical-thinking and creative problem-solving skills to master even the most challenging problems. An engaging writing style, clear explanations and interactive examples help you build both skill and confidence, so you can study to understand rather than simply memorize. In addition, useful online resources and instant feedback in OWLv2 help bring the material to life and make learning even more effective.

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Succeed in your course with INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY: A FOUNDATION! This best-selling text combines enhanced problem-solving structure with substantial pedagogy to help you become a successful problem solver. Early coverage of chemical reactions, accessible explanations and visualizations, and an emphasis on everyday applications facilitates understanding. The authors’ step-by-step approach has already helped hundreds of thousands of student's master chemical concepts and develop strong problem-solving skills. Interactive study aids in OWLv2, such as ChemWork Problems and Adaptive Learning Activities, help students master concepts.

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Develop the qualitative, conceptual foundation you need to think like a chemist with CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES, 8e. Designed for students with solid mathematical preparation, this best-seller emphasizes models, everyday applications of chemistry, and a thoughtful, step-by-step problem-solving approach.

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