Definition of solvable group in Fraleigh book

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I have been using Fraleigh's book, A first course in abstract algebra There is one thing I want you to ask whether the definition of solvable group in this book is right or not.

In my book, definition of Solvable group is as follows

A group $G$ is solvable if it has a composition series $\{H_i\}$ such that all factor groups $H_{i+1}/H_i$ are Abelian.

But most of other book give quite different definition of solvable group. They define it :

A group $G$ is solvable if it has a subnormal seires $\{H_i\}$ such that all factor groups $H_{i+1}/H_i$ are Abelian.

are these two definition equivalent?