Pre-calculus / by Mary Jane Sterling.
Material type: TextSeries: --For dummiesPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781119508779
- 1119508770
- Pre-calculus for dummies
- Precalculus for dummies
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 515.1 S838 | Checked out | 06/20/2024 | 33111009295557 |
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Get ahead in pre-calculus
Pre-calculus courses have become increasingly popular with 35 percent of students in the U.S. taking the course in middle or high school. Often, completion of such a course is a prerequisite for calculus and other upper level mathematics courses.
Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an invaluable resource for students enrolled in pre-calculus courses. By presenting the essential topics in a clear and concise manner, the book helps students improve their understanding of pre-calculus and become prepared for upper level math courses.
Provides fundamental information in an approachable manner Includes fresh example problems Practical explanations mirror today's teaching methods Offers relevant cultural referencesWhether used as a classroom aid or as a refresher in preparation for an introductory calculus course, this book is one you'll want to have on hand to perform your very best.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Getting started with pre-calculus. Pre-pre-calculus ; Playing with real numbers ; The building blocks of pre-calculus functions ; Operating on functions ; Digging out and using roots to graph polynomial functions ; Exponential and logarithmic functions -- The essentials of trigonometry. Circling in on angles ; Simplifying the graphing and transformation of trig functions ; Identifying with trid identities: the basics ; Advanced identities: your keys to success ; Taking charge of oblique triangles with the laws of sines and cosines -- Analytic geometry and system solving. Plane thinking: complex numbers and polar coordinates ; Creating conics by slicing cones ; Streamlining systems, managing variables ; Sequences, series, and expanding binomials for the real world ; Onward to calculus -- The part of tens. Ten polar graphs ; Ten habits to adjust before calculus.
Pre-calculus courses have become increasingly popular with 35 percent of students in the U.S. taking the course in middle or high school. Often, completion of such a course is a prerequisite for calculus and other upper level mathematics courses. Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an invaluable resource for students enrolled in pre-calculus courses. By presenting the essential topics in a clear and concise manner, the book helps students improve their understanding of pre-calculus and become prepared for upper level math courses.