Pre-calculus

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Pre-calculus courses have become increasingly popular with high school students, as often, completion of such a course is a prerequisite for upper level mathematics 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 the next level in their mathematics studies.

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Full title :Pre-calculus / by Mary Jane Sterling.

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Publication Date:©2019
Edition:3rd edition

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Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 396 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781119508779, 1119508770
oclc:on1061046470
LC Classification:QA303.2
Dewey Decimal:515.1

Introduction -- PART 1: 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 -- PART 2: The essentials of trigonometry. Circling in on angles ; Simplifying the graphing and transformation of trig functions ; Identifying with trig identities: the basics ; Advanced identities: your keys to success ; Taking charge of oblique triangles with the laws of sines and cosines -- PART 3: 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 -- PART 4: The part of tens. Ten polar graphs ; Ten habits to adjust before calculus.