Trigonometry for dummies

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"Learn to: solve tricky trig questions; graph functions and figure out formulas; use trigonometry to solve practical problems"--Cover.

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Full title :Trigonometry for dummies / by Mary Jane Sterling.

Summary

"Learn to: solve tricky trig questions; graph functions and figure out formulas; use trigonometry to solve practical problems"--Cover.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:2nd edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

Previous edition: 2005.

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 368 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118827413, 1118827414
oclc:ocn868079546
LC Classification:QA531
Dewey Decimal:516.24

pt. I. Getting started with trigonometry -- 1. Trouncing trig technicalities -- Taking trig for a ride : what trig is -- Sizing up the basic figures -- Angling for position -- Triangulating your position -- Circling the wagons -- Understanding Trig Speak -- Defining trig functions -- Taming the radicals -- Equating and identifying -- Graphing for gold -- Describing graphing scales -- Recognizing basic graphs -- 2. Coordinating your efforts with Cartesian coordinates -- Starting out simple : plotting points -- Axes, axes, we all fall down -- Determining the origin of it all -- Plotting x versus y -- Cutting the graph into four parts -- From here to there : calculating distances -- Counting on vertical and horizontal distances -- Another slant : diagonal distances -- Using exact values or estimating distances -- Getting to the center of it all -- finding the midpoint of a line segment -- Locating the center of a circle -- Partitioning line segments further -- Pinpointing the center of a triangle -- Racing down the slope -- Slaloming slope formula -- Recognizing parallel and perpendicular lines -- Defining circles with numbers -- Centering circles at the origin -- Wandering centers -…