Pre-calculus

Mary Jane Sterling

Book - 2019

Offers an introduction to the principles of precalculus, covering such topics as functions, law of sines and cosines, identities, sequences, series, and binomials.

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Published
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Mary Jane Sterling (author)
Edition
3rd edition
Physical Description
xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781119508779
  • 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.