Geometry : A Self-Teaching Guide

by Steve Slavin (Union County College, Cranford, New Jersey); Ginny Crisonino

• ISBN13: 9780471386346
• ISBN10: 0471386340
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Learn geometry at your own paceWhat are congruent circles? How do you find the hypotenuse of a triangle? What is the sum of the angles in a decagon? How can you apply geometric equations to your daily life? With the unbeatable study companion Geometry: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more.This thorough primer presents an easy-to-follow, proven method for grasping the key concepts of geometry. You'll progress step by step through plane, solid, and analytic geometry and then move on to geometric applications for calculus. You'll build your problem-solving skills along the way through detailed examples, reviews, exercises, and answer explanations. The clearly structured format of Geometry makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview for everyone from high school students to adult learners to math mavens.Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Geometry allows you to build gradually on what you have learned-at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of basic geometry.

Author Biography

STEVE SLAVIN, Ph.D., is the author of many Wiley self-teaching guides, including Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide, Quick Business Math: A Self-Teaching Guide and the recently revised All the Math You’ll Ever Need: A Self-Teaching Guide.

GINNY CRISONINO has taught math at Union County College in New Jersey for sixteen years. She is the coauthor with Slavin on Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

1. The Basics.

2. Triangles.

3. Circles.

4. Perimeter and Area of Two-dimensional Polygons.

5. Volume and Surface Area of Three-dimensional Polygons.

6. Conic Sections.

Index.