Pre-Calculus Workbook For Dummies?

by Michelle Rose Gilman; Christopher Burger; Karina Neal

• ISBN13: 9780470506561
• ISBN10: 0470506563
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Get the confidence and the math skillsyou need to get started with calculus!Are you preparing for calculus? This easy-to-follow, hands-on workbook helps you master basic pre-calculus concepts and practice the types of problems you'll encounter in your cour sework. You get valuable exercises, problem-solving shortcuts, plenty of workspace, and step-by-step solutions to every problem. You'll also memorize the most frequently used equations, see how to avoid common mistakes, understand tricky trig proofs, and much more.100s of Problems!Detailed, fully worked-out solutions to problemsThe inside scoop on quadratic equations, graphing functions, polynomials, and moreA wealth of tips and tricks for solving basic calculus problems

Table of Contents

Introduction

Foundation (And We Don't Mean Makeup!)

Beginning at the Very Beginning: Pre-Pre-Calculus

Get Real!: Wrestling with Real Numbers

Understanding the Function of Functions

Go Back to Your Roots to Get Your Degree

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Trig Is the Key: Basic Review, the Unit Circle, and Graphs

Basic Trigonometry and the Unit Circle

Graphing and Transforming Trig Functions

Advanced Trig: Identities, Theorems, and Applications

Basic Trig Identities

Advanced Identities

Solving Oblique Triangles

And the Rest

Complex Numbers and Polar Coordinates

Conquering Conic Sections

Finding Solutions for Systems of Equations

Sequences, Series, and Binomials - Oh My!

The Next Step Is Calculus

The Part of Tens

Ten Uses for Parent Graphs

Ten Pitfalls to Pass Up in Pre-Calc

Index

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