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Pre-calculus for dummies /

The fun and easy way to learn pre-calculus. Getting ready for calculus but still feel a bit confused? Have no fear. Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an un-intimidating, hands-on guide that walks you through all the essential topics, from absolute value and quadratic equations to logarithms and exponentia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuang, Yang, 1965-
Otros Autores: Kase, Elleyne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:--For dummies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Set it up, solve it, graph it. Pre-pre-calculus ; Playing with real numbers ; The building blocks of pre-calc: 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 trig identities: the basics ; Advanced identities: your keys to pre-calc 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 ; Slicing cones or measuring the path of a comet with confidence ; Streamlining systems, managing variables ; Sequences, series, and expanding binomials for the real world ; Scouting the road ahead to calculus
  • The part of tens. Ten habits to develop as you prepare for calculus ; Ten habits to quit before calculus
  • Index.