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Calculus II For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Calculus II For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Zegarelli
January 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
384 pages
8h 37m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Dispelling Ghosts from the Past: A Review of Pre-Calculus and Calculus I

In This Chapter

arrow Making sense of exponents of 0, negative numbers, and fractions

arrow Graphing common continuous functions and their transformations

arrow Remembering trig identities and sigma notation

arrow Understanding and evaluating limits

arrow Differentiating by using all your favorite rules

arrow Evaluating indeterminate forms of limits with L’Hopital’s Rule

Remember Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol? You know, Scrooge and those ghosts from the past. Math can be just like that story: all the stuff you thought was dead and buried for years suddenly pays a spooky visit when you least expect it.

This quick review is designed to save you from any unnecessary sleepless nights. Before you proceed any further on your calculus quest, make sure that you’re on good terms with the information in this chapter.

First I cover all the ...

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