Book description
Precalculus: A Functional Approach to Graphing and Problem Solving prepares students for the concepts and applications they will encounter in future calculus courses. In far too many texts, process is stressed over insight and understanding, and students move on to calculus ill equipped to think conceptually about its essential ideas. This text provides sound development of the important mathematical underpinnings of calculus, stimulating problems and exercises, and a well-developed, engaging pedagogy. Students will leave with a clear understanding of what lies ahead in their future calculus courses. Instructors will find that Smith's straightforward, student-friendly presentation provides exactly what they have been looking for in a text!Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- A Note about Calculator Usage
- Preface
- Problem Solving
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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Fundamental Concepts
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Chapter 1: Algebraic and Geometrical Foundations
- 1.1: Real Numbers
- 1.2: Algebraic Expressions
- 1.3: Equations of Lines
- 1.4: Distance and Symmetry
- 1.5: Linear Inequalities and Coordinate Systems
- 1.6: Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities
- *1.7: What is Calculus?
- 1.8: Equations for Calculus
- 1.9: Inequalities for Calculus
- Chapter 1: Summary and Review
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Chapter 1: Algebraic and Geometrical Foundations
- Functions and Graphing
- Trigonometry
- Advanced Algebra Topics and Analytic Geometry
- Appendices
- Index
Product information
- Title: Precalculus: A Functional Approach to Graphing and Problem Solving, 6th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2011
- Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
- ISBN: 9780763782214
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