Precalculus
ISBN: 9780840069429 | 0840069421
Edition: 7thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/1/2011
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Get a good grade in your precalculus course with PRECALCULUS, Seventh Edition. Written in a clear, student-friendly style, the book also provides a graphical perspective so you can develop a visual understanding of college algebra and trigonometry. With great examples, exercises, applications, and real-life data--and a range of online study resources--this book provides you with the tools you need to be successful in your course.
| Fundamentals | |
| Sets of Real Numbers | |
| Absolute Value | |
| Solving Equations (Review and Preview) | |
| Rectangular Coordinates | |
| Visualizing Data | |
| Graphs and Graphing Utilities | |
| Equations of Lines | |
| Symmetry and Graphs | |
| Circles | |
| Equations And Inequalities | |
| Quadratic Equati... MORE | |
| Other Types of Equations | |
| Inequalities | |
| More on Inequalities | |
| Functions | |
| The Definition of a Function | |
| The Graph of a Function | |
| Shapes of Graphs | |
| Average Rate of Change | |
| Techniques in Graphing | |
| Methods of Combining Functions | |
| Iteration | |
| Inverse Functions | |
| Polynomial And Rational Functions: Applications To Optimization | |
| Linear Functions | |
| Quadratic Functions | |
| Using Iteration to Model Populations Growth (Optional Section) | |
| Setting Up Equations That Devine Functions | |
| Maximum and Minimum Problems | |
| Polynomial Functions | |
| Rational Functions | |
| Exponential And Logarithmic Functions | |
| Exponential Functions | |
| The Exponential Function y = ex | |
| Logarithmic Functions | |
| Properties of Logarithms | |
| Equations and Inequalities with Logs and Exponents | |
| Compound IntereSt. Exponential Growth and Decay | |
| An Introduction To Trigonometry Via Right Triangles | |
| Trigonometric Functions of Acute Angles | |
| Right-Triangle Applications | |
| Trigonometric Functions of Angles | |
| Trigonometric Identities | |
| The Trigonometric Functions | |
| Radian Measure | |
| Trigonometric Functions of Angles | |
| Evaluating the Trigonometric Functions | |
| Algebra and the Trigonometric Functions | |
| Right-Triangle Trigonometry | |
| Graphs Of Trigonometric Functions | |
| Trigonometric Functions of Real Numbers | |
| Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions | |
| Graphs of y = A sin(Bx-C) and y = A cos(Bx-C) | |
| Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| Graphs of the Tangent and the Reciprocal Functions | |
| Analytical Trigonometry | |
| The Addition Formulas | |
| The Double-Angle Formulas | |
| The Product-to-Sum and Sum-to-Product Formulas | |
| Trigonometric Equations | |
| The Inverse Trigonometric Functions | |
| Additional Topics In Trigonometry | |
| Right-Triangle Applications | |
| The Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines | |
| Vectors in the Plane: A Geometric Approach | |
| Vectors in the Plane: An Algebraic Approach | |
| Parametric Equations | |
| Introduction to Polar Coordinates | |
| Curves in Polar Coordinates | |
| DeMoivre's Theorem | |
| Systems Of Equations | |
| Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Unknowns | |
| Gaussian Elimination | |
| Matrices | |
| The Inverse of a Square Matrix | |
| Determinants and Cramer's Rule | |
| Nonlinear Systems of Equations | |
| Systems of Inequalities | |
| The Conic Sections | |
| The Basic Equations | |
| The Parabola | |
| Tangents to Parabolas (Optional Section) | |
| The Ellipse | |
| The Hyperbola | |
| The Focus-Directrix Property of Conics | |
| The Conics in Polar Coordinates | |
| Rotation of Axes | |
| Roots Of Polynomial Equations | |
| Division of Polynomials | |
| The Remainder Theorem and the Factor Theorem | |
| The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra | |
| Rational and Irrational Roots | |
| Conjugate Roots and Descartes's Rule of Signs | |
| Introduction to Partial Fractions | |
| More About Partial Fractions | |
| Additional Topics In Algebra | |
| Mathematical Induction | |
| The Binomial Theorem | |
| Introduction to Sequences and Series | |
| Arithmetic Sequences and Series | |
| Geometric Sequences and Series | |
| Introduction to Limits | |
| Significant Digits | |
| v2 is Irrational | |
| The Complex Number System | |
| Answers | |
| Index | |
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