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A Companion To Calculus

by: Ebersole, Dennis C.; Schattschneider, Doris; Sevilla, Alicia; Somers, Kay

A Companion To Calculus

by: Ebersole, Dennis C.; Schattschneider, Doris; Sevilla, Alicia; Somers, Kay

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9780495011248
ISBN 10:
049501124X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/22/2005
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Summary

Improve your algebra and problem-solving skills with A COMPANION TO CALCULUS! Every chapter in this companion provides the conceptual background and any specific algebra techniques you need to understand and solve calculus problems related to that topic. Verbal descriptions, diagrams, graphs, pictures, symbolic formulas, and numerical data are all used to reinforce communicating and understanding in different modes.

Introduction

(7)

Symbols and Notation

(2)

Modes of Communication

(2)

Chapter 0 Exercises

(2)

Cartesian Coordinates

(31)

The Cartesian Coordinate Plane

(5)

Graphs

(4)

Lines and Their Equations

(8)

Parallel and Intersecting Lines

(4)

Distance between Two Points

(2)

The Circle

(7)

Exercises

(4)

Functions

(49)

Function Notation

(3)

Domain and Range of a Function

(5)

Set Notation for Real Numbers

(1)

Interval Notation for Real Numbers

(4)

Different Ways to Represent Functions

(4)

The Graph of a Function

(8)

Special Classes of Functions

(13)

Linear Functions

(2)

Piecewise Linear Functions

(4)

Quadratic Functions

(2)

Other Functions

(5)

Transformations of Graphs

(14)

Vertical Shifts

(1)

Horizontal Shifts

(1)

Reflection about the x-Axis

(1)

Reflection about the y-Axis

(1)

Scaling: Stretching and Compressing

(5)

Chapter 2 Exercises

(6)

Companion to Limits

(47)

Combinations of Functions

(9)

Algebraic Combinations of Functions

(5)

Composition of Functions

(4)

Algebraic Simplification of Functions

(14)

Quotients of Polynomials (Rational Functions)

100

(4)

Quotients with Radicals

104

(2)

Complex Fractions

106

(2)

Quotients with Absolute Values

108

(3)

Inequalities

111

(13)

Linear Inequalities

113

(3)

Absolute Value: Equations and Inequalities

116

(8)

If--Then Statements

124

(11)

Chapter 3 Exercises

131

(4)

Companion to Continuous Functions

135

(27)

Polynomials

140

(2)

Zeros of a Function

142

(9)

Finding Zeros of a Polynomial

142

(6)

The Approximation of Zeros of Continuous Functions

148

(3)

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