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020			_a978-1-119-50877-9
040			_bEnglish. _cCvSU-CCAT Campus Library _erda.
050			_aQA303.2 _bS74 2019
100			_aSterling, Mary Jane, author. _91822
245			_aPre-calculus / _cMary Jane Sterling.
250			_aThird edition.
260			_aNew Jersey : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., _cc2019.
300			_axii, 396 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
490			_aFor dummies
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction -- Getting started with pre-calculus. Pre-pre-calculus ; Playing with real numbers ; The building blocks of pre-calculus functions ; Operating on 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 trid identities: the basics ; Advanced identities: your keys to 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 ; Creating conics by slicing cones ; Streamlining systems, managing variables ; Sequences, series, and expanding binomials for the real world ; Onward to calculus -- The part of tens. Ten polar graphs ; Ten habits to adjust before calculus
520			_aPre-calculus courses have become increasingly popular with 35 percent of students in the U.S. taking the course in middle or high school. Often, completion of such a course is a prerequisite for calculus and other upper level mathematics courses. Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an invaluable resource for students enrolled in pre-calculus courses. By presenting the essential topics in a clear and concise manner, the book helps students improve their understanding of pre-calculus and become prepared for upper level math courses
546			_aIn English text.
650			_aPrecalculus _91823
942			_2lcc _cBK _hQA 303.2 S74 2019 _kCIR
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