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Slavin, Steve, 1939-

Precalculus : a self-teaching guide / Steve Slavin, Ginny Crisonino.

New York : John Wiley, ©2001.

vi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

This self-teaching guide includes an algebra review and complete coverage of exponential functions, log functions, and trigonometry. The book also features frequent self-tests and exercises.

Self-teaching guide

Self-teaching guide.

Algebra.

Trigonometry.

Linear programming.

Exponential functions.

Crisonino, Ginny.

Includes index.

Basics: Exponents -- Polynomials -- Rational exponents and radicals -- Factoring -- Basic geometry -- Applications -- Functions: Definition of a function -- Operations on functions -- Composite functions -- Inverse functions -- Graphs of functions: Intercepts -- Slope of a straight line -- Writing the equation of a straight line -- Graphs of linear functions -- Graphs of quadratic functions -- Graphs of polynomial functions of degree 3 and higher -- Asymptotes -- Oblique asymptotes and graphs of rational functions -- Exponential and logarithmic functions: Exponential functions -- Logarithmic functions -- Properties of logarithmic functions -- Solving logarithmic equations -- Applications -- Trigonometry: Angles and their measure -- Right-triangle trigonometry -- Trigonometric functions of any angle -- Graphs of the basic trigonometric functions -- Inverse trigonometric functions -- Applications -- Analytic trigonometry: Using fundamental identities -- Verifying trigonometric identities -- Solving trigonometric equations -- Sum and difference formulas -- Multiple-angle and product-to-sum formulas -- Additional topics in trigonometry: Law of sines -- Law of cosines -- Area of a triangle -- Miscellaneous topics: Solving systems of inequalities and linear programming -- Partial fraction decomposition.

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