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Pre-Calculus For Dummies

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Pre-Calculus For Dummies

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The fun and easy way to learn pre-calculusGetting ready for calculus but still feel a bit confused? Have no fear. Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an un-intimidating, hands-on guide that walks you through all the essential topics, from absolute value and quadratic equations to logarithms and exponential functions to trig identities and matrix operations. With this guide's help you'll quickly and painlessly get a handle on all of the concepts -- not just the number crunching -- and understand how to perform all pre-calc tasks, from graphing to tackling proofs. You'll also get a new appreciation for ho

Cover; Table of Contents; Title Page; Introduction; Part I: Set It Up, Solve It, Graph It; Chapter 1: Pre-Pre-Calculus; Chapter 2: Playing with Real Numbers; Chapter 3: The Building Blocks of Pre-Calc: Functions; Chapter 4: Digging Out and Using Roots to Graph Polynomial Functions; Chapter 5: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions; Part II: The Essentials of Trigonometry; Chapter 6: Circling in on Angles; Chapter 7: Simplifying the Graphing and Transformation of Trig Functions; Chapter 8: Identifying with Trig Identities: The BasicsChapter 9: Advanced Identities: Your Keys to Pre-Calc SuccessChapter 10: Taking Charge of Oblique Triangles with the Laws of Sines and Cosines; Part III: Analytic Geometry and System Solving; Chapter 11: Plane Thinking: Complex Numbers and Polar Coordinates; Chapter 12: Slicing Cones or Measuring the Path of a Comet -- with Confidence; Chapter 13: Streamlining Systems, Managing Variables; Chapter 14: Sequences, Series, and Expanding Binomials for the Real World; Chapter 15: Scouting the Road Ahead to Calculus; Part IV: The Part of TensChapter 16: Ten Habits to Develop as You Prepare for CalculusChapter 17: Ten Habits to Quit Before Calculus; Cheat Sheet;