Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for CalculusThe fourth edition of this market-leading text helps instructors motivate concepts, and students develop critical thinking skills. Functions Modeling Change 4th edition, is designed to accomplish the main goals of the Precalculus course: to build a solid mathematical foundation and prepare students for Calculus. The authors achieve this by focusing on a small number of key topics, thereby emphasising depth of understanding rather than breadth of coverage. Functions Modeling Change 4th edition, presents each function symbolically, numerically, graphically and verbally (the Rule of Four). Additionally, a large number of real-world applications, examples, and problems enable students to create mathematical models that relate to the world around them. |
Contents
FUNCTIONS | 67 |
QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS | 103 |
EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS | 129 |
LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS | 179 |
TRANSFORMATIONS OF FUNCTIONS AND THEIR GRAPHS | 223 |
TRIGONOMETRY IN CIRCLES AND TRIANGLES | 271 |
THE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS | 317 |
TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS | 369 |
POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL FUNCTIONS | 431 |
VECTORS AND MATRICES | 495 |
SEQUENCES AND SERIES | 535 |
PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS AND CONIC SECTIONS | 565 |
ANSWERS TO ODDNUMBERED PROBLEMS | 609 |
INDEX | 643 |
Endpaper | 655 |
COMPOSITIONS INVERSES AND COMBINATIONS OF FUNCTIONS | 397 |
Other editions - View all
Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, Wiley High School Edition Eric Connally No preview available - 2013 |
Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus Eric Connally,Deborah Hughes-Hallett,Andrew M. Gleason No preview available - 2011 |
Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus Eric Connally,Deborah Hughes-Hallett,Andrew M. Gleason No preview available - 2010 |
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