Pre-calculus Demystified 2/E

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McGraw Hill Professional, Jan 23, 2012 - Mathematics - 544 pages
Your step-by-step solution to mastering precalculus

Understanding precalculus often opens the door to learning more advanced and practical math subjects, and can also help satisfy college requisites. Precalculus Demystified, Second Edition, is your key to mastering this sometimes tricky subject.

This self-teaching guide presents general precalculus concepts first, so you'll ease into the basics. You'll gradually master functions, graphs of functions, logarithms, exponents, and more. As you progress, you'll also conquer topics such as absolute value, nonlinear inequalities, inverses, trigonometric functions, and conic sections. Clear, detailed examples make it easy to understand the material, and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce key ideas.

It's a no-brainer! You'll learn about:

  • Linear questions
  • Functions
  • Polynomial division
  • The rational zero theorem
  • Logarithms
  • Matrix arithmetic
  • Basic trigonometry

Simple enough for a beginner but challenging enough for an advanced student, Precalculus Demystified, Second Edition, Second Edition, helps you master this essential subject.

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Contents

Lines and Their Slopes
1
Introduction to Functions
25
Functions and Their Graphs
45
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About the author (2012)

Rhonda Huettenmueller has been teaching college mathematics for more than 20 years. She regularly teaches algebra, college algebra, and pre-calculus courses, along with more specialized versions of the classes for business students. Rhonda is the author of Algebra Demystified, McGraw-Hill's most successful Demystified book to date, College Algebra Demystified, and Business Calculus Demystified.

Bibliographic information

TitlePre-calculus Demystified 2/E
AuthorRhonda Huettenmueller
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2012
ISBN0071778497, 9780071778497
Length544 pages
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