Overview
Main description
Packed with practical examples, graphs, and Q&As, this complete self-teaching guide from the best-selling author of Algebra Demystified covers all the essential topics, including: absolute value, nonlinear inequalities, functions and their graphs, inverses, proportion and ratio, and much more.
Table of contents
PrefaceChapter 1: The Slope and Equation of a LineChapter 2: Introduction to FunctionsChapter 3: Functions and Their GraphsChapter 4: Combinations of Functions and Inverse FunctionsChapter 5: Translations and Special Functions Chapter 6: Quadratic FunctionsChapter 7: Polynomial FunctionsChapter 8: Rational FunctionsChapter 9: Exponents and LogarithmsChapter 10: Systems of Equations and InequalitiesChapter 11: MatricesChapter 12: Conic SectionsChapter 13: TrigonometryChapter 14: Sequences and SeriesAppendixFinal Exam
Author comments
Rhonda Huettenmueller is the author of the best-selling book in the Demystified series, Algebra Demystified. Popular with students for her ability to make higher math understandable and even enjoyable, she incorporates many of her teaching techniques in this book. Ms. Huettenmueller has taught mathematics at the college level for almost 15 years. She received her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of North Texas.
Back cover copy
HERE'S AN ABSOLUTE VALUE FOR ANYONE WISHING TO MASTER PRE-CALCULUS!
Calculus is a cinch with pre-calculus under your belt -- and calculus is a must for any science, math, or computer science major. Pre-calculus by itself deepens your understanding of mathematics and improves your performance on standardized pre-college and college tests. Now anyone can master pre-calculus -- without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Pre-Calculus Demystified, best-selling author and teacher Rhonda Huettenmueller breaks pre-calculus down into manageable bites with practical examples, solutions, graphs, practice questions, and a fresh approach that removes the mystery from pre-calc concepts.
Unlike most books on pre-calculus, general concepts are presented first -- and the details follow. In order to make the process as clear and simple as possible, long computations are presented in a logical, layered progression with just one execution per step.
This entertaining self-teaching course makes it fun and easy to learn precalculus fast. Get ready to:
- Perform better on placement exams
- Avoid confusion with detailed examples and solutions that help you every step of the way
- Conquer such topics as absolute value, nonlinear inequalities, inverses, trigonometric functions, and conic sections.
- Get comfortable with functions, graphs of functions, logarithms, exponents, and more
- Master a subject that will help you with calculus, geometry, trigonometry, physics, chemistry, computing, and engineering
- Reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses with questions at the end of every chapter, and a final exam at the end of the book
Pre-Calculus Demystified is the perfect shortcut to learning or brushing up on this important subject.
