Pre-calculus (Problem Solvers) - Softcover

Smolarski, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878915567 ISBN 13: 9780878915569

Publisher: Research & Education Association,U.S., 1984

Synopsis

This title offers answers to all of your questions in one convenient source! Founded over 50-years ago, REA is dedicated to producing the finest and most effective digital and print materials in educational publishing. This is the ultimate in study guides. From the elementary to the advanced, it is prepared by experts in each field. It enables students to get to grips with the subject by showing them the way, step-by-step, saving hours of time and frustration. Each Problem Solver is an insightful and essential study and solution guide filled with clear, concise problem-solving gems. More useful, more practical, and more informative, these study aids are the best review books and textbook companions available. Nothing remotely as comprehensive or as helpful exists in their subject anywhere. It is perfect for undergraduate and graduate studies. This highly useful reference provides thorough coverage of first-year college math, including algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions and their graphs. It includes solutions of linear and quadratic equations, analytic geometry, elementary statistics, differentiation and integration, determinants, matrices, and systems of equations. Problem-solving strategies are included at the beginning of every chapter for each topic covered.

About this title

About the Authors

Dennis Smolarski, Ph.D., is associate professor of mathematics at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.

Founded in 1959, Research & Education Association is dedicated to producing the finest and most effective digital and print materials in educational publishing, including some of America’s most popular test preps and study aids. REA’s wide-ranging catalog is a leading resource for teachers, students, and professionals.

Dennis Smolarski, Ph.D., is associate professor of mathematics at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.

Founded in 1959, Research & Education Association is dedicated to producing the finest and most effective digital and print materials in educational publishing, including some of America’s most popular test preps and study aids. REA’s wide-ranging catalog is a leading resource for teachers, students, and professionals.

From the Back Cover

REA’s Problem Solvers is a series of useful, practical, and informative study guides. Each title in the series is complete step-by-step solution guide. The Pre-Calculus Problem Solver enables students to solve difficult problems by showing them step-by-step solutions to Pre-Calculus problems.

The Problem Solvers cover material ranging from the elementary to the advanced and make excellent review books and textbook companions.

The Pre-Calculus Problem Solver is the perfect resource for any class, any exam, and any problem!

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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

This book can be an invaluable aid to students in pre-calculus as a supplement to their textbooks. The book is subdivided into 55 chapters, each dealing with a separate topic. The subject matter is developed beginning with algebraic, trigonmetric, exponential, logarithmic functions and their graphs and extends through linear and quadratic equations, analytic geometry, elementary statistics, differentiation and integration, determinants, matrices, and systems of equations. An extensive number of applications have been included, since these appear to be most troublesome to students.

Each chapter in the book begins with a section entitled "Basic Attacks and Strategies for Solving Problems in this Chapter." This section explains the principles which are applicable to the topics in the chapter. By reviewing these principles, the student can acquire a good grasp of the underlying techniques and strategies through which problems related to the chapter may be solved.

HOW TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND
A TOPIC THOROUGHLY

1. Refer to your class text and read the section pertaining to the topic. You should become acquainted with the principles discussed there. These principles, however, may not be clear to you at the time.

2. Then locate the topic you are looking for by referring to the "Table of Contents" in the front of this book. After turning to the appropriate chapter, read the section "Basic Attacks and Strategies for Solving Problems in this Chapter." This section is a review of the important principles related to the chapter, and it will help you to understand further how and why problems in the chapter are solved in the manner shown.

3. Turn to the page where the topic begins and review the problems under each topic, in the order given. For each topic, the problems are arranged in order of complexity, from the simplest to the more difficult. Some problems may appear similar to others, but each problem has been selected to illustrate a different point or solution method.

Edition details

• Publisher: Research & Education Association,U.S.
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878915567
• ISBN 13: 9780878915569
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1104