"Precalculus is intended for college-level precalculus students.
"Precalculus is intended for college-level precalculus students.
"The text is suitable for a typical introductory algebra course, and was developed to be used flexibly.
"The text is suitable for a typical introductory algebra course, and was developed to be used flexibly.
"The text is suitable for a typical introductory algebra course, and was developed to be used flexibly.
Precalculus is adaptable and designed to fit the needs of a variety of precalculus courses. It is a comprehensive text that covers more ground than a typical one- or two-semester college-level precalculus course.
For a typical semester course the instructor can choose several of the sections but would not be able to cover all of them. The text is full of exercises and activities to keep the students actively engaged.
The first portion of the book is an investigation of functions, exploring the graphical behavior of, interpretation of, and solutions to problems involving linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
"The text is suitable for a typical introductory algebra course, and was developed to be used flexibly.
The second half of the second edition of Precalculus: An Investigation of Functions. This is an open textbook, available free online. This second portion of the book introduces trigonometry.
This book is an open textbook; it can be read free online at http://www.opentextbookstore.com/mathinsociety/. Editable versions of the chapters are available as well.
This book is an exploration of the wide world of mathematics, of which algebra is only one small piece.