Master Math: Pre-Calculus

by Debra Anne Ross

From the Author

Introduction to Master Math: Pre-Calculus and Geometry: Pre-Calculus and Geometry is the
third book in the Master Math series. The first and second books are
entitled Basic Math and Pre-Algebra and Algebra, and the fourth book is
entitled Calculus. The Master Math series presents the general principles of
mathematics from grade school through college including arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus and introductory calculus. Pre-Calculus
and Geometry is a comprehensive pre-calculus book that explains the subject
matter in a way that makes sense to the reader. It begins with the most
basic principles and progresses through more advanced topics. Pre-Calculus
and Geometry explains the principles and operations of geometry,
trigonometry, pre-calculus and introductory calculus, provides step-by-step
procedures and solutions, and presents examples and applications.
Pre-Calculus and Geometry is a comprehensive reference book for high school
and college students that explains and clarifies principles of pre-calculus
and calculus they are learning in school. The information provided in each
book and in the series as a whole is progressive in difficulty and builds on
itself, which allows the reader to gain perspective on the connected nature
of mathematics. The skills required to understand every topic presented are
explained in an earlier chapter or book within the series. Each of the first
three books contains a complete table of contents, a comprehensive index,
and the tables of con-tents of the other two books in the series so that
specific subjects, principles and formulas can be easily found. The books
are written in a simple style that facilitates understanding and easy
referencing of sought-after principles, definitions and explanations.
Pre-Calculus and Geometry and the Master Math series are not replacements
for textbooks but rather reference books providing explanations and
perspective. The Master Math series would have been in-valuable to me during
my entire education from grade school through graduate school. There is no
other source that provides the breadth and depth of the Master Math series
in a single book or series. Finally, mathematics is a language-the universal
language. A person struggling with mathematics should approach it in the
same fashion he or she would approach learning any other language. If
someone moves to a foreign country, he or she does not expect to know the
language automatically. It takes practice and contact with a language in
order to master it. After a short time in the foreign country he or she
would not say, 'I do not know this language well yet. I must not have an
aptitude for it.' Yet many people have this attitude toward mathematics. If
time is spent learning and practicing the principles, mathematics will
be-come familiar and understandable. Don't give up.

Debra Ross, the author, February 16, 1999


Note to the reader:

There are three misprints in books from the first printing:

The
definition of Pi on page 23. Pi is equivalent to the circumference divided
by the diameter of a circle (not the radius of a circle).
The equation
for the volume of a pyramid on page 40. The equation should read: Volume of
a pyramid = (1/3)(area of base)(height) = (1/3)(area of base)(d) The (1/3)
was left out.
The third line on page 79 should read ...'then r^m -> 0'.

Genres: Mathematics

185 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009