Precalculus

by Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E. Byleen

The Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen College Algebra/Precalculus series is designed to be user friendly and to maximize student comprehension. The goal of this series is to emphasize computational skills, ideas, and problem solving rather than mathematical theory. Precalculus, 5/e, introduces a unit circle approach to trigonometry and can be used in one or two semester college algebra with trigonometry or precalculus courses. The large number of pedagogical devices employed in this text will guide a student through the course. Integrated throughout the text, the students and instructors will find Explore-Discuss boxes which encourage students to think critically about mathematical concepts. In each section, the worked examples are followed by matched problems that reinforce the concept that is being taught. In addition, the text contains an abundance of exercises and applications that will convince students that math is useful. A Smart CD is packaged with the seventh edition of the book. The CD tutorial reinforces important concepts, and provides students with extra practice problems.

Genres: School

1056 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2007

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[Hhhhhh · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Lydia · Rating 1 out of 5]

For those times when you must prove to yourself that your first year of college doesn't define you as a person.

Well, I passed the precalc course that required this text, but the text itself was hardly any help. The chapters were organized poorly, the authors emphasized proofs over actual problem solving, and the unnecessarily flowery language did nothing to help.

It was the required reading for the course, so it did at least give me an idea of what Khan Academy videos to watch and what to look up in the free Stitz-Zeagler Precalculus text.

I'm convinced people hate math because the books are badly written and not so much because they are actually bad at it. That's true in my case. I mean, it's not intuitive, but I can get there with a clear explanation and some drilling.

Now, to prove I'm not too dumb for calculus.

[Nabeel Asmer]

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