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A series of easy-to-follow lessons are designed for self-teaching and rapid learning to help students learn precalculus the easy way.
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About the Authors
Lawrence S. Leff is Former Assistant Principal, Mathematics Supervision, at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn, New York.
Christina Pawlowski (revising author) is a math teacher at Commack High School in Commack, New York. She is an NYSMTP Emeritus and was the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS) County Chairperson 2018. She was also a NYS Teach of the Year Finalist and received the Governor’s Teaching Award.
About the Publisher
In the 1930s, Manuel H. Barron opened a bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.
People from the community asked Mr. Barron about books that might be available to help their children study for the New York State Regents exams. After realizing there wasn't anything available, Mr. Barron's created his own study guides.
80 years later, Barron's has helped millions of people prepare for their next step.
Summary
A series of easy-to-follow lessons are designed for self-teaching and rapid learning to help students learn precalculus the easy way. Barron's Precalculus: The Easy Way features a generous number of step-by-step demonstration examples as well as numerous tables, graphs, and graphing-calculator-based approaches.
Major topics covered include: algebraic methods; functions and their graphs; complex numbers; polynomial and rational functions; exponential and logarithmic functions; trigonometry and polar coordinates; counting and probability; binomial theorem; calculus preview; and much more. The topic organization and simple lesson format break down the subject matter into manageable learning modules that will help organize study time.
Each chapter ends with a comprehensive set of practice exercises designed to reinforce and extend key skills and concepts. These checkup exercises, together with the answers or solution hints included at the back of the book, will help assess understanding and monitor progress.
The final chapter of the book offers a brief introduction to the basic tools of calculus. This chapter will help the reader better appreciate the nature of calculus while giving a considerable head start for those moving forward in this field of mathematics. Visual references including charts, graphs, diagrams, instructive illustrations, and icons help engage students and reinforce important concepts.
