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Informationen zum Autor Mark Ryan has taught pre-algebra through calculus for more than 25 years. In 1997, he founded The Math Center in Winnetka, Illinois, where he teaches junior high and high school mathematics courses as well as standardized test prep classes. He also does extensive one-on-one tutoring. He is a member of the Authors Guild and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Klappentext The easy way to conquer calculusCalculus is hard--no doubt about it--and students often need help understanding or retaining the key concepts covered in class. Calculus Workbook For Dummies serves up the concept review and practice problems with an easy-to-follow, practical approach. Plus, you'll get free access to a quiz for every chapter online.With a wide variety of problems on everything covered in calculus class, you'll find multiple examples of limits, vectors, continuity, differentiation, integration, curve-sketching, conic sections, natural logarithms, and infinite series. Plus, you'll get hundreds of practice opportunities with detailed solutions that will help you master the math that is critical for scoring your highest in calculus.* Review key concepts* Take hundreds of practice problems* Get access to free chapter quizzes online* Use as a classroom supplement or with a tutorGet ready to quickly and easily increase your confidence and improve your skills in calculus. Zusammenfassung The easy way to conquer calculusCalculus is hard--no doubt about it--and students often need help understanding or retaining the key concepts covered in class. Calculus Workbook For Dummies serves up the concept review and practice problems with an easy-to-follow! practical approach. Plus! you'll get free access to a quiz for every chapter online.With a wide variety of problems on everything covered in calculus class! you'll find multiple examples of limits! vectors! continuity! differentiation! integration! curve-sketching! conic sections! natural logarithms! and infinite series. Plus! you'll get hundreds of practice opportunities with detailed solutions that will help you master the math that is critical for scoring your highest in calculus.* Review key concepts* Take hundreds of practice problems* Get access to free chapter quizzes online* Use as a classroom supplement or with a tutorGet ready to quickly and easily increase your confidence and improve your skills in calculus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Pre-Calculus Review 5 Chapter 1: Getting Down to Basics: Algebra and Geometry 7 Fraction Frustration 7 Misc. Algebra: You Know, Like Miss South Carolina 9 Geometry: When Am I Ever Going to Need It? 11 Solutions for This Easy, Elementary Stuff 16 Chapter 2: Funky Functions and Tricky Trig 25 Figuring Out Your Functions 25 Trigonometric Calisthenics 29 Solutions to Functions and Trigonometry 33 Part 2: Limits and Continuity 41 Chapter 3: A Graph Is Worth a Thousand Words: Limits and Continuity 43 Digesting the Definitions: Limit and Continuity 44 Taking a Closer Look: Limit and Continuity Graphs 46 Solutions for Limits and Continuity 50 Chapter 4: Nitty-Gritty Limit Problems 53 Solving Limits with Algebra 54 Pulling Out Your Calculator: Useful "Cheating" 59 Making Yourself a Limit Sandwich 61 Into the Great Beyond: Limits at Infinity 63 Solutions for Problems with Limits 67 Part 3: Differentiation 77 Chapter 5: Getting the Big Picture: Differentiation Basics 79 The Derivative: A Fancy Calculus Word for Slope and Rate 79 The Handy-Dandy Difference Quotient 81 So...
