Engineers looking for an accessible approach to calculus will appreciate Precalculus: With Limits, 2nd Edition. The book offers a clear writing style that helps reduce any math anxiety they may have while developing their problem-solving skills. It incorporates Parallel Words and Math boxes that provide detailed annotations which follow a multi-modal approach. Your Turn exercises reinforce concepts by allowing them to see the connection between the exercises and examples. A five-step problem solving method is also used to help engineers gain a stronger understanding of word problems.
Chapter 1 Functions and Their Graphs
Chapter 2 Polynomial and Rational Functions
Chapter 3 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 4 Trigonometric Functions of Angles
Chapter 5 Trigonometric Functions of Real Numbers
Chapter 6 Analytic Trigonometry
Chapter 7 Vectors, the Complex Plane, and Polar Coordinates
Chapter 8 Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 9 Conics, Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Inequalities, and Parametric Equations
Chapter 10 Sequences and Series
