This guide provides a clear, interactive introduction to the key concepts of those disciplines collectively known as precalculus, including an algebra review and complete coverage of exponential and log functions, trigonometry, and linear programming. An addition to Wiley's stable of self-teaching maths titles, it offers a self-teaching approach applied to a challenging maths subject.

Table of Contents

The Basics. Functions. Graphs of Functions. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. Trigonometry. Analytic Trigonometry. Additional Topics in Trigonometry. Miscellaneous Topics. Index.

About the Author

STEVE SLAVIN, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of economics at Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey. He is the author of several textbooks and self-teaching guides, including Quick Business Math, Math for Your First- and Second- Grader, All the Math You'll Ever Need, and Economics. GINNY CRISONINO has taught math, including the precalculus course, at Union County College in New Jersey for sixteen years.