Precalculus

Abstract

According to The Orange Grove, "This book covers the following: Foundations of Trigonometry, Angles and their Measure, Applications of Radian Measure, Cosine and Sine, Beyond the Unit Circle, The Six Circular Functions and Fundamental Identities, Beyond the Unit Circle, Trigonometric Identities, Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions, Graphs of the Cosine and Sine Functions, Graphs of the Secant and Cosecant Functions, Graphs of the Tangent and Cotangent Functions, The Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Inverses of Secant and Cosecant: Trigonometry Friendly Approach, Inverses of Secant and Cosecant: Calculus Friendly Approach, Using a Calculator to Approximate Inverse Function Values, Solving Equations Using the Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities, Applications of Trigonometry, Applications of Sinusoids, Harmonic Motion, The Law of Sines, The Law of Cosines, Polar Coordinates, Graphs of Polar Equations, Hooked on Conics Again, Rotation of Axes, The Polar Form of Conics, Polar Form of Complex Numbers, Vectors, The Dot Product and Projection, and Parametric Equations. In addition, exercises and answers are provided for the reader.

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