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Schaum's Outline of PreCalculus, 2nd Ed. (Schaum's Outlines)
By Fred Safier


* Publisher: McGraw-Hill
* Number Of Pages: 426
* Publication Date: 2008-08-13
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071508643
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071508643
* Binding: Paperback




Product Description:



Schaum's has Satisfied Students for 50 Years.

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For half a century, more than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them study faster, learn better, and get top grades. Now Schaum's celebrates its 50th birthday with a brand-new look, a new format with hundreds of practice problems, and completely updated information to conform to the latest developments in every field of study.

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This book has been updated to reflect the latest course scope and sequence. Review problems have been added after key chapters as well as more supplementary practice problems. An informal level discussion of limits, continuity, and derivatives has also been added, as well as additional information on the algebra of the dot product, exponential form of complex numbers, and conic sections in polar coordinates-plus business applications such as average rate of change, price/demand and science applications, including projectiles.





Summary: Excellent Review Book or supplemental book
Rating: 5

As a math major and tutor I would say that this is a excellent review book or supplemental book. It has quite a few worked examples in it. Some of the explanations are a bit technical but they are correct. This is more of a reinforcement book not really intended to actually teach you pre-calculus because unless you are a math person teaching yourself math may prove quite difficult. It is always best to have a teacher or tutor explain the topics then practice and bring back questions to your teacher or tutor and if you are one of the less fortunate who get the occasional bad math teacher then you need to get a tutor and work with them to get the concept then work the problems. And the concept of what you are doing is always best explained by a person who already understands the material (of course there are always exceptions).



Summary: You should do this ....
Rating: 4

You should read this book before you take on calculus. But use it as an addition to another book for precalculus.



Summary: Schaum's Precalculus
Rating: 5

Excellent Study Guide. Provides a summary of the theory required to understand each math topic, many worked out examples and supplementary problems with answers at the end of the book.



Summary: Schaum's Pre-Calculus
Rating: 5

Based on my experience with this series, I bought this for a college freshman in need. She loved the book and has since bought two other math books.



Summary: Very helpful,
Rating: 5

The book is well organized and clear on its points. Also includes tons of practice problems of every level of difficulty. I would recommend this to anyone who needs to review or self-teach the material.