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Precalculus, 4th Edition

Description

Cynthia Young's Precalculus, 4th edition helps students take the guesswork out of studying by offering them an easy to read and clear roadmap that tells them what to do, how to do it, and whether they did it right. With this revision, the author focuses on the most difficult topics in precalculus, bringing clarity to challenging learning objectives.

New to Edition
  • A new chapter, Chapter 11, Limits: A Prelude to Calculus has been added to better prepare students for the concepts taught in the beginning of most Calculus courses.
  • New and updated examples and exercises have been added with a focus on equity, equality, and relevance.
  • Over 500 new problems and exercise sets have been added across all chapters to expand the number of medium difficulty problems.
  • Inquiry Based Learning and Modeling our World projects have been added to every chapter to help students apply content to real life scenarios.
  • Features

    Skills and Concepts
    Learning objectives are purposely separated out into two categories at the beginning of every section providing students with skills they should be able to do and objectives for what students should understand. These are reinforced with both skill exercises and conceptual exercises promoting a deeper understanding of topics.

    Catch the Mistake
    In every section, Catch the Mistake exercises place the students in the role of the instructor grading homework. Finding the mistake demonstrates a higher level of understanding and reinforces what they have learned.

    Parallel Words and Math
    College Algebra reverses the common presentation of examples by placing the explanation in words on the left and the mathematics in parallel on the right. This reflects how students are instructed in class by telling them what step is coming and performing the mathematical step together.