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This market-leading text continues to provide both students and instructors with sound, consistently structured explanations of the mathematical concepts. Designed for a one- or two-term course that prepares students to study calculus, the new Eighth Edition retains the features that have made PRECALCULUS a complete solution for both students and instructors: interesting applications, cutting-edge design, and innovative technology combined with an abundance of carefully written exercises.

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• 1 Functions And Their Graphs
• Rectangular Coordinates
• Graphs of Equations
• Linear Equations in Two Variables
• Functions
• Analyzing Graphs of Functions
• A Library of Functions
• Transformations of Functions
• Combinations of Functions: Composite Functions
• Inverse Functions
• Mathematical Modeling and Variation
• 2 Polynomial And Rational Functions
• Quadratic Functions and Models
• Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree
• Polynomial and Synthetic Division
• Complex Numbers
• Zeros of Polynomial Functions
• Rational Functions
• Nonlinear Inequalities
• 3 Exponential And Logarithmic Functions
• Exponential Functions and Their Graphs
• Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs
• Properties of Logarithms
• Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
• Exponential and Logarithmic Models
• 4 Trigonometry
• Radian and Degree Measure
• Trigonometric Functions: The Unit Circle
• Right Triangle Trigonometry
• Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle
• Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions
• Graphs of Other Trigonometric Functions
• Inverse Trigonometric Functions
• Applications and Models
• 5 Analytic Trigonometry
• Using Fundamental Identities
• Verifying Trigonometric Identities
• Solving Trigonometric Equations
• Sum and Difference Formulas
• Multiple-Angle and Product-to-Sum Formulas
• 6 Additional Topics In Trigonometery
• Law of Sines
• Law of Cosines
• Vectors in the Plane
• Vectors and Dot Products
• Trigonometric Form of a Complex Number
• 7 Systems Of Equations And Inequalities
• Linear and Nonlinear Systems of Equations
• Two-Variable Linear Systems
• Multivariable Linear Systems
• Partial Fractions
• Systems of Inequalities
• Linear Programming
• 8 Matrices And Determinants
• Matrices and Systems of Equations
• Operations with Matrices
• The Inverse of a Square Matrix
• The Determinant of a Square Matrix
• Applications of Matrices and Determinants
• 9 Sequences, Series, And Probability
• Sequences and Series
• Arithmetic Sequences and Partial Sums
• Geometric Sequences and Series
• Mathematical Induction
• The Binomial Theorem
• Counting Principles
• Probability
• 10 Topics In Analytic Geometry
• Lines
• Introduction to Conics: Parabolas
• Ellipses
• Hyperbolas
• Rotation of Conics
• Parametric Equations
• Polar Coordinates
• Graphs of Polar Equations
• Polar Equations of Conics
• Appendix A Review Of Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra
• Real Numbers and Their Properties
• Exponents and Radicals
• Polynomials and Factoring
• Rational Expressions
• Solving Equations
• Linear Inequalities in One Variable
• Errors and the Algebra of Calculus
• Appendix B Concepts In Statistics (WEB)
• Representing Data
• Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
• Least Squares Regression