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Summary: It's a nice book
Review: I used this book in my ap precalc class in high school. At the time I used it, I didn't consider it the greatest book. Even though the book covers a wide varaity of topics, it seems to be that there aren't enough examples. Now I am a freshman in high school taking calc. I am really thankful to this book. It has EVERYTHING you need for calc. A lot of things I learned from this book are re-taught in calc, or least the prof asks about if people have learned this or not. Amazingly, a lot of things I learn are never taught to my classmates who used a different precalc book! I am actually getting this book for a personal reference now because it has everything you need to know.
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Summary: A Genuinely Bad Book
Review: If you are buying this book because it is required for your course, I strongly suggest you cancel out of the class and find another that uses a better book. If you must take the course with this book, by sympathy to you. Dugopolski's College Algebra and Trig is vastly superior.This book is full of confusing and inadequate explanations. It is infuriating in places. Typical is the sample solution on p. 544 to a system of 3 linear equations. It is a series of minimially explained steps that is a devil to follow, and does not emphasize the basic underlying technique of eliminating variables. It relies on graphing calculators. This is fact, not criticism, since such reliance is in the area of personal preference. Some like to use calculators as an aid, other's feel it hinders learning. There are much better books on the market!
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Summary: A great book that makes you an outstanding mathematician!!
Review: This book is simply great with its theoretical explanation on major concepts in precalculus that will prepare you for AP cal. Many have said that this book sucks or dull or hard to understand is simply that they are not into this book or stupid. They do provide a lot of practice set that really makes you practical in math.
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