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Summary: Immense help
Review: I bought this book while taking a 6 week college pre-calc summer course. Being that the course was dramatically shortened from the normal 16 weeks to 6 weeks due to the summer curriculum, any extra help available was crucial. By using this book in conjunction with the regular school book, it made it a lot easier to understand things like functions, graphs, logs, and quadratics. This text pretty much follows right along with the in class book but provides many examples with more detailed solutions and different ways of solving them. I received a "B" in the class. Without this book, how knows?
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Summary: A Helpful Review
Review: If you need a compact review book on Precalculus, a light book
to carry around, to look up for formulas you cannot recall, or
would like to see sample worked examples, then this is the book
for you. Its print is large enough and the notes and explanation
will not strain your eyes as you read through because you want
to revise some lessons quickly. It is a complete Precalculus
text covering most topics. The author, who is an experienced
teacher has selected materials necessary for your course and
exam. Buy it, or give your friend as a good gift...I am sure you
will not regret.I have rated this book 4 stars, not that it lacks many things
but it will serve as an excellent companion to your regular
textbook, and it will be 5 stars for you if you make good use
of both the texts (this book + your class textbook).
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Summary: If you've forgotten how math works, this is THE ticket!
Review: My intent was to enter Calculus 1 and I had one month to review all the math I'd forgotten over the past 12 years. This book was instrumental in helping me to remember everything necessary to do well in Calculus (I got an A). The solved exercises and the amazing amount of detail in the solutions they provide was nothing short of awesome! I highly recommend this book if you're refreshing yourself in Math that you've forgotten over the years. It covers everything and makes you do exercises to dust off your cobwebs. I still use it even in Calc 2 because I'm constantly going back to the basics. This book had at least 30 problems in each category and it's enough to really get you refreshed and ready for Calc!
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Summary: If you've forgotten how math works, this is THE ticket!
Review: My intent was to enter Calculus 1 and I had one month to review all the math I'd forgotten over the past 12 years. This book was instrumental in helping me to remember everything necessary to do well in Calculus (I got an A). The solved exercises and the amazing amount of detail in the solutions they provide was nothing short of awesome! I highly recommend this book if you're refreshing yourself in Math that you've forgotten over the years. It covers everything and makes you do exercises to dust off your cobwebs. I still use it even in Calc 2 because I'm constantly going back to the basics. This book had at least 30 problems in each category and it's enough to really get you refreshed and ready for Calc!
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Summary: Yes, this book does help!
Review: Since the other reviewer and I attend the same university in Raleigh, and we are taking Math 107 (precalculus). I asked him what he thought. He said it is a good book, so I bought it. While it is certainly no substitute for a good teacher, I found it to be better than my text book, which really isn't of much use. The example used in the book are clear and easy to understand. This book is also much, much cheaper than my textbook. Trust me, I stink at math, and I have not been in a math class in 10 years. But, this book is making it easier. For the first time in 16 years, I am passing a math class on the first attempt. Two nights ago, I used it cram for my mid-term. It really helped a lot. It especially helped me understand difference quotients, which were giving me a lot of trouble. I intend to buy more of the Schaum's books as I have two more math classes to go. I have to -- I attend a school that values math above all else. I guess I'm just really glad because I took my midterm last night, and I left class feeling euphoric. I should probably add that I have a great teacher. I do not think you would regret buying this book if you are having trouble in precalculus.
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Summary: Best Prep for Pro-Math Students
Review: The only "outline" aspect of this book is that it removes the clutter of the problems for students to work on. It is obviously written by a math-minded individual for math-minded individuals (which I am not). Now if only someone would publish Precalc for Dummies.....
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Summary: Not a tutorial.
Review: This book is based on examples that are written in the form a+b+c=d or b+c+d=a, etc. I gave the book a 3 not because of how it is written. I feel sure that if you are having no problems with math this outline will work fine for you. However, it is just as it reads, AN OUTLINE. The 3 rating is because it came up when I was searching for books for beginning (as in I am stupid and don't know how to do it) calculus and that is NOT what this book is for. This book does not (and I am sure that it isn't supposed to) teach the theories of mathmatics from the ground up. So, if your struggling in a math class or you are wanting to get a jump on a math class, don't get this book. As previously mentioned, I am sure that it is a good book and does what it is intended to do. Teach you calculus is NOT what it is intended to do.
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