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Pearson Just-in-Time Algebra for Students of Calculus in Management and the Life Sciences 1998 Edition by Ronald I. Brent, Guntram Mueller
Are your students having a problem in your calculus class? It's possible that calculus isn't really the problem-it may be the algebra that's giving them trouble. Sharp algebra skills are essential to mastering calculus, and Just-in-Time Algebra for Students of Calculus in Management and the Life Sciences is designed to bolster these skills exactly at the moment that students need them in calculus. The easy-to-use Table of Contents has the algebra topics arranged in the order that students need them as they study calculus. So all the information students need is right here-just in time! Table of contents :- 1. Numbers and Their Disguises. Fractions.Decimals.Percent.Powers.Roots.Scientific Notation.Calculators.Rounding.Intervals.2. Solving Equations. Equations of Degree 1 and 2.The Zero-Factor Property.3. Introducing Functions and Graphs. Various Types of Graphs.Functions.Domain and Range.Equations of Lines Power Functions.Shifting.Intersection of Curves.4. Changing the Form of a Function. Factoring.Canceling.Rationalizing.Extracting a Factor from Under a Root.5. Simplifying Algebraic Expressions. Working with Different Quotients and Rational Functions.Canceling Common Factors.Rationalizing Expressions.6. Composition and Decomposition of Functions. Composite Functions.Inner, Outer, and Outermost Functions.Decomposing Composite Functions.7. Equations of Degree 1 Revisited. Solving Linear Equations Involving Derivatives.8. Word Problems. The Geometry of Rectangles, Triangles, and Circles.Expressing One Quantity as a Function of One or More Other Quantities.9. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. Working with Graphs.Expressions and Equations of Exponential Functions.Inverse Functions and Logarithmic Functions.Appendices. Completing the Square and Deriving the Quadratic Formula.Factorials.The Binomial Theorem.Answers to Exercise.Index.Answers to Exercise.Index.