Precalculus robert blitzer third edition

Bob is most energized by teaching mathematics and has taught a variety of mathematics courses at Miami-Dade College for nearly 30 years. He has received numerous teaching awards, including Innovator of the Year from the League for Innovations in the Community College, and was among the first group of recipients at Miami-Dade College for an endowed chair based on excellence in the classroom. We're sorry! We don't recognize your username or password. Please try again. The work is protected by local and international copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning.

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Description Gets Them Engaged. Keeps Them Engaged. Topics include cigarette consumption, passion and commitment in humans, and online spending trends. Brings relevance to examples, discussions, and applications applications involving cost functions, revenue functions, and break-even points section 8.

Peaks students' interest by showing them how important math is to their lives on a daily basis. Exceptionally clear and accessible presentation —More so than any text in the market, Blitzer is fastidious about ensuring that students can follow the book when they get home from class.

Features voice balloons that allow for very, specific annotations in examples. These annotations are the things that instructors say to students when teaching a particular example. These annotations, like an instructor, translate the math for students. Further clarifies procedures and concepts for students. Appears everywhere throughout the text, in examples and beside graphs, whereever a student needs help.

Students always know what to expect when they read the examples at home because the format it always the same The format helps clarify and reinforce learning - First, students read the algebraic expression. Then, the annotations or instructor's voice help clarify the steps needed to solve the example, and last, the concept is immediately reinforced as the student is asked to try and solve a similar problem - a Checkpoint Example - right away.

This actively involves students in the learning process. New to This Edition. Refreshed Applications: Bob Blitzer believes that an engaged student is a motivated student. Get's students engaged by showing them how math is both interesting and relevant to their everyday lives. Overwhelmingly positively received, this is a great way to check understanding at critical points within chapters instead of waiting until the entire chapter is covered.

Share a link to All Resources. Instructor Resources. Instructors, you may still place orders with your bookstore. Course Resources. About the Author s. Previous editions. Precalculus, 2nd Edition. Sign In We're sorry! Chapter Test Prep Videos contain worked-out solutions to every exercise in every chapter test. An instructor walks students through each exercise step-by-step, allowing students to pause and watch again as needed. This valuable study tool comes with every new copy of the textbook.

Study Tip boxes appear throughout the book. These offer suggestions for problem solving, point out common student errors, and provide informal tips and suggestions. Technology boxes illustrate the many capabilities of graphing utilities that go beyond just graphing.

Chapter Reviews organize chapter material into easy-to-use two-column review charts. These summarize the definitions and concepts for every section of the chapter and refer students to illustrative examples.

Content Features Complex numbers and graphs and graphing utilities appear in Chapter 1. This early introduction allows students to apply their understanding of complex numbers to their work in solving quadratic equations, and sets the stage for using graphing to support the algebraic work in solving equations and inequalities. A general discussion on cost and average cost functions appears in section 3. New to This Edition. Updated data comes from a variety of books, magazines, newspapers, almanacs, and websites.

Preview Exercises at the end of each exercise set prepare students for material in the section ahead. Some problems review important material from the past and others are designed to get students thinking about concepts that they will soon encounter.

Mathematical models coverage now includes more detailed directions. For example, students are asked if values obtained from models overestimate or underestimate the data in graphs. More Study Tip boxes appear throughout the new edition. These boxes offer suggestions for problem solving, point out common errors to avoid, and provide informal hints and suggestions. Updated design includes engaging new chapter openers in a magazine-style format.

The visually appealing pages encourage students to read the book and become excited to learn. MyMathLab for Blitzer courses now have full coverage of odd-numbered exercises. Content and Organizational Changes Section P. A new essay based on humorist Garth Sundem's Geek Logik sets the stage for the book's engaging collection of unique applications.

Section P. Section 1. This serves as a fluid transition from the information on analyzing the graph of a function in the previous section, as well as an immediate connection to the section's introduction. With the revised order of objectives, the section closes with a discussion of the difference quotient. There is also a more detailed presentation on piecewise functions, including an example on graphing such a function.

Section 2. There is a new example on the Leading Coefficient Test where a function's degree and leading coefficient are determined for an equation in factored form. Section 3. Table of Contents P.

Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts of Algebra P. Functions and Graphs 1. Polynomial and Rational Functions 2. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 3. Trigonometric Functions 4. Analytic Trigonometry 5. Additional Topics in Trigonometry 6. Share a link to All Resources. Instructor Resources. Instructors, you may still place orders with your bookstore. Websites and online courses.

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