Description
This accessible text is designed to help students help themselves excel in the course. The content is organized into two parts: (1) A Library of Elementary Functions (Chapters 1-2) and (2) Calculus (Chapters 3-9). The book's overall approach, refined by the authors' experience with large sections of college freshmen, addresses the challenges of teaching and learning when your students' prerequisite knowledge varies greatly. Student-friendly features such as Matched Problems, Explore & Discuss questions, and Conceptual Insights, together with the motivating and ample applications, make this text a popular choice for today's students and instructors. The MyMathLab course for the text features thousands of homework exercises plus instructional videos for nearly every example in the book.
New to this Edition
Examples and exercises have been given up-to-date contexts and data.
Chapter 2 contains a new section (2-4) on polynomial and rational functions to provide greater flexibility in the use of the review chapters.
Continuous compound interest, which is given full treatment in Chapter 4, appears as a minor topic in Section 2-5.
Exposition has been simplified and clarified throughout the book.
Answers to the Matched Problems are now included at the end of each section for easy student reference.
The Self-Test on Basic Algebra has been moved from Appendix A to the front of the book just prior to Chapter 1 and labeled Algebra Diagnostic Test to better encourage students to make use of this helpful assessment.
Expanded exercise coverage within MyMathLabR, including a complete chapter of prerequisite skills exercises labeled “Getting Ready.
Table of Contents Part One: A Library of Elementary Functions Chapter 1: Linear Equations and Graphs Chapter 2: Functions and Graphs
Part Two: Calculus Chapter 3: Limits and the Derivative Chapter 4: Additional Derivative Topics Chapter 5: Graphing and Optimization Chapter 6: Integration Chapter 7: Additional Integration Topics Chapter 8: Multivariable Calculus Chapter 9: Trigonometric Functions
Raymond A. Barnett, a native of California, received his B.A. in mathematical statistics from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.A. in mathematics from the University of Southern California. He has been a member of the Merritt College Mathematics Department, and was chairman of the department for four years. Raymond Barnett has authored or co-authored eighteen textbooks in mathematics, most of which are still in use. In addition to international English editions, a number of books have been translated into Spanish. Co-authors include Michael Ziegler, Marquette University; Thomas Kearns, Northern University; Charles Burke, City College of San Francisco; John Fuji, Merritt College; and Karl Byleen, Marquette University.