Precalculus
Sixth Edition Kolman, et al., © 2011, 887 pages
Precalculus is a textbook designed for use by the student. The book is written in a supportive style and includes abundant pedagogic tools to encourage students to read the text with care, follow the numerous examples, and tackle the exercises.
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Instructor's Resource Manual
This Resource Manual contains a course syllabus and 12 chapters worth of test bank exercises and answers.Student Solutions Manual and Study Guide
This manual contains solutions to every ODD numbered exercise in Precalculus, 6th edition, as well as Progress Checks, Review Tests, and Cumulative Review Exercises. Additional practice exercises and tests are located at the very end of every chapter. The Writing Exercises will help further the student's understanding of this material.Excerpts
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New to this Edition
This edition continues emphasis on incorporating graphing calculators as powerful problem-solving and visualization tools, without sacrificing the emphasis of the authors on traditional approaches. New and updated exercises, as well as attention-grabbing chapter openings and projects, have been added to help instructors and students make connections between algebra and the real world. This edition has gone through extensive copy editing and proofing phases in an effort to further ensure the accuracy of the textbook.