Pre-Calculus Demystified

by Rhonda Huettenmueller

Packed with practical examples, graphs, and Q&As, this complete self-teaching guide from the best-selling author of Algebra Demystified covers all the essential topics, absolute value, nonlinear inequalities, functions and their graphs, inverses, proportion and ratio, and much more.

Genres: Mathematics, Reference, Education, Nonfiction, Research

468 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2004

Reviews

[Ralph · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good book. The Trig section needs work as it was pretty confusing and I needed to look on the web to get more details before being able to understand what the author was discussing (maybe it was me as it has been a long time since I had a trig class and I am not sure that I truly understood it when I took it in college).

[Hayk · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best. Thanks a lot!!!

[Ed Terrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a math book, so what can I say, other than there seemed to be enough examples on the subjects that I was interested in. The book covers a very wide swath of mathematics and so it isn't able to carry all of the topics far enough long for the reader to understand their ultimate usefulness. That being said, I had tried starting first with Calculus Demystified (the second book in this series) and ran into some stumbling blocks because of my weak background. I'll know better in a month, of how good this book was, when I see how well the road is paved ahead.

[Will · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned what I needed to know, but some of the techniques assume the knowledge of techniques that may fall between algebra and pre-cal which may cause confusion. The Appendix is not really adequate in this aspect.

[Wojtekwalczak · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good reminder. The book comes with a nice set of examples and quizzes.

[Ralph · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good book. The Trig section needs work as it was pretty confusing and I needed to look on the web to get more details before being able to understand what the author was discussing (maybe it was me as it has been a long time since I had a trig class and I am not sure that I truly understood it when I took it in college).