Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic (7th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Franklin Demana, Bert K. Waits, Gregory D. Foley, Daniel Kennedy
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 4858
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 7
Pages: 1056
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0321356934
Dewey Decimal Number: 512.13
EAN: 9780321356932
Publication Date: February 26, 2006
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Product Description
In this new edition of Precalculus, Seventh Edition, the authors encourage graphical, numerical, and algebraic modeling of functions as well as a focus on problem solving, conceptual understanding, and facility with technology. They responded to many helpful suggestions provided by students and teachers in order to create a book that is designed for instructors and written for students. As a result, we believe that the changes made in this edition make this the most effective precalculus text available today.
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 Try Sullivan instead March 12, 2008
Mohini (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is poor. Try Michael Sullivan's books instead. This book doesn't show you how to do the majority of the problems. I'm mostly flipping through the pages, trying to find the techniques, formulas, etc... but they are not there. I need this book for class (homework), but I'm using Sullivan's books to actually learn the material. If you have to use this book (like me), don't get discouraged. The material isn't difficult (and it's actually enjoyable) if you learn it step by step. This book, unfortunately, is another representation of mathematicians trying to explain easy material in a needlessly complicated way. Get another book before thinking you're not a math person.
By far a very unadequate textbook January 24, 2003
Scott Rogers (Mountain Vista High School, CO, USA)
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
As a freshman in high school, I was very excited to be taking precalculus. But as the year unfolded, so did the many pages of my textbook, and I was dissapointed. Though it does provide many challenging problems, and many examples with graphics, I was unfortunate enough to have to drudge through the year always correcting the Teacher's Edition. On average, about 5-7 problems in every section were wrong in this particular textbook. In addition, There were many gramatical and numerical errors in explanations that were both superfluous and uninformative. The begging of each section had about 10-15 pages of explanation for that section alone. Additionally, the formating and small text were both confusing and intimidating. Overall, this textbook was far worse that I anticipated. This was both the first and the last year in which my school purchased this textbook, and anyone looking for a boring and less than adequate textbook: be my guest and waste your money.
Does not include CD February 16, 2008
Buster Foyt (Brooklin, ME USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this new here because the used listings mention that it may or may not included the CD. Well, guess what - the new version doesn't include the CD either - despite the misleading name of the series (MathXL Tutorials on CD Series).
Just a heads up. The one star review is to draw your attention to this fact. Otherwise, I have no knowledge of it's quality (I needed to buy it for my kid's independent study).
Wrong Book September 8, 2005
LN
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was trying to get the textbook, ended up with the "Solution Manual". If it was indicated somewhere in the description, it was very well hidden!How about including this crucial information in the title?!!
Horrible precalc book offers few examples February 15, 2008
B. Chen (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This textbook is flat-out bad. It is supposed to serve as a transition between algebra to calculus, but it fails badly due to its inadequate explanations. Many of the problems are redundant, too hard, or too easy. Each section of each chapter offers VERY few examples, and these examples rarely correspond with the types of problems presented as practice. It is littered with typos, errors, answer mistakes, and a general feel of unprofessional publishing. The formulas and important "boxed concepts" or equations are often written in an excessively complicated manner. Where it needs to be concise, it drones on excessively. Where it needs an in-depth explanation, it skips over the issue. I used this WHOLE book through junior year and found it very unhelpful. Do not buy it.
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