Contemporary College Algebra and Trigonometry: A Graphing Approach (Non-InfoTrac Version with CD-ROM) - Hardcover

Hungerford, Thomas W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0030322774 ISBN 13: 9780030322778

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2000

Synopsis

This text enables students to become active participants in developing their understanding of mathematics, while avoiding the danger of making technology an end in itself. Robust pedagogy including chapter opening applications, graphing explorations, technology tips, calculator investigations, and discovery projects are some of the tools students will use to master the material and begin applying the mathematics to solve real-world problems. Algebra Review. Graphs and Technology. Equations and Inequalities. Functions and Graphs. Polynomial and Rational Functions. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. Systems of Equations and Inequalities. Discrete Algebra. Analytic Geometry. [Triangle Trigonometry. Trigonometric Functions. Trigonometric Identities and Equations. Applications of Trigonometry.] Geometry Review Appendix. Program Appendix

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas W. Hungerford received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has taught at the University of Washington and at Cleveland State University, and is now at St. Louis University. His research fields are algebra and mathematics education. He is the author of many notable books for undergraduate and graduate level courses. In addition to ABSTRACT ALGEBRA: AN INTRODUCTION, these include: ALGEBRA (Springer, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, #73. 1974); MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS, Tenth Edition (Pearson, 2011; with M. Lial and J. Holcomb); and CONTEMPORARY PRECALCULUS, Fifth Edition (Cengage, 2009; with D. Shaw).

Review:

"It is obvious that the author has spent a great deal of time to incorporate technology in an appropriate way. I particularly like the way in which he asks the student to first check graphically the trig identity(s) he/she is trying to prove." "[The] Technology Investigations really help students to have a better and more meaningful understanding of the subject matter. They also help students to have a deeper conceptual understanding. Both the presentation of the materials and the problem sets are excellent. The text contains outstanding applied problems. Additionally, it contains well thought out "Discovery Projects."

"The use of the calculator investigations/explorations within the text does a very good job of illustrating the algebraic properties or solving techniques that are being discussed. The directions are easy to follow and it is clear as to what the student is actually trying to explore." "I found the text easy to read, there were plenty of examples for the students to use to help guide them with the homework, and the page layouts were neither cluttered nor confusing."

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0030322774
• ISBN 13: 9780030322778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 950