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| Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach
by Ron Larson, Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards
| | List Price: | $183.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 265121 | | Studio: | Houghton Mifflin | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 858 | | Publication Date: | December 04, 2008 | | Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
For a full description, see Larson et al., College Algebra: A Graphing Approach, 3/e. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 11 reviews)
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A Precalculus student's and future Math teacher's review. 
This book...
is great.
I do take math much more seriously than other students in my classes, but it was only the previous year that I began liking it [I used Larson's Geometry book, 2001 edition, if you are interested. that was the year my interest in math was born]. This year, I am taking this class and using this book.
This book has contributed to my hope of becoming a math teacher. I can understand this book. Students who say they don't either have trouble with math in general or are not reading the textbook like I am. Yes, it does go into more detail and uses a little more complicated mathematical language than other books do, and every once in a while I need to ask a question about an example, but overall I rarely need a teacher to understand the examples, not to mention there is so much practice! some sections contain over 100 problems, and though I'm not experienced enough to do all of them myself, I bought a student solutions guide to accompany this book, and it has helped tremendously with a few of the problems I couldn't do.
In chapter 6, additional topics in trigonometry, the law of sines and law of cosines are explained very well. I was actually able to "teach" the class for a day when there was a substitute who didn't know math, and I used my notes that I took from the text in that section to teach them. [If you don't believe me, email me and I can probably email you a picture of my notes.] It was great. I'm not guaranteeing that this book is PERFECT, but no textbook is for anyone.
I'm just saying it works great for me.
I recommend this book ESPECIALLY for an honors class.
February 21, 2007 | |
A teacher's opinion 
I am not impressed by this textbook. My Trig students use selected chapters of this book and so far I have had the most difficulty with Chapter 4: Trigonometric Functions. The topics are misordered. For example, 4.2 introduces the idea of domain and period of sine and cosine, but students do not actually graph the functions until 4.5 (approximately one week later)! Students have to learn unit circle values beginning in 4.2, but the tricks for memorizing these values are withheld until 4.4. Another problem I've encountered is the example problems which sometimes skip steps that are not obvious. This is difficult for students to follow, especially when teachers encourage them to show all work. Overall, I would not recommend this text.
November 06, 2006 | |
College Prep Teacher Loves this Text
I have been teaching Advanced Precalculus in a college preparatory high School for 14 years. I also teach AP Calculus and know what my students must cover to be prepared for a Calculus I course. This precalculus text is excellent in teaching precal students EVERYTHING they need to be prepared for calculus. It is also very user-friendly. For instance,it is a very readable text and most examples are worked out using a variety of approaches. With the multiple solution approaches to examples, students can see an algebraic solution, numeric solution, and graphic solution to the same problem. This enables students to see how all these things fit together and make important connections between graphing and hand-work. Multiple solutions is also beneficial in a classroom setting as not all students have the same learning style. Visual learners will benefit by seeing the pictoral representation of their solution, while sequential learners will appreciate the step-by-step algebraic worked out solution, etc. All applicable examples are solved using a graphing calculator, which is essential for current technology requirements. The book is also easy to adjust for block or regular scheduling. (approximately 1 section a day on block; 1/2 section a day on regular) I have used several other precal texts and much prefer this one. The material is well laid out and ordered. The difficulty level can be adjusted to be challenging for a high school advanced precalculus course or otherwise. Students wishing to review a previous precalculus course or teach themselves precalculus will appreciate this text, as well. I read the other reviews of this book listed at Amazon. While it is true there are typographical errors, I don't find them any more excessive than in other texts I use. I don't use the "test generator" software as I make all my own tests and quizzes, so I cannot comment on it. Based on my years of experience as a Master Math Teacher, I would have to disagree with the other negative reviews of this text. Of course, this is only my opinion. I can tell you that the other teachers at my school using this book love it, as well. Hope this information is helpful.
June 15, 2006 | |
Impossibly Annoying 
I found this book to be very infuriating and shallow, and there are many incorrect answers in the back. Many of the homework exercises are simply busy work, and I felt like I learned nothing by wasting my time doing them. The overall approach is too elementary in some areas that really need explaining, and too complicated in areas that could be simply stated. The authors should have proof-read!!! Don't get this book if you have a choice.
May 28, 2006 | |
I Won't Complain... 
Last year I took an Algebra 2 Honors course and the book was absolutely horrendous. My teacher was fantastic, but every once in a while we ran out of time during class to finish the lesson. I would go to the book and try to learn it on my own, very unsuccessfully.
However, I must say that trying to teach yourself something out of this book is not impossible; they give good examples and explain them. I do wish they would take a little more time to proove things, because as a student I find it easier to memorize formulas if I know where they came from. Also, I feel that they do a good job covering everything you need to know before you take calculus including Polynomial functions, transcendental functions, trigonometric functions, systems, matrices, statistics and probability, analytic geometry, and 3-demensional space. There is an additional chapter on limits and the first derivative as a rate of change. If you are looking for a book to teach yourself precalculus and limits, this book is fairly safe for that.
February 01, 2006 | |
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