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Here are the first couple chapters of the textbook, Stewart et. al.'s "Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus", 7th edition:
Stewart, Redlin, and Wheeler - Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, Chapter 1
Stewart, Redlin, and Wheeler - Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, Chapter 2
Stewart, Redlin, and Wheeler - Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, Chapter 3
Stewart, Redlin, and Wheeler - Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, Chapter 4
The textbook is recommended, but the edition does not matter much. Any recommended textbook problems will be posted here.Assignment 1: Section 1.1 Problems 23-38, 67, 69
I would like to cover sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, 2.8, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5 in the Stewart, Redlin, Watson book.
| Section | |
|---|---|
| August 28 | Introductions |
| August 30 | Number Systems, Adding Fractions |
| September 4 | NO CLASS |
| September 6 | More Fractions |
| September 11 | Interval Notation, Inequalities, Absolute Value |
| September 13 | Exponents (Powers), Radicals |
| September 18 | Algebra, Factoring |
| September 20 | More Algebra, More Factoring |
| September 25 | Cartesian Plane, Graphing Equations |
| September 27 | Exam(?) |
| ... | ... |
| November 1 | Exam (?) |
| ... | ... |
| September 4 | NO CLASS |
| Section | |
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| 1.1 | 6, 7, 8, 23-40, 47-60, 83-87, 89-90 |
| 1.2 | 8-44, 49-60, 79-86, 95, 96, 101, 103, 106 |
| 1.3 | 9-96, 127-131, 135, 137, 139, 141 |
| 1.4 | 7-78, 97, 103 |
| 1.5 | 13-35, 45-116, 127-131, 139 |
| 1.8 | 2, 7-104, 109-112 |
| 1.9 | 9-52, 57-78, 86, 89-92 |
| 2.1 | 17-76 |
| 2.2 | 4-28, 33-52, 81-83 |
| 2.3 | 7-16, 31-34, 43-46, 55, 57, 59, 61, 67 |
| 2.4 | 7-24, 27-38 |
| 2.6 | 1-52, 63-74, 91-96 |
| 2.7 | 7-22, 27-72 |
| 2.8 | 7-24, 29-74 |
| 3.1 | ... |
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