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Precalculus with Trigonometry: Concepts and Applications Teacher Edition + 6 Year License

Author(s): PAUL FOERSTER

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PreCalculus with Trigonometry, 4th Edition fully integrates technology to illustrate difficult concepts and gives students the opportunity to explore ideas, draw mathematical conclusions, and test hypotheses.

With this curriculum, educators can bring everyday relevance to abstract concepts, spark mathematical thinking, and prepare students for success in future courses, including Calculus and AP® Calculus.     

New, helpful online resources for both teachers and students include:

  • Interactive eBooks with note-taking capabilities
  • Interactive math explorations through ClassPad.net
  • Embedded video demonstrations
  • Online access to teacher resources such as assessment materials, pacing guides, presentations, supplementary problems, differentiated instruction, Classpad papers, and more

Included is a printed Teacher Edition and a 6-Year License to access the Teacher Edition eBook and digital materials through our online platform, Flourish.

Unit 1: Algebraic, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions

  • Chapter 1: Functions and Mathematical Models
  • Chapter 2: Properties of Elementary Functions
  • Chapter 3: Fitting Functions to Data
  • Chapter 4: Polynomial and Rational Functions

Unit 2: Trigonometric and Periodic Functions

  • Chapter 5: Periodic Functions and Right Triangle Problems
  • Chapter 6: Applications of Trigonometric and Circular Functions
  • Chapter 7: Trigonometric Function Properties and Identities, and Parametric Functions
  • Chapter 8: Properties of Combined Sinusoids
  • Chapter 9: Triangle Trigonometry

Unit 3: Analytic Geometry

  • Chapter 10: Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces
  • Chapter 11: Polar Coordinates, Complex Numbers, and Moving Objects
  • Chapter 12: Three-Dimensional Vectors
  • Chapter 13: Matrix Transformations and Fractal Figures

Unit 4: Introduction to Discrete and Continuous Mathematics

  • Chapter 14: Probability, and Functions of a Random Variable
  • Chapter 15: Sequences and Series
  • Chapter 16: Introduction to Limits, Derivatives, and Integrals

Appendix A Types of Numbers, Axioms, and Other Properties

Appendix B Mathematical Induction

Glossary

Index of Explorations

General Index

Image Credits

Answers to Selected Problems

Additional Answers

PAUL FOERSTER

Paul taught mathematics at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, TX for 50 years. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, a master's in mathematics, and an honorary doctorate in humane letters. Between the first two degrees, he served four years in the U.S. Navy. He is sole author of five published mathematics textbooks based on problems he wrote for his own and other students, centered on how understanding mathematical theory can be used to make intelligent applications of mathematical to the real world. In 1983, he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching, the first year of the award. Most recently he was one of six members on the College Board's AP Calculus Review and Alignent Commission. In retirement he continues to be active at national mathematics conferences and in updating his textbooks, and as a reading buddy for second graders. He raised three children with the late Jo Ann Foerster, has two stepchildren through his wife Peggy Foerster and has seven grandchildren.