Functioning in the Real World
A Precalculus Experience
Pearson (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-0-201-84628-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Functioning in the Real World contains the course material that grew out of the mathematical Modeling/Precalculus Reform Project, which received major funding from NSF. This text seeks to prepare and motivate students for mastering the new generation of calculus courses, and offers a dramatically different alternative to standard Precalculus and College Algebra and Trigonometry texts. The goal of the text is to emphasize the qualitative, geometric and computational aspects of mathematics, within a framework of mathematical modeling at a level appropriate to precalculus students. It capitalizes on the fact that most students are more interested in applications of mathematics than in theory. Consequently, applications drive all the mathematical development, making the topics more accessible to students who may not have experienced success in mathematics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 254 mm
Weight
1492 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-84628-7 (9780201846287)
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Sheldon P. Gordon | Florence S. Gordon | Alan C. Tucker
Functioning in the Real World
A Precalculus Experience
Book
12/2003
2nd Edition
Pearson
€108.93
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Previous edition
S.P. Gordon | B.A. Fusaro | Florence S. Gordon
Functioning in the Real World: Preliminary Edition
A Precalculus Experience
Book
06/1996
Addison Wesley
€40.84
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Content
Functions in the Real World.
Families of Functions.
Fitting Functions to Data.
Extended Families of Functions.
Sequences and Their Applications.
Modeling With Difference Equations.
Modeling Periodic Behavior.
Geometric Models.
SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTERS.
Matrix Algebra and Its Applications.
Linear Models.
Scalar Products.
Matrix Multiplication.
Gaussian Elimination.
Probability Models.
Introduction to Probability Models.
Binomial Probability and the Binomial Formula.
Geometric Probability.
Estimating Areas of Plane Regions.
Waiting Time at a Red Light.
Waiting for Service in a Line.
Random Patterns in Chaos.
Families of Functions.
Fitting Functions to Data.
Extended Families of Functions.
Sequences and Their Applications.
Modeling With Difference Equations.
Modeling Periodic Behavior.
Geometric Models.
SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTERS.
Matrix Algebra and Its Applications.
Linear Models.
Scalar Products.
Matrix Multiplication.
Gaussian Elimination.
Probability Models.
Introduction to Probability Models.
Binomial Probability and the Binomial Formula.
Geometric Probability.
Estimating Areas of Plane Regions.
Waiting Time at a Red Light.
Waiting for Service in a Line.
Random Patterns in Chaos.