Precalculus, Fifth Edition, by Lial, Hornsby, Schneider, and Daniels, engages and supports students in the learning process by developing both the conceptual understanding and the analytical skills necessary for success in mathematics. With the Fifth Edition, the authors recognize that students are learning in new ways, and that the classroom is evolving. The Lial team is now offering a new suite of resources to support today’s instructors and students.
New co-author Callie Daniels has experience in all classroom types including traditional, hybrid and online courses, which has driven the new MyMathLab features. For example, MyNotes provide structure for student note-taking, and Interactive Chapter Summaries allow students to quiz themselves in interactive examples on key vocabulary, symbols and concepts. Daniels’ experience, coupled with the long-time successful approach of the Lial series, has helped to more tightly integrate the text with online learning than ever before.
Contents - 1. Equations and Inequalities
- 2. Graphs and Functions
- 3. Polynomial and Rational Functions
- 4. Inverse, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions
- 5. Trigonometric Functions
- 6. The Circular Functions and Their Graphs
- 7. Trigonometric Identities and Equations
- 8. Applications of Trigonometry
- 9. Systems and Matrices
- 10. Analytic Geometry
- 11. Further Topics in Algebra
- Appendix A. Polar Form of Conic Sections
- Appendix B. Rotation of Axes
- Appendix C. Geometry Formulas
- Glossary
- Solutions to Selected Exercises
- Answers to Selected Exercises
- Index of Applications
- Index
- Photo Credits
Key Features
- Support for All Classroom Types: a complete suite of instructional materials makes it easier for instructors to prepare for the course, and leads to student success. Updates to MyMathLab® and MathXL® are an integral part of supporting instructors and student success in today’s classroom.
- Support for Learning Concepts: a systematic approach is used to present each topic, and is designed to actively engage students in the learning process. As a result, students develop both the conceptual understanding and the analytical skills necessary for success.
- Support for Practicing Concepts: the variety of exercise types promotes understanding of the concepts and reduces the opportunity for rote memorization.
- Support for Review and Test Preparation: ample opportunities for review are interspersed within chapters and found at the end of chapters.
New To This Edition
- The exercise sets offer many new and modified exercises, with updated real life data throughout.
- Numbered and Example references within the text are set in the same font as the figure and bold print for the example, helping visual learners identify and connect them.
- The “drop down” style is used whenever appropriate to distinguish between simplifying expressions and solving equations.
- Explanatory side comments are increased to guide students through the steps of simplifying and solving problems in the examples.
About the Authors
- Marge Lial has always been interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge's intense desire to educate both her students and herself has inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, is now affiliated with American River College. Marge is an avid reader and traveler. Her travel experiences often find their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She is particularly interested in archeology. Trips to various digs and ruin sites have produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan.
- When John Hornsby enrolled as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, he was uncertain whether he wanted to study mathematics education or journalism. His ultimate decision was to become a teacher, but after twenty-five years of teaching at the high school and university levels and fifteen years of writing mathematics textbooks, both of his goals have been realized. His love for both teaching and for mathematics is evident in his passion for working with students and fellow teachers as well. His specific professional interests are recreational mathematics, mathematics history, and incorporating graphing calculators into the curriculum. John's personal life is busy as he devotes time to his family (wife Gwen, and sons Chris, Jack, and Josh). He has been a rabid baseball fan all of his life. John's other hobbies include numismatics (the study of coins) and record collecting. He loves the music of the 1960s and has an extensive collection of the recorded works of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
- David Schneider has taught mathematics at universities for over 34 years and has authored 36 books. He has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Oberlin College and a PhD in mathematics from MIT. During most of his professional career, he was on the faculty of the University of Maryland--College Park. His hobbies include travel, dancing, bicycling, and hiking.
- Callie Daniels has always had a passion for learning mathematics and brings that passion into the classroom with her students. She attended the University of the Ozarks on an athletic scholarship, playing both basketball and tennis. While there, she earned a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Mathematics Education as well as the NAIA Academic All-American Award. She has two master’s degrees: one in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Missouri-Rolla, the second in Adult Education from the University of Missouri- St. Louis. Her hobbies include watching her sons play sports, riding horses, fishing, shooting photographs, and playing guitar. Her professional interests include improving success in the community college mat
Book Details
- Hardcover: 1200 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 5 edition (February 23, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321783808
- ISBN-13: 978-0321783806
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 1.7 inches
List Price: $192.67