Title:
Trigonometry workbook for dummies / by Mary Jane Sterling.
Author:
Sterling, Mary Jane.
Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. ; [Great Britain] : Wiley, ©2005.
Call Number:
QA537 .S74 2005
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005299402-b.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005299402-d.html
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005299402-t.html
ISBN:
9780764587818
Series:
--For dummies
--For dummies.
Physical Description:
xvi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Pt. I: Trying Out Trig: Starting at the Beginning : Tackling technicial trig -- Getting acquainted with the graph -- Getting the third degree -- Recognizing radian measure -- Making things right with right triangles -- Pt. II: Trigonometric Fuctions : Defining trig functions with a right triangle -- Discussing properties of the trig functions -- Going full circle with the circular functions -- Pt. III: Trigonometric Identities and Equations : Identifying the basic identities -- Using identities defined with operations -- Techniques for solving trig identities -- Introducing inverse trig functions -- Solving trig equations -- Revisiting the triangle with new laws -- Pt. IV: Graphing the Trigonometric Functions : Graphing sine and cosine -- Graphing tangent and cotangent -- Graphing cosecant, secant, and inverse trig functions -- Transforming graphs of trig functions -- Pt. V: Part of Tens : Ten identities with a negative attitude -- Ten formulas to use in a circle -- Ten ways to relate the sides and angles of any triangle -- Appendix: Trig functions table.
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