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Calculus and Its Applications (8th Edition)

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I teach a high school Calculus class for kids who are capable/competent mathematicians, but not really interested in the AP level at an independent school. We like Marv Bittinger's books because they provide a nice balance of applications and connections without losing sight of the math. We continue to use this out-of-date book because it is more readable than most Calculus texts and strikes a nice balance between the rigor of the math and applications that help students to feel a connection to the ideas. The organization of the material is pretty good, although I often salt in the introduction of simple trigonometric functions throughout my instruction, rather than waiting until the end of the course, where it appears in the book. We have found that our students have a lot of fun with the problems about exponential growth and decay, particularly the application of the laws of cooling in solving murders. It seems a little odd to nearly finish differentiation before exploring logarithms and then have to go back and consider derivatives again, but I have gotten used to that. Overall, I like the depth at which this book seeks to travel and the problems and explanations.

Its examples and explanations are very good. It contains the essentials of Calculus and good applications in many fields, e.g. biology, economics, etc.

The textbook I ordered was just as it was described. It was shipped the very next day I placed the order. Thanks

The book that I was received was not exactly what I ordered. It is the international edition, but hopefully the text is the same. I looked through a few pages and it seems that they are. Anyway for the price, I really can't complain and should be able to use it for my class.

I received it 2 days after seller shipped. All the pages are in very good condition. Covers are not bad. Really a nice book and nice price!

The book was in excellent quality and much cheaper than any bookstore offered it for.

Definitely, not BRAND NEW! Outside had the usual wear and tear of a USED book...I paid for a new book!

Beware this seller is selling USED books as NEW!

The only reason I kept this book was because I needed it for class.

It was really fast. Book has arived in even better condition then I expected.

I would recomend them to anybody.

My daughter in college got this book in good condition but despite what other reviews might lead you to believe, this book does not come with the Mymathlab access kit - an essential for most college classes out there using this text. Recommend you pay an additional $30 to order the book from Amazon with the access kit or else you'll be stuck paying anywhere from $62 (Amazon) to $75 (book stores) for a stand-alone version of the Mymathlab access kit.

it's what I ordered, except it mentioned that it included software, which was misleading because that particular software can be used only once. Besides that, very good.