Precalculus: Graphical Numerical Algebraic [Hardcover]

Clemens Foley (Author), Demana Waits (Author), Franklin D. Demana (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div; 5 edition (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201699745
• ISBN-13: 978-0201699746
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #683,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible precalc book offers few examples, February 14, 2008

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B. Chen "Gospel of Peace" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Precalculus: Graphical Numerical Algebraic (Hardcover)

This textbook is flat-out bad. It is supposed to serve as a transition between algebra to calculus, but it fails badly due to its inadequate explanations. Many of the problems are redundant, too hard, or too easy. Each section of each chapter offers VERY few examples, and these examples rarely correspond with the types of problems presented as practice. It is littered with typos, errors, answer mistakes, and a general feel of unprofessional publishing. The formulas and important "boxed concepts" or equations are often written in an excessively complicated manner. Where it needs to be concise, it drones on excessively. Where it needs an in-depth explanation, it skips over the issue. I used this WHOLE book through junior year and found it very unhelpful. Do not buy it.

23 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars By far a very unadequate textbook, January 23, 2003

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Scott Rogers (Mountain Vista High School, CO, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Precalculus: Graphical Numerical Algebraic (Hardcover)

As a freshman in high school, I was very excited to be taking precalculus. But as the year unfolded, so did the many pages of my textbook, and I was dissapointed. Though it does provide many challenging problems, and many examples with graphics, I was unfortunate enough to have to drudge through the year always correcting the Teacher's Edition. On average, about 5-7 problems in every section were wrong in this particular textbook. In addition, There were many gramatical and numerical errors in explanations that were both superfluous and uninformative. The begging of each section had about 10-15 pages of explanation for that section alone. Additionally, the formating and small text were both confusing and intimidating. Overall, this textbook was far worse that I anticipated. This was both the first and the last year in which my school purchased this textbook, and anyone looking for a boring and less than adequate textbook: be my guest and waste your money.

4.0 out of 5 stars Book Review, October 20, 2011

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This review is from: Precalculus: Graphical Numerical Algebraic (Hardcover)

I purchased this book for my son who is taking Precalculus during his 11th grade year.This book has helped him raise his grades from D's to B's. It is full of examples for him to learn from. This was a purchase well worth it.