Single Variable Calculus (Student Solutions Manual) [Paperback]

Daniel Anderson (Author), Jeffery A. Cole (Author), Daniel Drucker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 543 pages
• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co; 5th edition (2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534393691
• ISBN-13: 978-0534359478
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #877,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If your new to calculus, its a good buy, December 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Student Solutions Manual for Stewart's Single Variable Calculus (Paperback)

This text is a good companion to the textbook. Starting with the early chapters, it explains every problem in great detail. Many of the problems are often accompanied by word explanations, which make things easier to understand. This textbook was my first calculus book and this companion helped me to understand calculus much better. There were two things I didn't like about this book. 1) It contains the answers only to the odd problems. 2) When you get to the later chapters in the book, it often skips algabraic steps leaving you with wonder as to how a certain step was reached. Even though it has these two flaws, it will generally help you out a lot if you are new to calculus

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beware!, February 1, 2006

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This review is from: Student Solutions Manual for Stewart's Single Variable Calculus (Paperback)

It is a great addition to simply looking at the back of the book for the answers, and eases the learning process as you look through the problems. I would suggest that you get a math teacher to clarify any confusions you might have rather than rely entirely on this solutions manual because although it is helpful, I found it to be only a complement to the assistance of a human being.

There is one major flaw with this book. It does not contain solutions beyond chapter 12, so if you are planning to stop studying calculus midway, it is great. But who stops midway?!!! I am not sure where you can find the solutions manual for the rest of the book(perhaps it doesn't exist), but I caution you to buy this book thinking that it will give you all the answers(no pun intended).

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is a turkey, but it's the only one out there., September 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Student Solutions Manual for Stewart's Single Variable Calculus (Paperback)

This is a lousy solutions manual. It frequently skips steps and gives you no indication that it did - you're left saying "Where the heck (or something more colorful) did that come from?" After lots of beating your brains out, you might be able to figure it out if you're good at this or if you have a great teacher. If not, don't expect this manual to be a good learning tool - it isn't. You can use it to check the answers on homework, but that's almost all. And since the answers are in the back of the book, why bother? And the Teacher's Manual isn't any better, just more of it. Of course, the book's no prize, either. You might want to sign up for a math section that uses a different book!
If you know you're going to need help, save the $40 for this book and pay a tutor instead.