Precalculus, 3rd Edition
By Cynthia Y. Young
The Third Edition of Precalculus is written in a clear, singular voice that speaks to students and mirrors how their instructors communicate during lectures. Cynthia Young’s hallmark pedagogy enables students to become independent, successful learners as they engage in varied exercise types and modeling projects.
WileyPLUS for Precalculus includes ORION Adaptive Practice to help students build their proficiency on topics and use their study time most effectively.
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Interactive Animations demonstrate core material.
The Interactive Animations help students build a solid base of conceptual understanding of the early material covered in algebra. These animations reinforce skills with Skill Checks throughout the viewing process.
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WileyPLUS for Precalculus includes ORION Adaptive Practice that integrates with the WileyPLUS platform gradebook or your campus Learning Management System (LMS) gradebook.
Cynthia Young’s Lecture Videos mirror the instructor’s voice outside the classroom.
The Cynthia Young Lecture Videos provide worked examples of the most difficult concepts in each chapter and section of the course.
- Annotated Instructor’s Edition
- Computerized Test Bank
- Printed Test Bank
- Author Videos: Available in WileyPLUS
- Instructor’s Solutions Manual
- Lecture Note PowerPoint™ Slides
- Clicker Questions
- Art PowerPoint™ Slides
- Image Gallery
- All instructor resources can be found on the student book companion site (wiley.com/college/young)
Instructor Resources
- Student Solutions Manual: Available in print and in WileyPLUS
- WileyPLUS
- All student resources can be found on the student book companion site (wiley.com/college/young)
Student Resources
Cynthia Y. Young is a Pegasus Professor of Mathematics and the Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence and International Affairs and Global Strategies at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the author of College Algebra, Trigonometry, Algebra and Trigonometry, and Precalculus. She holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary mathematics education from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), a master’s degree in mathematical sciences from UCF, and both a master’s degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Washington. She has taught high school in North Carolina and Florida, developmental mathematics at Shoreline Community College in Washington, and undergraduate and graduate students at UCF.
Young joined the faculty at UCF in 1997 as an assistant professor of mathematics, and her primary research area was the mathematical modeling of the atmospheric effects on propagating laser beams. Her atmospheric propagation research was recognized by the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and in 2017 she was selected as a fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering. Her secondary area of research centers on improvement of student learning in mathematics. She has authored or co-authored over 60 books and articles and has served as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on projects with more than $2.5 million in federal funding.
Young was on the team at UCF that developed the UCF EXCEL program, which was originally funded by the National Science Foundation to support the increase in the number of students graduating with a degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The EXCEL learning community approach centered around core mathematics courses has resulted in a significant increase in STEM graduation rates and has been institutionalized at UCF.
Young has been the recipient of many of UCF’s awards (Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Excellence in Research, Teaching Incentive Program, Research Incentive Program, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning award as well as UCF’s highest honor, UCF Pegasus Professor). She has shared her techniques and experiences with colleagues around the country through talks at colleges, universities, and conferences.
Chapter 0: Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 1: Functions and their Graphs
Chapter 2: Polynomial and Rational Functions
Chapter 3: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 4: Trigonometric Functions of Angles
Chapter 5: Trigonometric Functions of Real Numbers
Chapter 6: Analytic Trigonometry
Chapter 7: Polar Coordinates and Vectors
Chapter 8: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 9: Conics, Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Parametric Equations
Chapter 10: Sequences and Series
*Appendix A: Fundamentals of Algebra