Trigonometry For Dummies

Summary: A plain-English guide to the basics of trig Trigonometry deals with the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles ... mostly right triangles. In practical use, trigonometry is a friend to astronomers who use triangulation to measure the distance between stars. Trig also has applications in fields as broad as financial analysis, music theory, biology, medical imaging, cryptology, game development, and seismology. From sines and cosines to logarithms, conic sections, and polynomials, this friendly guide takes the torture out of trigonometry, explaining basic concepts i.

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ISBN: 9781118827413
ISBN: 9781118827413
ISBN: 1118827414
ISBN: 1118827570
ISBN: 9781118827574
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ISBN: 9781118827468
Physical Description: 1 online resource (387 pages)
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Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2014].

Content descriptions

General Note:	Generating Simple Solutions.
Formatted Contents Note:	Lining Up the PlayersPicking Sides; Working on Both Sides; Going Back to Square One; Chapter 14: Sleuthing Out Identity Solutions.; Fracturing Fractions; Using Tricks of the Trig Trade; Identifying With the Operations; Part IV: Equations and Applications; Chapter 15: Investigating Inverse Trig Functions.; Writing It Right; Determining Domain and Range of Inverse Trig Functions; Chapter 16: Making Inverse Trig Work for You.; Working with Inverses; Getting Friendly with Your Calculator; Multiplying the Input; Solving Some Mixed Problems; Chapter 17: Solving Trig Equations.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.