Precalculus : Functions and Graphs

Dugopolski'sPrecalculus: Functions and Graphs, Fourth Edition, gives you the essential strategies you need to make the transition to calculus. Throughout this book, you will find carefully placed learning aids and review tools to help them learn the math without getting distracted. The new edition includes over 900 additional exercises that are specifically designed to increase student understanding and retention of the concepts. Along the way, you'll see how the algebra connects to your future calculus course, with tools like Foreshadowing Calculus and Concepts of Calculus. Dugopolski's emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking helps you be successful in this course, as well as in future calculus courses.

Mark Dugopolski was born in Menominee, Michigan. After receiving a B.S. from Michigan State University, he taught high school for four years, and then went on to receive an M.S. in mathematics from Northern Illinois University. He also received a Ph.D. in the area of topology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Mark has been teaching at Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, LA, ever since. Mark has been writing textbooks for about fifteen years. He is married and has two daughters, and enjoys playing tennis, jogging, and riding his bicycle in his spare time.