Description
Book SynopsisLooking for a textbook to help you motivate your students? Sullivan''s
Brief Calculus: An Applied Approach 8/e continues its rich tradition of engaging students and demonstrating how mathematics applies to various fields of study. The text is packed with real data and real-life applications to business, economics, social and life sciences. The new Eighth Edition also features a new full color design and improved goal-oriented pedagogy to further help student understanding.
Table of ContentsChapter 0. Review.
Chapter 1. Functions and Their Graphs.
Chapter 2. Classes of Functions.
Chapter 3. The Limit of a Function.
Chapter 4. The Derivative of a Function.
Chapter 5. Applications: Graphing Functions; Optimization.
Chapter 6. The Integral of a Function and Applications.
Chapter 7. Other Applications and Extensions of the Integral.
Chapter 8. Calculus of Functions of Two or More Variables.
Appendix: Graphing Utilities.
Appendix 1. The Viewing Rectangle.
Appendix 2. Using a Graphing Utility to Graph Equations.
Appendix 3. Square Screens.
Appendix 4. Using a Graphing Utility To Locate Intercepts and Check for Symmetry.
Appendix 5. Using a Graphing Utility to Solve Equations.
Answers to Odd-Numbers Problems.
Photo Credits.
Index.
