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PART 1: A PREPONDERANCE OF PRIORITIZED PRECALCULUS PREREQUISITES: Reviewing numbers and arithmetic -- Equations and inequalities -- Practicing with polynominals -- Factoring polynominals -- Rational equations and weird inequalities -- Functions -- PART 2: NONLINEAR EQUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS: High-powered functions and equations -- Logarithmic functions -- Exponential functions -- PART 3: TRIGONOMETRY: Tangling with angles -- Graphing trigonometric functions -- Trigonometric identities -- Solving trigonometric equations -- Oblique triangle theorems -- PART 4: CONIC SECTIONS: Parabolas and circles -- Ellipses and hyperbolas -- PART 5: MATRICES AND A MATHEMATICAL MONTAGE: Matrix operations and calculations -- The jagged little red pill of matrix applications -- Final exam -- APPENDIXES: A: Solutions to "You've got problems" sidebars -- B: Glossary

Presents an introduction to understanding Calculus, providing information on its origins, a refresher on basic algebra, a review of trigonometry, logarithms, matrix operations, and other topics