Trigonometry, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (June 25, 2019) © 2020
Kirk Trigsted

Title overview

For courses in Plane Trigonometry.

Completely clickable eText with a consistent author voice

Recognizing that students start with homework instead of reading the text, Kirk Trigsted created an online learning environment that blends exposition, videos, interactive animations, tutorials and assessment, designed for the way students think and behave online. Part of the Trigsted Precalculus Series, Trigonometry, 3rd Edition is created from the ground up within MyLab Math. All exercises, feedback and content are written by the author himself, ensuring a consistent, reassuring author presence throughout and effectively fostering student interaction with course materials.

Key features

Features of MyLab Math for the 3rd Edition

  • Author-scripted Guided Visualizations help students visualize the concepts through directed explorations and purposeful manipulation. They are integrated into the eText and can be assigned in MyLab Math to encourage active learning, critical thinking and conceptual understanding.
  • Video Assessment questions are assignable MyLab Math exercises tied to key video topics, designed to check students' understanding of the important math concepts covered in the video.
  • Enhanced Sample Assignments by Kirk Trigsted make course set-up easier by giving instructors a starting point for each chapter. Handpicked by the author to align with the text, each assignment includes a mix of question types (such as conceptual, skills, etc.) specific to that topic.
  • Skill Builder offers adaptive practice that is designed to increase students' ability to complete their assignments. By monitoring student performance on their homework, Skill Builder adapts to each student's needs and provides just-in-time, in-assignment practice.
  • Drag and Drop Exercises allow students to drag items containing math expressions, words, graphs or images from a starting bin into designated target areas. Students are asked to perform a higher level of decision making in their answers.

Table of contents

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • NOTE: Both brief and comprehensive tables of contents are listed below.
  1. An Introduction to Trigonometric Functions
  2. The Graphs of Trigonometric Functions
  3. Trigonometric Identities, Formulas, and Equations
  4. Applications of Trigonometry
  5. Polar Equations, Complex Numbers, and Vectors
  • Appendix: Degree, Minute, Second Form and Degree Decimal Form

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. An Introduction to Trigonometric Functions
    • 1.1 An Introduction to Angles: Degree and Radian Measure
    • 1.2 Applications of Radian Measure
    • 1.3 Triangles
    • 1.4 Right Triangle Trigonometry
    • 1.5 Trigonometric Functions of General Angles
    • 1.6 The Unit Circle
  2. The Graphs of Trigonometric Functions
    • 2.1 The Graphs of Sine and Cosine
    • 2.2 More on Graphs of Sine and Cosine; Phase Shift
    • 2.3 The Graphs of the Tangent, Cotangent , Cosecant, and Secant Functions
    • 2.4 Inverse Trigonometric Functions I
    • 2.5 Inverse Trigonometric Functions II
  3. Trigonometric Identities, Formulas, and Equations
    • 3.1 Trigonometric Identities
    • 3.2 The Sum and Difference Formulas
    • 3.3 The Double-Angle and Half-Angle Formulas
    • 3.4 The Product-to-Sum and Sum-to-Product Formulas
    • 3.5 Trigonometric Equations
  4. Applications of Trigonometry
    • 4.1 Right Triangle Applications
    • 4.2 The Law of Sines
    • 4.3 The Law of Cosines
    • 4.4 Area of Triangles
  5. Polar Equations, Complex Numbers, and Vectors
    • 5.1 Polar Coordinates and Polar Equations
    • 5.2 Graphing Polar Equations
    • 5.3 Complex Numbers in Polar Form; DeMoivre’s Theorem
    • 5.4 Vectors
    • 5.5 The Dot Product
  • Appendix: Degree, Minute, Second Form and Degree Decimal Form

Author bios

About our author

Kirk Trigsted teaches Precalculus at the University of Idaho, with 2000 students each year in a combined classroom and laboratory setting. He has been Director of the Polya Mathematics Center at the University of Idaho since its inception in 2001. Kirk has served as a consultant and redesign scholar for various projects through the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT). He is the lead author of an interactive, completely clickable series built from the ground up within MyLab Math. The series offers content spanning from Basic Math to Precalculus and Trigonometry.

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