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Acknowledgements

We also acknowledge the support of the following people:

Alan Demlow, Texas A&M University

Oksana Shatalov, Texas A&M University

Jennifer Whitfield, Texas A&M University

Funding for the creation of this book was provided by Texas A&M University Provost’s Office through the following grant:

Open Education Resource Grant, OER Textbook for MATH 150.

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Work Cited

This work is an adaptation of the following works:

• Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. 3rd Corrected Ed. Kirtland, Ohio: Lakeland Community College and Elyria, Ohio: Lorain County Community College, July 4, 2013. https://stitz-zeager.com/szprecalculus07042013.pdf, archival link. Licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. For the license record see https://www.stitz-zeager.com/, archival link.
• Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed. Kirtland, Ohio: Lakeland Community College and Elyria, Ohio: Lorain County Community College, January 15, 2024. https://www.stitz-zeager.com/Precalculus4.pdf, archival link. Licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. For the license record see https://www.stitz-zeager.com/, archival link.

Chapter 0 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section A.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section A.13 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section A.9 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 4
  • Section A.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 5
  • Section A.4.1, A.7.1, A.9.1, A.10, and A.11 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 6
  • Section 2.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section A.4.2 and A.7.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 1 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section A.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section 1.1.1 and 5.5 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section 2.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section A.5 and 1.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 4
  • Section 1.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 5
  • Section 1.5 and 5.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section 5.2 and 5.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 6
  • Section 1.7 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section 5.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 2 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 2.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section 1.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 3.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section 2.1 and 2.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section 3.2 and 3.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section A.8, 2.2, and 2.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 3 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section A.12 and 5.2.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 3.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section 3.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 4
  • Section A.12 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 4 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 4.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 4.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section 4.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 4
  • Section 3.3 and 4.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 5 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 5.6 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 6.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section 6.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 4
  • Section 6.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 5
  • Section 6.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 6
  • Section 6.5 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 7
  • Section 6.5 and 6.6 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 6 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 8.1 and 8.7 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section A.6 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 8.2 and 8.7 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 3rd Corrected Ed.
  • Section 8.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 7 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 10.1 and B.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 10.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section 10.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 4
  • Section 10.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 5
  • Section 10.5 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 6
  • Section 11.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 8 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 11.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 11.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 3
  • Section 11.3 and 11.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 4
  • Section 12.1 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 5
  • Section 12.2 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

Chapter 9 is an adaptation of the following sections:

• Section 1
  • Section 12.3 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.
• Section 2
  • Section 12.4 from Stitz, Carl and Jeff Zeager. Precalculus. Preliminary 4th Ed.

All section exercise answers were moved from after the section exercises to the appendix.