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- Chapter 1: Linear Functions and Change
- 1.1: Functions and Function Notation (4)
- 1.2: Rate of Change (5)
- 1.3: Linear Functions (8)
- 1.4: Formulas for Linear Functions (11)
- 1.5: Geometric Properties of Linear Functions (6)
- 1.6: Fitting Linear Functions to Data
- 1: Review Problems
- Tools (3)
- Chapter 2: Functions
- 2.1: Input and Output (9)
- 2.2: Domain and Range (1)
- 2.3: Piecewise Defined Functions (5)
- 2.4: Composite and Inverse Functions (8)
- 2.5: Concavity (2)
- 2.6: Quadratic Functions (9)
- 2: Review Problems
- Tools (16)
- Chapter 3: Exponential Functions
- 3.1: Introduction to the Family of Exponential Functions (10)
- 3.2: Comparing Exponential and Linear Functions (9)
- 3.3: Graphs of Exponential Functions (6)
- 3.4: Continuous Growth and The Number e (6)
- 3.5: Compound Interest
- 3: Review Problems
- Tools (11)
- Chapter 4: Logarithmic Functions
- 4.1: Logarithms and Their Properties (18)
- 4.2: Logarithms and Exponential Models (12)
- 4.3: The Logarithmic Function (1)
- 4.4: Logarithmic Scales
- 4: Review Problems
- Tools (10)
- Chapter 5: Transformations of Functions and Their Graphs
- 5.1: Vertical and Horizontal Shifts (4)
- 5.2: Reflections and Symmetry (9)
- 5.3: Vertical Stretches and Compressions (1)
- 5.4: Horizontal Stretches and Compressions (3)
- 5.5: The Family of Quadratic Functions (16)
- 5: Review Problems
- Tools
- Chapter 6: Trigonometric Functions
- 6.1: Introduction to Periodic Functions (4)
- 6.2: The Sine and Cosine Functions (7)
- 6.3: Radians (16)
- 6.4: Graphs of the Sine and Cosine (5)
- 6.5: Sinusoidal Functions (6)
- 6.6: Other Trigonometric Functions (3)
- 6.7: Inverse Trigonometric Functions
- 6: Review Problems
- Tools (8)
- Chapter 7: Trigonometry
- 7.1: General Triangles: Laws of Sines and Cosines
- 7.2: Trigonometric Identities
- 7.3: Sum and Difference Formulas for Sine and Cosine
- 7.4: Trigonometric Models
- 7.5: Polar Coordinates
- 7: Review Problems
- Tools
- Chapter 8: Compositions, Inverses, and Combinations of Functions
- 8.1: Composition of Function (6)
- 8.2: Inverse Functions
- 8.3: Combinations of Functions
- 8: Review Problems
- Tools
- Chapter 9: Polynomial and Rational Functions
- 9.1: Power Functions
- 9.2: Polynomial Functions (3)
- 9.3: The Short-Run Behavior of Polynomials (11)
- 9.4: Rational Functions (6)
- 9.5: The Short-Run Behavior of Rational Functions (5)
- 9.6: Comparing Power, Exponential, and Log Functions
- 9.7: Fitting Exponentials and Polynomials to Data
- 9: Review Problems
- Tools (11)
- Chapter 10: Vectors and Matrices
- 10.1: Vectors
- 10.2: The Components of a Vector
- 10.3: Application of Vectors
- 10.4: The Dot Product
- 10.5: Matrices
- 10: Review Problems
- Tools
- Chapter 11: Sequences and Series
- 11.1: Sequences
- 11.2: Defining Functions Using Sums: Arithmetic Series
- 11.3: Finite Geometric Series
- 11.4: Infinite Geometric Series
- 11: Review Problems
- Tools
- Chapter 12: Parametric Equations and Conic Sections
- 12.1: Parametric Equations
- 12.2: Implicitly Defined Curves and Circles
- 12.3: Ellipses
- 12.4: Hyperbolas
- 12.5: Geometric Properties of Conic Sections
- 12.6: Hyperbolic Functions
- 12: Review Problems
- Tools
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| Chapter 1: Linear Functions and Change | ||
| Tools | 3 | 014 035 038 |
| 1.1 | 4 | 010 011 017 034 |
| 1.2 | 5 (1) | 010 011 016 018 020 021 |
| 1.3 | 8 | 007 009 011 015 020 023 024 032 |
| 1.4 | 11 | 016 017 018 019 020 025 027 033 038 040 041 |
| 1.5 | 6 | 015 016 017 024 025 030 |
| Chapter 2: Functions | ||
| Tools | 16 | 014 017 021 037 051 067 072 074 079 080 081 082 086 090 100 103 |
| 2.1 | 9 | 009 010 022 026 027 028 031 034 035 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 029 |
| 2.3 | 5 | 007 010 015 016 017 |
| 2.4 | 8 | 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 009 010 |
| 2.6 | 9 | 008 009 010 016 018 019 021 027 031 |
| Chapter 3: Exponential Functions | ||
| Tools | 11 | 050 056 062 064 064.alt 066 069 073 107 108 112 |
| 3.1 | 10 | 009 010 018 019 022 024 026 027 029 033 |
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| 3.3 | 6 | 009 011 017 018 033 038 |
| 3.4 | 6 | 008 011 012 013 014 016 |
| Chapter 4: Logarithmic Functions | ||
| Tools | 10 | 033 034 036 041 042 043 050 052 063 066 |
| 4.1 | 18 | 012 013 014 015 017 024 025 028 029 030 034 035 036 037 039 044 046 048 |
| 4.2 | 12 | 036 037 038 039 040 044 045 048 049 053 057 058 |
| 4.3 | 1 | 035 |
| Chapter 5: Transformations of Functions and Their Graphs | ||
| 5.1 | 4 | 009 026 027 042 |
| 5.2 | 9 | 001 010 012 014 015 016 017 024 025 |
| 5.3 | 1 | 002 |
| 5.4 | 3 | 001 004 011 |
| 5.5 | 16 | 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 021 023 032 |
| Chapter 6: Trigonometric Functions | ||
| Tools | 8 | 004 018 019 020 021 022 023 025 |
| 6.1 | 4 | 019 020 021 022 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 014 019 021 023 027 033 033.alt |
| 6.3 | 16 | 001 003 005 007 009 011 013 015 021 024 025 026 027 039 041 042 |
| 6.4 | 5 | 001 003 007 008 030 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 002 003 028 029 035 042 |
| 6.6 | 3 | 017 019 023 |
| Chapter 7: Trigonometry | ||
| 7 | 0 | |
| Chapter 8: Compositions, Inverses, and Combinations of Functions | ||
| 8.1 | 6 | 001 007 009 011 022 034 |
| Chapter 9: Polynomial and Rational Functions | ||
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| 9.2 | 3 | 011 013 017 |
| 9.3 | 11 | 001 004 008 011 012 013 017 019 020 043 045 |
| 9.4 | 6 | 007 008 020 020.alt 021 024 |
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| Chapter 10: Vectors and Matrices | ||
| 10 | 0 | |
| Chapter 11: Sequences and Series | ||
| 11 | 0 | |
| Chapter 12: Parametric Equations and Conic Sections | ||
| 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 294 (3) | |