This original volume offers a concise, highly focused review of what high school and beginning college students need to know in order to solve problems in logarithms and exponential functions. Numerous rigorously tested examples and coherent to-the-point explanations, presented in an easy-to-follow format, provide valuable tools for conquering this challenging subject. The treatment is organized in a way that permits readers to advance sequentially or skip around between chapters. An essential companion volume to the author's Attacking Trigonometry Problems, this book will equip students with the skills they will need to successfully approach the problems in logarithms and exponential functions that they will encounter on exams.
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About the Author
David S. Kahn is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Center for Science and Math Education at Stony Brook University. For more than 20 years, he has taught mathematics to students at a variety of levels. He is the author of Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC Exams, and his other Dover book is Attacking Trigonometry Problems.
Description:
This original volume offers a concise, highly focused review of what high school and beginning college students need to know in order to solve problems in logarithms and exponential functions. Numerous rigorously tested examples and coherent to-the-point explanations, presented in an easy-to-follow format, provide valuable tools for conquering this challenging subject.
The treatment is organized in a way that permits readers to advance sequentially or skip around between chapters. An essential companion volume to the author's Attacking Trigonometry Problems, this book will equip students with the skills they will need to successfully approach the problems in logarithms and exponential functions that they will encounter on exams.
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About the Author
David S. Kahn is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Center for Science and Math Education at Stony Brook University. For more than 20 years, he has taught mathematics to students at a variety of levels. He is the author of Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC Exams, and his other Dover book is Attacking Trigonometry Problems.