Preparing for Precalculus
Now
Chapter 0 contains lessons on topics from previous courses.
You can use this chapter in various ways.
• Begin the school year by taking the Pretest. If you need
additional review, complete the lessons in this chapter. To
verify that you have successfully reviewed the topics, take
the Posttest.
• As you work through the text, you may find that there are
topics you need to review. When this happens, complete the
individual lessons that you need.
• Use this chapter for reference. When you have questions
about any of these topics, flip back to this chapter to review
definitions or key concepts.
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Contents
Pretest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P2
0-1 Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P3
0-2 Operations with Complex Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P6
0-3 Quadratic Functions and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P9
0-4 nth Roots and Real Exponents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P14
0-5 Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P18
0-6 Matrix Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P23
0-7 Probability with Permutations and Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P28
0-8 Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P32
Posttest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P38
ReviewVocabulary
English Español completing the square p. P12 completer el cuadrado
set p. P3 conjunto nth root p. P14 raíz enésima
element p. P3 elemento principal root p. P14 raíz principal
subset p. P3 subconjunto system of equations p. P18 sistema de ecuaciones
universal set p. P3 conjunto universal substitution method p. P18 método de sustitución
complement p. P3 complemento elimination method p. P19 método de eliminación
union p. P4 unión matrix p. P23 matriz
intersection p. P4 intersección element p. P23 elemento
empty set p. P4 conjunto vacío dimension p. P23 dimensión
imaginary unit p. P6 unidad imaginario experiment p. P28 experimento
complex number p. P6 número complejo factorial p. P28 factorial
standard form p. P6 forma estándar permutation p. P29 permutación
imaginary number p. P6 número imaginario combination p. P30 combinación
complex conjugates p. P7 conjugados complejos measure of central p. P32 medida de tendencia
parabola p. P9 parábola tendency central
axis of symmetry p. P9 eje de simetría measures of spread p. P32 medidas de propagación
vertex p. P9 vértice frequency distribution p. P34 distribución de frecuencias
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