William Mueller (see Wmueller.com below) describes precalculus as the bridge between the math you know, such as arithmetic and algebra, and a wondrous, fertile land ahead: calculus.
Holly Camp was a twenty-five-year-old divorced mom with two kids under the age of four when she enrolled in college.
"When one thing depends on another, as, for example, the area of a circle depends on the radius, or the temperature on the mountain depends on the height, then we say that the first is a ‘function' of the other."
MathWorld is an extensive math encyclopedia, "created, developed and nurtured by Eric Weisstein with contributions from the world's math community."
Originally designed to demonstrate how technology can be used in the calculus classroom, this University of Tennessee site has been grown to include student tutorials, practice problems, quizzes...
"Calculus is the lingua franca of mathematics, engineering, and all of the sciences. You want to speak it well, with genuine understanding..."
These materials provide an introduction to precalculus, using Mathcad or StudyWorks as a calculation and visualization tool.
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