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Brief Calculus: An Applied Approach, 8th EditionNovember 2004, ©2005
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Chapter 1. Functions and Their Graphs.
Chapter 2. Classes of Functions.
Chapter 3. The Limit of a Function.
Chapter 4. The Derivative of a Function.
Chapter 5. Applications: Graphing Functions; Optimization.
Chapter 6. The Integral of a Function and Applications.
Chapter 7. Other Applications and Extensions of the Integral.
Chapter 8. Calculus of Functions of Two or More Variables.
Appendix: Graphing Utilities.
Appendix 1. The Viewing Rectangle.
Appendix 2. Using a Graphing Utility to Graph Equations.
Appendix 3. Square Screens.
Appendix 4. Using a Graphing Utility To Locate Intercepts and Check for Symmetry.
Appendix 5. Using a Graphing Utility to Solve Equations.
Answers to Odd-Numbers Problems.
Photo Credits.
Index.
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