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In this part . . .

ost of mathematics is cumulative — you can’t do
Mcalculus without a solid knowledge of pre-calc.
Obviously, there’s much more to pre-calc than what’s cov-
ered in the two short chapters of Part I, but if you’re up to
speed with the concepts covered here, you’re in pretty
good shape to begin the study of calculus. You really
should be very comfortable with all this material, so work
through the practice problems in Chapters 1 and 2, and if
you find yourself on shaky ground, go back to your old
textbooks (assuming you didn’t burn them) or to the thor-
ough pre-calc review in Calculus For Dummies to fill in any
gaps in your knowledge of algebra, geometry, functions,
and trig. Now you finally have an answer to the question
you asked during high school math classes: “When am I
ever going to need this?” Unfortunately, now there’s the
new question: “When am I ever going to need calculus?”