Precalc Definition and 59 Threads

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    PRoblems with precalc functions

    I'm trying to find where this function increases and decreases: f(x) = = - x^2 - 6x - 8 I can get the vertex (h, k), which works out [by my math] to be (3, -17). I'm just not sure where to go from here to get information like: point of increase and decrease domain and range...
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    Precalc Math Help: Find (g o f)(-2)

    Hi, I need help with the following problem: If f(x)=4-x and the g(x)=1+x^2 find the (g(small circle)f)(-2). Thanks
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    Combinations precalc problem help

    A subgroup must be formed, with 4 people being chosen from 3 larger groups. Group A contains 6 people Group B contains 4 people Group C contains 3 people The subgroup of 4 must contain atleast 1 person from each group (A,B,C). How many possible groups are there? Well there are 6...
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    Typical HS honors precalc curriculum?

    any HS honors precalc teachers here? I am looking for a typical outline and syllabus for a typical year of HS honors precalc. what subjects and topics would be covered? thanks.
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    Precalc DeMoivre's Theorem to find powers of Complex numbers

    "Use Demoivre's Theorem to find the indicated power of the complex number. Write the result in standard form." : 2(squareroot of (3) + i)^5 now when i do this i always end up getting -(32squareroot(3))/2 + i32/2 the book seems to get teh same answer except WITHOUT the 2 in the...
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    Afew precalc problems which i'm having problems with

    i will try and post the question and tell you how far i got and hopefully some nice guy/girl out there will show me what i did wrong and help me solve the problems before the test tomorrow 1-The heat experienced by a hiker at a campfire is proportional to the amount of wood on the fire, and...
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    Schools Should I take College Algebra and then Trig or just skip it and take Precalc?

    So I've been annoyed with my college recently because of their grading system on this accuplacer tests. Along with the fact that the staff are annoying and ugh. long story short I need to get into higher math classes as quick as possible. I'm gifted at math and figure that I'll be able to...
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    How do you solve problems involving ellipses centered at (h,k)?

    My math teacher has been out for 2 days and the subs have just been putting notes up and I'm totally not getting this. So maybe someone here can explain everything in other ways. Note that my book does a crappy job of explaining this subject. But it does break it down into two distince areas -...
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    Precalc absolute value fuction

    Detemine |X-16| - |X-2| = ? given X<7
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