Precalculus book,your opinion is needed.

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In summary, the speaker has graduated high school and plans to study Electrical Engineering at Cleveland State University. They have 5 months before starting classes and are looking for resources to strengthen their math foundation, specifically in calculus. They initially purchased "Precalculus for Dummies" but felt it was too superficial and have now found a free book called "Precalculus (an investigation of functions)" online. They are seeking recommendations for other books and mention "Precalculus with Limits" by Larson and a book by Stewart as potential options.
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I have graduated from high school and now I am going to apply to Cleveland state university to study Electrical engineering.
anyway,I will have about 5 months before starting classes so I will need to strength my math foundation for calculus.
I bought Precalculus for dummies but I figured out it gives you superficial information so I decided to use another book.
I have found this one:
Precalculus (an investigation of functions) ,it is a free book and here is the website:

http://www.opentextbookstore.com/precalc/


I would appreciate it if you make a look and tell me what do you think.

I would appreciate it if you have any other recommendations.
 
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I haven't seen this book, but it seems to cover the common topics. I can really only suggest the one that I used, which was Precalculus with Limits by Larson. I don't remember it being phenomenal, but it got the job done. I know that Stewart has one too, of which I haven't heard complaints. Generally, if it's written by a calculus author, he is exposing precalculus with calculus in mind.
 

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