Introductory technical mathematics

✍ Scribed by Robert Donald Smith; John C Peterson

• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 882
• Edition: 5th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Whole numbers --
Common fractions --
Decimal fractions --
Ratio and proportion --
Percents --
Signed numbers --
Precision, accuracy, and tolerance --
Customary measurement units --
Metric measurement units --
Steel rules and vernier calipers --
Micrometers --
Introduction to algebra --
Basic algebraic operations --
Simple equations --
Complex equations --
The Cartesian coordinate system and graphs of linear equations --
Systems of equations --
Quadratic equations --
Introduction to plane geometry --
Angular measure --
Angular geometric principles --
Triangles --
Congruent and similar figures --
Polygons --
Circles --
Areas of common polygons --
Areas of circles, sectors, segments, and ellipses --
Prisms and cylinders: volumes, surface areas, and weights --
Pyramids and cones: volumes, surface areas, and weights --
Spheres and composite figures: volumes, surface areas, and weights --
Graphs: bar, circle, and line --
Statistics --
Introduction to trigonometric functions --
Trigonometric functions with right triangles --
Practical applications with right triangles --
Functions of any angle, oblique triangles --
Vectors.