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Of the six circular functions, only cosine and sine are defined for all angles. Lorain county community college august 26, 2010 ii acknowledgements the authors are indebted to the many people who support this project. College trigonometry by carl stitz, jeff zeager download. These are mathcasts to accompany the college algebra book written by carl stitz and jeff zeager available for free from. The first half of a precalculus series, covering college algebra. Determinants and cramers rule mathematics libretexts. Other opensource books by carl stitz and jeff zeager are also available at their official website. College algebra by carl stitz, jeff zeager download link.
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