UW Math 120 Precalculus

Full Text
The 2000-01 edition of the text UW 2000 Precalculus: A first course in problem solving, by D.H. Collingwood and K.D. Prince, can be downloaded here. The text is approximately 300 pages in length. It may be purchased from Professional Copy and Print, 4200 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105; phone (206) 634-2689. The cost is approximately $20.

Problems Only
The problems included in the 2000-01 edition of the text can be downloaded here. There are about 130 problems in the current edition of the text.

Supplementary Problems
The text has been used for six years at the UW. Previous editions contained substantially more problems and additional sections beyond the 2000-01 edition. In fact, there are 510 problems in the old text. These "old" additional problems are available as .pdf files below, listed by topic (section). Most of these are multistep problems.

• 1.1-Units and Rates (25 problems)
• 1.2-Imposing Coordinates (14 problems)
• 1.3-Three Simple Curves (17 problems)
• 1.4-Linear Modeling (28 problems)
• 1.5-Tangent Lines (3 problems)

• 2.1-Functions and Graphs (25 problems)
• 2.2-Graphical Analysis (31 problems)
• 2.3-Quadratic Modeling (30 problems)
• 2.4-Composition (12 problems)
• 2.5-Three Construction Tools (11 problems)
• 2.6-Arithmetic (7 problems)
• 2.7-Polynomial Modeling (16 problems)
• 2.8-Inverse Functions (12 problems)
• 2.9-Rational Functions (9 problems)

• 3.1-Measuring an Angle (16 problems)
• 3.2-Measuring Circular Motion (14 problems)
• 3.3-The Circular Functions (17 problems)
• 3.4-Basic Properties and Trigonometric Functions (12 problems)
• 3.5-Sinusoidal Functions (14 problems)
• 3.6-Inverse Circular Functions (28 problems)
• 3.7-Relating Sides in General Triangles (9 problems)
• 3.8-The Addition Formulas (8 problems)

• 4.1-Parametric Equations (13 problems)
• 4.2-Linear Motion (10 problems)
• 4.3-A Crash Course in Mechanics (11 problems)
• 4.4-Projectile Motion (21 problems)
• 4.5-Combined Motion (12 problems)

• 5.1 Functions of Exponential Type (12 problems)
• 5.2 Exponential Modeling (13 problems)
• 5.3 Logarithmic Functions (31 problems)
• 5.4 Loans and Investments (16 problems)
• 5.5 Special Exponential Models (13 problems)

• Selected Solutions