Calculus II For Dummies, 2nd Edition - Softcover

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Mark Zegarelli, a math tutor and writer with 25 years of professional experience, delights in making technical information crystal clear ― and fun ― for average readers. He is the author of Logic For Dummies and Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies.

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An easy-to-understand primer on advanced calculus topics

Confounded by curves? Perplexed by polynomials? This plain-English guide to Calculus II will set you straight! Calculus II For Dummies offers expert instruction, advice, and tips to help students get a handle on intermediate calculus topics. Best of all, it includes example problems and explanations that enhance your understanding of this complex subject.

• Calculus II 101 — get an easy-to-follow introduction to the definite integral, the Reimann sum equation, and the indefinite integral

• Strike that, reverse it — discover everything you need to know about reversing the differential process to solve a limited set of indefinite integrals using anti-differentiation

• Go big with trig — find out how to use a whole host of trig functions to integrate powers of sines and cosines, and then tangents and secants, and finally cotangents and cosecants

• Conquer the Mount Everest of Math — move on to intermediate integration, infinite series, and the math you can expect in higher-level Calculus courses

Open the book and find:

• A need-to-know refresher on Pre-Calculus and Calculus I

• The "Aha!" insights in Calculus II

• Useful test-taking tips

• The 4-1-1 on area problems

• Plain-English explanations of integrals

• Everything you need to know about the infinite series

• Help on solving area problems

• How to use calculus to solve 3-D problems

Learn to:

• Make sense of advanced calculus topics

• Get ahead of the curve with easy-to-understand explanations of complicated subject matter

• Score high in your Calculus II class