Calculus is the mathematics that describes changes in functions. In this chapter, we review all the functions necessary to study calculus. We define polynomial, rational, trigonometric, …

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But what does this mean? We cannot add an infinite number of terms in the same way we can add a finite number of terms. Instead, the value of an infinit...

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In many real-world applications, related quantities are changing with respect to time. For example, if we consider the balloon example again, we can say...