Schaum's Outline of Trigonometry, 4ed (Schaum's Outline Series),   ISBN:9780071543507

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Actualym, the book was intended as a gift. If it were for me I would have to given it much lower rating -- since I am from the old school and the symbology had some logic behind it this make little sense unless I took the time to converty all that I know then start from scratch.. It appears that all of the newer math books are copies of others work with just differenmt symbology -- more to confuse and not to standardise. Seems the Hypotenuse, adjacent, and opposite are no longer in vogue. The new make things up as they go along, then with its Mediocrity , it becomes a standard. Too bad, we have to continually be confused. No sense, no logic, no worry how it affects out fellow man.

But, since the person had no previous background, they did not notice any differences -- so they thought they would find good use for it.

As usual Schaum is a pretty good reference and representative book.

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It is a good book for refreshing math skills. Schamum's has always been a brand you can trust for math book, has been for over 30 years.

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This book is excellent for a supplement to another book. I supplies extra problems that you need in order to learn or review trig problems.

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I used Schaum's for a Summer School Trigonometry course. It doesn't replace a textbook but it covered all the necessary topics effectively and provided a good alternative to derivations and problems found in the text. I relied on it as a backup and a good check on the work being covered in class.

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I needed to brush up on my Trig for a calculus class that I'm currently in. While reading the text I found it hard to follow what the author was getting at.

At certain times magic equations would pop out of thin air and you would have to stew over them for hours at a time trying to figure out what the heck they meant.

This book is definately not for a beginner or someone who's looking for an easy quick overview after being away from the subject for abotu 6 years.