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PRECALCULUS
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ESSENTIALS OF
PRECALCULUS
Richard
Richard D. Nation
Palomar College
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Boston New York
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PHOTO CREDITS:
Chapter 1: p. 1 Charles O’Rear / CORBIS; p. 8 The Granger Collection; p. 77 CORBIS. Chapter 2: p. 115
Sonda Dawes / The Image Works, Inc.; p. 116 David Young-Wolff / PhotoEdit, Inc.; p. 136 Syndicated
Features Limited / The Image Works, Inc.; p. 157 The Granger Collection; p. 167 Bettmann/CORBIS;
p. 169 Bettman / CORBIS; p. 190 Richard T. Nowitz / CORBIS; Chapter 3: p. 201 Chris McLaughlin /
CORBIS; p. 221 Bettman / CORBIS; p. 227 Charles O’Rear / CORBIS; p. 227 David James / Getty
Images; p. 231 Bettman / CORBIS. Chapter 4: p. 304 Courtesy of NASA and STScI; p. 318 Reuters /
CORBIS. Chapter 5: p. 357 Massimo Listri / CORBIS; p. 373 Art; p. 373 Tony Craddock / Getty
Images; p. 402 Courtesy of Richard Nation. Chapter 6: p. 461 Stephen Johnson / Getty Images; p. 461
Stephen Johnson / Getty Images.
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