This applications-oriented text covers all the geometry needed by students planning to take courses in intermediate algebra, college algebra, trigonometry, or calculus. It presumes an understanding of beginning algebra. Essentials of Geometry for College Students features the accessible writing style and thorough pedagogy that have distinguished the many successful texts by the authors. Full-page chapter introductions, with striking photographs, preview applications that are solved later in the chapter. Definitions, postulates, theorems, and constructions are set off in colored boxes.
Practice exercises parallel examples to help students assimilate concepts and techniques.
An extensive exercise set follows each section, offering both routine drill problems and more challenging applications and extensions. Historical background, brainteasers, and illustrations to add interest. Appropriate Courses Geometry. Foundations of Geometry. Points, Lines, and Planes.