Basic Engineering Mathematics

 


BY JHON BIRD


377 Pages · 2013 · 3.35 MB · English

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Contents

Preface 
Acknowledgements 
Instructor’sManual 
1 Basic arithmetic 
2 Fractions 
Revision Test1 
3 Decimals 
4 Using a calculator 
5 Percentages 
Revision Test2 
6 Ratio and proportion 
7 Powers ,roots and laws of indices 
8 Units, preļ¬xes and engineering notation 
Revision Test3 
9 Basic algebra 
10 Further algebra 
11 Solving simple equations 
Revision Test4 
12 Transposing formulae 
13 Solving simultaneous equations
RevisionTest5
14 Solving quadratic equations  
15 Logarithms 
16 Exponential functions 
RevisionTest6
17 Straight line graphs 
18 Graphs reducing non-linear laws to linear form 
19 Graphic al solution of equations 
RevisionTest7
20 Angles and triangles 
21 Introduction to trigonometry 
RevisionTest8
22 Trigonometric waveforms 
23 Non-right-angled triangles and some practical applications
24 Cartesian and polar co-ordinates 
Revision Test9 
25 Areas of common shapes 
26 The circle 
Revision Test10 
27 Volumes of common solids 
28 Irregular areas and volumes, and mean values
Revision Test11 
29 Vectors 
30 Methods of adding alternating waveforms 
Revision Test12 
31 Presentation of statistical data 
32 Mean, median, mode and standard deviation
33 Probability 
Revision Test13 
34 Introduction to differentiation 
35 Introduction to integration 
Revision Test14 
List of formulae 
Answers to practice exercises 
Index 
Preface
36 Number sequences
37 Binary, octal and hexadecimal 
38 Inequalities 
39 Graphs with logarithmic scales
RevisionTest15
Answers to practice exercises 


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