Reddit reviews Precalculus with Limits

[Precalculus with Limits 1e] (https://www.amazon.com/Precalculus-Limits-Ron-Larson/dp/0618660895/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1527656177&sr=8-4&keywords=larson+precalculus+with+limits) is a great book.

Beyond comprehensive coverage of the various types of functions (including logarithms and exponentials), trigonometry, and an introduction to complex numbers, the book covers [limits] (http://prntscr.com/jodi0c) and has a brief intro to [vectors] (http://prntscr.com/jodi3z), 3D space, the dot product, and cross product.

This was the book I used in my precalc class and I thought it was pretty good. There are only three chapters which really focus on trig (4: traditional 5: analytical 6: additional) which you can skip but I'd recommend tackling chapter five as it is based on trig identities and and has you prove things which is useful to change up the pace and for later classes. Chapter six also has vectors which is super useful in later courses (Calc, LINEAR ALGEBRA, physics, etc.).

The rest of the book is pretty great. It starts out kind of boring (focusing a lot on functions) but from what I remember, the "new" concepts really start at chapter five (I might be wrong so look over the earlier chapters to make sure you know what they're talking about). You must NOT SKIP CHAPTER 7&8 as they form the foundation for linear algebra (considered Calc 3 at my school). I'm also pretty sure that chapters 9 and 10 are covered more in depth in Calc 2 so I'd recommend doing these as well. There's also an introduction to limits but we didn't get that far in the book so I don't know how "good" that section is.

Also, I got the chapter names and topics from Slader which covers this book: http://www.slader.com/textbook/9780618660896-larson-precalculus-with-limits/