Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus, SI Version, Canadian Edition, 12th edition

The student-friendly, acclaimed best seller in technical math

This tried-and-true text from Allyn Washington builds on the author's highly regarded approach to technical math, while enhancing its pedagogy with full-colour figures and boxes that warn students of Common Errors. Appropriate for a two- to three-semester course, Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus, SI Edition shows how algebra, trigonometry and basic calculus are used on the job. It covers applications in a vast number of technical and pre-engineering fields, including statics, electronics, solar energy, laser fiber optics, acoustics, fluid mechanics, and the environment. Known for its exceptional problem sets and applied material, the book offers practice exercises, writing exercises, word problems and practice tests. The SI Version is enhanced with a mix of Canadian and global examples, a reorganized Statistics chapter and updated notation that reflects standard engineering practice in industry.

Hallmark features of this title

• Practice Exercises. Throughout the text, there are practice exercises in the margin. They are included so that a student is more actively involved in the learning process and can check his or her understanding of the material to that point in the section. They can also be used for classroom exercises. The answers to these exercises are given at the end of the exercise set for the section.
• Chapter Introductions. Each chapter introduction illustrates specific examples of how the development of technology has been related to the development of mathematics. These introductions show that past discoveries in technology led to some of the methods in mathematics, whereas in other cases mathematical topics already known were later very useful in bringing about advances in technology.
• Special Explanatory Comments. Throughout the book, special explanatory comments in colour have been used in the examples to emphasize and clarify certain important points. Arrows are often used to indicate clearly the part of the example to which reference is made.

New to this Edition

• As the world shifts to a greater reliance on digital media, it is appropriate that this resource evolves as well. This twelfth edition is the first fully digital version of Basic Technical Mathematics, SI Version. Instructors and students will find that although the medium has changed, the content is fully consistent with prior editions.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.We conducted an external review of the text's content to determine how it could be improved to address issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The results of that review informed this revision.
• Chapter Introductions and Margin Notes. All chapter introductions and some margin notes point out relevant historical events in the development of mathematics, science, and technology. In this edition, we have expanded our discussions to include more achievements of women, people of colour, Indigenous people, and other people from minority groups who have made significant contributions to these disciplines.
• Increased Breadth and Relevance of Applications. The text features many new applications in the examples and exercises. We have included new material related to several engineering technologies and to everyday life, and have made an effort to replace some situations which are not very relevant for students (such as missiles or rockets). We have also updated real-world data and scenarios to make them current.
• Graphing Technologies. We continue our flexible approach to technology, encouraging students to solve problems using any graphing utility, including the many free online graphing calculator and CAS apps available. In this edition, we have replaced most of the graphing calculator displays with displays obtained with the graphing calculator app GeoGebra (www.geogebra.org)