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ENG1091- textbook helpful?
« on: February 25, 2013, 06:50:42 pm »
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To those who have done this unit, may i ask if you found the textbook useful/necessary? Since it's a maths subject i feel like i would need it..
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Re: ENG1091- textbook helpful?
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 06:58:45 pm »
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It depends who you ask :P, Last year they photocopied the questions that you needed out of it. But if you want to do a bit more then it is useful (I did a few times throughout the semester, there are a few interesting topics and situations that are in the book that you don't do). It also helped with an assignment question that was basically explained in the book and those who didn't looking at the book much got wrong.

So really, it just depends, if you want to go the extra mile and do more questions than is required, then yes its helpful, but if you don't want to do much more than you have to then lecture notes and print-offs will suffice.
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Re: ENG1091- textbook helpful?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2013, 07:42:46 pm »
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Does anyone know if there is much difference between the 3rd edition and 4th edition textbooks? I checked the library and they had a bunch of 3rd editions but no 4th editions. And also the 4th edition comes with "MY Mathlab"...what is this? will i need it?

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Re: ENG1091- textbook helpful?
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2013, 09:06:32 pm »
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Quote from: soccerboi on February 27, 2013, 07:42:46 pm
Does anyone know if there is much difference between the 3rd edition and 4th edition textbooks? I checked the library and they had a bunch of 3rd editions but no 4th editions. And also the 4th edition comes with "MY Mathlab"...what is this? will i need it?

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Not sure too much on the editions, but the My Mathlab thing is pointless, you don't use it (well we didn't).
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Re: ENG1091- textbook helpful?
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2013, 02:02:13 am »
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Quote from: soccerboi on February 27, 2013, 07:42:46 pm
Does anyone know if there is much difference between the 3rd edition and 4th edition textbooks? I checked the library and they had a bunch of 3rd editions but no 4th editions. And also the 4th edition comes with "MY Mathlab"...what is this? will i need it?

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The HAL reserve section has around 8(?) 4th ed. textbooks. You can only loan them overnight, though.

I think another 6 or so are around the library but they'll most likely be checked out already. You can probably ask library staff to hold onto a book when it is handed in or something.

The questions in each are pretty much the same, just rearranged. However, the 4th ed. has a few that the 3rd ed. doesn't.
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