Syllabus Math 115

PRECALCULUS COLLEGE MATH
640:115

Course Description
01:640:115
Math 115
PCA
Precalculus College Mathematics (4)
Prerequisite: 01:640:026 or appropriate performance on the placement test in mathematics. Students may not receive more that 4 normal credits for any combination of 01:640:111-112, and 115. Students who feel unprepared for this course (who have not had math for several years or whose mathematical background is weak) should consider taking 01:640:111-112, which covers the same material as 115 but at a slower pace and begins with an exensive review of intermediate algebra.

Algebraic expressions, algebraic equations, inequalities, functions, graphing. Exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions.



SYLLABUS
Text: Stewart, Redlin, and Watson, Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 6th Ed., Brooks/Cole Publishing Co, Cengage Learning.
Lecture Sections Topics Homework Problems
- 1.1 Review material to be spread over first month #12, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 49, 53, 61, 74
1.2 #8, 9, 10, 17, 22, 27, 32, 40, 45, 48, 66, 67, 72, 82, 92
1.3 #28, 33, 39, 45, 47, 50, 56, 58, 61, 64, 65, 68, 79, 84, 88, 99, 100
1.4 #19, 31, 32, 46, 57, 63, 66, 79, 86, 89
1.5 #19, 20, 27, 33, 36, 48, 49, 57, 60, 68, 73, 89, 99, 100
1 1.6 Modeling with Equations #11, 24, 36, 39, 42, 51, 55, 56, 61, 63, 67, 68, 69
2 1.8 Coordinate Geometry; Lines #9, 19, 28, 32, 34, 39, 49, 80, 81, 83, 96, 97, 98, 103, 104
1.10 #7, 15, 16, 27, 35, 42, 66, 71, 75
3 1.7 Inequalities; Solving Equations and Inequalities Graphically #28, 33, 39, 45, 47, 50, 56, 58, 61, 64, 65, 68, 79, 84, 88, 99, 100
1.9 #7, 10, 13, 24, 28, 31, 41, 43, 44, 48, 64, 65
4 2.1 Functions; Graphs of Functions #7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 28, 29, 38, 41, 43, 46, 57, 58, 71, 75, 79, 81, 82, 83
2.2 #12, 22, 27, 37, 38, 43, 46, 51, 55, 70, 82
5 2.3 Getting Information from Graphs;
Transformations of Functions
#5, 7, 8, 19, 22, 25, 26
2.5 #9, 11, 13, 37, 41, 47, 48, 60, 65, 70, 75, 77, 82
6 2.6 Combining Functions; One-to-one Functions and Their Inverses #7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30, 41, 42, 53, 54, 61, 64, 66
2.7 #7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 22, 23, 31, 33, 41, 49, 62, 68, 75, 76 
7 1.11 Modeling Variation; Modeling with Functions #13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 33, 41, 42
pp 213-222 #3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29
8 3.1 Quadratic Functions and Models; Polynomial Functions #13, 14, 27, 33, 36, 50, 65, 66, 75
3.2 #6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 17, 20, 27, 37, 41, 53, 54, 70, 71, 73, 81, 84
9 3.3 Dividing Polynomials; Begin Rational Functions #3, 6, 9, 16, 23, 24, 40, 46, 53, 57, 60
3.7 #9, 15, 17, 18, 25, 28, 41, 42, 57, 58
10 3.7 Finish Rational Functions; Material on Linear Modeling #75, 76, 83, 84
Pages 130-139 #2, 5, 8
11 EXAM I
12 4.1 Exponential Functions: The Natural Exponential Function #6, 7, 15, 16, 20, 21, 27, 28, 33, 34, 48, 51
4.2 #9, 10, 12, 22, 23, 26
13 4.3 Logarithmic Functions #5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 32, 33, 34, 45, 46, 49, 50, 58
14 4.3 Logarithmic Functions continued; Laws of logarithms #66, 67, 68, 77, 78, 87, 93, 94
4.4 #9, 10, 13, 23, 25, 26, 41, 43, 45, 53, 55, 58, 72
15 4.5 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations #11, 13, 14, 25, 30, 33, 36, 43, 45, 54, 56, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 88
16 4.6 Modeling with Exponential and Logarithmic Functions #5, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 34
17 5.1 The Unit Circle; Trigonometric Functions of Real Numbers #5, 7, 17, 22, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 43, 45, 46, 54, 55
5.2 #7, 11, 12, 17, 18, 25, 26, 34, 40, 41, 42, 47, 48, 66, 69, 73, 77, 78
18 5.3 Trigonometric Graphs; More Trigonometric Graphs #7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 25, 31, 33, 43, 44, 51, 53, 61, 62, 71, 74, 79, 80
5.4 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12
19 5.4 Finish Trigonometric Graphs; Material on Modeling Logs and Exponents #17, 31, 44, 49, 50, 53
Pages 357-366 #1, 2, 3, 6, 8
20 EXAM II
21 5.6 Harmonic Motion #3, 29, 30, 32, 37, 46
22 6.1 Measuring Angles; Trigonometry of Right Triangles #3, 6, 7, 16, 17, 20, 33, 34, 35, 45, 46, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 65, 73, 74, 78
6.2 #5, 6, 9, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 37, 47, 50, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61
23 6.3 Trigonometric Functions of Angles #4, 7, 14, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38, 45, 47, 51, 55, 59
24 5.5 Inverse Trig Functions and Their Graphs: Inverse Trig Functions and Right Triangles #6, 7, 13, 31, 33
6.4 #4, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41
25 6.6 Law of Cosines; Trigonometric Identities #3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 39, 41, 44, 48, 49
7.1 #3, 5, 7, 15, 19, 20, 47, 53, 63, 69, 91, 97, 100
26 7.2 Trigonometric Functions for Sums, Differences, Half Angles, and Double Angles #5, 10, 15, 21, 25, 33, 51
7.3 #6, 11, 17, 29, 34, 41
27 7.4 Basic Trigonometric Equations; More Trigonometric Equations #7, 13, 15, 27, 32, 39, 46, 53, 54
7.5 #3, 9, 21, 32, 35, 43, 59, 60
28 Catch-up and review



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