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, 4th Ed., 2002: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Lecture Sections Topics Homework Problems
- 1.1 Review material to be spread over first month #6,15,21,22,25,32,37,38,49,56
1.2 #5,6,11,12,31,38,54,63,69,71,73,79,86,90
1.3 #7,15,18,24,67,70,75,77,84,88,91
1.4 #15,29,33,37,57,65,73,74,76
1.5 #1,13,16,19,26,43,44,47,60,66,67,74,82,83,90
1 1.6 Modeling with Equations #3,13,28,41,43,47,49,53,55,59,60,61
2 1.8 Coordinate Geometry; Lines #3,9,17,22,24,29,37,41,49,67,69,76,82
1.10 #3,11,23,31,38,43,52,63,65,66,69
3 1.7 Inequalities; Solving Equations and Inequalities Graphically #9,21,25,33,41,44,53,61,70,74
1.9 #3,6,9,20,24,35,37,38,41,42,54,55
4 2.1 Functions; Graphs of Functions #3,4,7,8,15,16,22,23,32,33,38,45,46,57,58,
60,66,68,69,71,72
2.2 #2,3,4,5,9,13,18,26,29,37,54,63,64,69,72,75
5 2.4 Increasing and Decreasing Functions;
Transformations of Functions; Extreme Values of Functions
#23,26,31,33
2.5 #6,8,11,35,38,41,42,45,51,53,59
2.6 #7,8,25,28
6 2.6 Finish Extreme Values of Functions; Modeling with Functions; Variation #41,43,46,55
2.7 #3,6,12,13,14,23,24,29,30,31
2.3 #11,13,16,17,20,27
7 2.8 Combining Functions; One-to-one Functions and Their Inverses #3,4,11,12,14,17,18,20,21,25,26,37,39,49,50,55,60,61
2.9 #3,4,5,6,13,14,18,19,27,39,40,52,58
8 3.1 Polynomial Functions; Dividing Polynomials #2,4,7,13,16,23,33,37-42,43,51,52,68,69,71,76,77
3.2 #1,2,9,10,26,32,39,43
9 3.6 Rational Functions #3,7,8,11,12,27,28,35,36,41,42,47,59,60,61,62,68,69
10 Modeling
Pages
246-255
Material on Modeling Page 250 #2,6,7
11 EXAM I
12 4.1 Exponential Functions #2,3,4,5,11,12,17,18,21,22,31,32,33,39,
40,41,44,45,48,51,52,55
13 4.2 Begin Logarithmic Functions #3,4,5,9,10,11,17,18,27,28,35,36,40,43,52
14 4.2 Logarithmic Functions continued; Laws of logarithms #60,61,62,69-72,77,78
4.3 #5,7,8,23,25,26,33,35,36,39,47,49,52,58,62
15 4.4 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations #9,11,12,41,43,50,51,52,57,58,59,60,68,69,76,79,80
16 4.5 Modeling with Exponential and Logarithmic Functions #3,8,11,12,15,17,20,23,32
17 5.1 The Unit Circle; Trigonometric Functions of Real Numbers #3,7,12,17,19,20,23,25,33,35,36,44,45
5.2 #7,9,10,21,22,23,24,32,36,37,38,51,52,65,69,73,74
18 5.3 Trigonometric Graphs; More Trigonometric Graphs #5,6,7,8,11,14,23,25,26,35,36,41,43,
50,55,56,57,58,65,68
5.4 #1,3,4,9
19 5.4 Finish Trigonometric Graphs; Material on Modeling Logs and Exponents #23,36,41,42,45
Pages
394 - 407
Page 403 #1,2,3,5,6
20 EXAM II
21 Pages
455 - 471
Modeling periodicity Page 466 #1,7,8,15,28
22 6.1 Measuring Angles; Trigonometry of Right Triangles #1,4,5,12,14,15,18,19,23,25,35,41,44,46,47,53,54,59
6.2 #3,7,13,15,17,19,20,33,35,38,41,42,48,49,51
23 6.3 Trigonometric Functions of Angles #19,21,22,31,32,41,43,47,51,54
24 6.5 Law of Cosines; Trigonometric Identities #1,3,4,7,27,29,32,36,37
7.1 #1,5,11,15,16,43,49,52,63,85,91,94
25 7.2 Trigonometric Functions for Sums, Differences, Half Angles, and Double Angles #3,6,13,17,21,29,34,49
7.3 #4,11,16,23,28,33,55,65
26 7.4 Inverse Trigonometric Functions #3,5,19,20,31,32,43,44,50,51,54
27 7.5 Trigonometric Equations #5,6,15,16,35,39,44,49,54,55,56,67,77,78
28 Catch-up and review



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