MA104 COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS IN THE
SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES (4 Cr.)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Satisfies the foundations of natural sciences/mathematics requirement.
Prerequisite:
MA 100 (Passed with C- or better.) or satisfactory
score on the Math Placement Exam. A graphing calculator or equivalent
software is required.
General Introduction and Goals
This course is designed for students who need college algebra but do not intend to
take calculus. The applications of algebra are stressed; mathematical topics are chosen
primarily on the basis of their immediate applicability. Such applications are drawn
mainly from the natural sciences and technologies. This course will prepare students to
study Trigonometry, MA 106, and Calculus with Applications, MA 271. And although MA 103 is the
recommended preparatory course for the study of statistics, MA 104 is as an
alternative prerequisite for Statistics. To move to the precalculus track (MA115) from MA 104, a
student must achieve at least a B- in this course.
Course Content
- Review of Algebra
- Polynomials and operations on polynomials
- Solving linear and quadratic equations
- Integral and rational exponents and radicals
- Fractional expressions
- The coordinate plane and graphing
- Learning to Use the Calculator
- To draw graphs and to solve equations and systems of equations
- The Function Concept
- Functional notation and graphs of functions
- Expressing functional dependence algebraically
- The Study of Special Functions
- Linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions
- Functions involving radicals
- Solving Equations
- Algebraic and graphical methods
- Solving literal equations
- Exponents and Logarithms
- Properties of the exponential and logarithmic functions
- Solving exponential and logarithmic equations
- Applications of the exponential and logarithmic functions
- Systems of Equations
- Linear systems: solving algebraically, graphically
- Solving special non-linear systems
- Other Topics
- Introduction to probability
- Introduction to right triangle trigonometry
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