College Algebra

Catalog description

This is a college-level algebra course, intended primarily for students who will not need to fulfill math requirements beyond this level. Functions are considered in the context of formulas, tables, and graphs, with an emphasis on applications. Functions studied include polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, logistic, power, and rational. Other topics involve modeling data, combining functions, solving equations and inequalities, optimization, and rates of change. Problems will be solved using traditional algebra as well as with technology. Graphing calculators will be utilized.