Pre-Calculus Mathematics

Catalog description

This course will enable the student to develop and apply models using linear, polynomial, rational, logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric functions. The successful student will be able to identify and manipulate functions, solve equations, prove trigonometric identities, solve triangles, and use polar coordinates. Topics include: Equations and Inequalities; Functions and Graphs; Polynomial and Rational Functions; Exponential and Logarithmic Functions; Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Matrices and Determinants; Angles and the Trigonometric Functions; Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions; Inverse Trigonometric Functions; Trigonometric Identities; Laws of Sines and Cosines; Vectors; Complex Numbers, Polar Coordinates and Parametric Equations.