Students also need to download and install a plug-in to view multimedia notes. This plug-in is available free of charge at Macromedia Shockwave . Click to download the Macromedia Shockwave Player . The scope and pacing of this course assumes that the student is proficient in arithmetic and in basic algebraic manipulative skills. The emphasis of the course is a study of functions, their properties and their graphs.
Problem work involving the use and analysis of functions is emphasized.
Students will learn appropriate use of a graphing utility. Students will develop an understanding of the properties and algebra of functions, linear equations and their graphs, quadratic functions, polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of equations and inequalities, linear programming, and matrices. These are fundamental skills of a well-educated individual. This course is designed to both prepare students for further work in mathematics and to fulfill a general education mathematics requirement for those students seeking a degree. Sketch the graph of a function by hand or with a grapher.