This course attempts to show what mathematics is, what the mathematical approach to problems can accomplish and the extent to which mathematics is an integral part of our civilization and culture. It includes material from arithmetic, algebra, geometrics, functions, probability, statistics, and analytical geometry. Intermediate Algebra Lab. A supplementary lab to MTH 1103 Intermediate Algebra. It offers supplemental instruction in equations and inequalities in one variable, polynomials, exponents, logarithms, functions and graphing.
Students receive individual attention.
An introduction to the properties of real and complex numbers, exponents and radicals, one variable equations and inequalities, exponents, logarithms, and functions. Graphing is stressed. Three periods per week. I in high school or MTH 1013. All entering freshmen and certain entering transfer students recommended by the Admissions Committee are subject to placement in MTH 1013 and its accompanying lab or MTH 1103 and its accompanying lab based on results from tests administered by the Math Department.