Preparatoria

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DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS


Campus: Owens

Department: Mathematics

Course Number and Title: MAT 181 – Algebra and Trigonometry IInstructor Name: Telephone: E-mail:

Prerequisites: MAT 015 or required math score on College Placement Test

Corequisites: None

Course Hours and Credits: 4:4:0

Course Description: Astudy of elementary functions including linear functions, quadratic functions, polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and right triangle trigonometry.

Text: Beecher, J., Penna.,J., Bittinger, M. (2012). Precalculus,
(4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Addison Wesley, Inc.

Materials: TI-84+ Graphing Calculator. MyLabsPlus access for MyMathLab (included with courseregistration).

Method of Instruction: Campus classroom

Manuals: None

Disclaimer: None









CORE COURSE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

The student will be able to:

1. Usegraphical and algebraic methods to solve problems of application involving linear functions. (CCC 2, 7)
2. Solve problems of application involving quadratic functions and their graphs. (CCC 2, 7)

3.Solve problems of application involving polynomial functions and their graphs.
(CCC 2, 7)
4. Use graphical and algebraic methods to solve problems of application involving exponential and logarithmicfunctions. (CCC 2, 7)
5. Solve problems of application applying right triangle trigonometry. (CCC 2, 7)


MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

1. Use graphical and algebraic methods to solveproblems of application involving linear functions.
1.1 Identify the domain and range.
1.2 Construct the graph of a given function.
1.3 Solve systems of linear equations by substitution,addition/subtraction methods, graphing, and determinants.
1.4 Solve word problems.
1.5 Evaluate a given function.

2. Solve problems of application involving quadratic functions and their graphs....