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MTH 29 Syllabus - Precalculus for Business (4 credits - meets 4 hours per week)

Prerequisite:     MTH 06 or equivalent

TEXT :     Precalculus (5th Edition), by David Cohen, West Publishing Company, 1997

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Section             Topics                                                      Suggested Exercises

2.2                    Graph of an Equation                                 Pp. 53-55, #1-11 odd, 25, 27a, 28a, 29, 31, 35, 36a,b, 37

2.4                    Symmetry and Graphs                               P. 75, #1, 3, 7-9, 11, 13, 19

2.5                    Inequalities                                                P. 82, #1-15 odd, 19, 23, 25, 29

3.1                    Functions:  Definition                                 Pp. 108-109, #1, 3, 13, 15, 17, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39

3.2                    Graph of a Function                                   Pp. 121-124, #9, 11-19, 25, 27, 29          

3.3                    Techniques in Graphing                              Pp. 137-139, #45-48, 1, 3-23, 25, 29, 31, 33

3.4                    Combining Functions                                  Pp. 148-149, #1, 2, 5, 10-13

4.2                    Quadratic Functions                                   P. 195, #1-11 odd, 23, 25, 31

4.7                    Rational Functions (Hyperbolas only)          Pp. 258-259, #1- 15 odd

5.1                    Exponential Functions                                Pp. 277-278, #1-31 odd

5.2                    The Exponential Function  y = e^x                Pp. 284-285, #1-27 odd

5.3                    Logarithmic Functions                                Pp. 295-296, # 7 -15 odd

5.4                    Properties of Logarithms                            P. 307, 1-15, 21,23

5.6                    Compound Interest                                    Pp. 328-329, #1-23 odd

12.2                  Division of Polynomials                              Pp. 765-766, #1-17 odd, 21-31 odd

12.3                  Roots of Polynomial Equations                   Pp. 772-774, #1-11 odd, 15-35 odd

12.4                  Fundamental Theorem of  Algebra              Pp. 781-782, #1-13 odd, 17-23 odd

12.5                  Rational and Irrational Roots                      P. 789, #1-4, 7, 9, 13-21 odd

10.2                  Gaussian Elimination                                  P. 617, #1, 7-15 odd, 19

10.3                  Matrices                                                   P. 629, #1-7 odd, 23-49 odd

10.4                  The Inverse of a Square Matrix (2× 2 only) Pp. 636-637, #21-29

10.5                  Determinants and Cramer’s  Rule              Pp. 647-648, #1, 3, 15, 19, 21, 33, 35, 39

10.7                  Systems of Inequalities  (Linear only)          Pp. 661-662, #1-11, 23-31

13.4                  Arithmetic Sequences and Series                P. 849, #1-11

                        (Finite Sequences Only)

                        Geometric Sequences  and Series                P. 854, #1-11

                         (Finite Sequences Only)                        

6.1                    Trigonometric Functions of Acute Angles    Pp. 364-365, #1-7 odd, 25, 27, 29

  6.2                    Algebra of the Trigonometric Functions     Pp. 372-373, #1, 3-5, 7-15 odd, 19, 21, 25, 35-43 odd

7.4                    Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions     Pp. 449-451, #1-4, 9-17 odd, 19-22, 23-35 odd

(S. Friedlander 10/99)