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Course Number: MATH 1113 Course Title: Precalculus Hours Credit: 4 hours Prerequisites: Four years of high school mathematics including algebra and trigonometry OR MATH 1111. Courses Description: This course is designed to prepare students for calculus, physics and related technical subjects. Topics include an intensive study of algebraic and transcendental functions. Text: Precalculus (5th edition) by Robert Blitzer, Prentice-Hall Learning Outcomes: Students should be able to demonstrate: An understanding of functions and how to graph functions An understanding of operations on functions including function composition An understanding of polynomial and rational graphs, including intercepts and asymptotes An understanding of how to find the zeros of a polynomial and how to factor polynomials An understanding of inverse functions and how to find them graphically and algebraically An understanding of the properties of exponential and logarithmic equations An understanding of how to solve exponential and logarithmic equations An understanding of how to find the values of the trigonometric functions from right triangles and circles An understanding of how to graph the trigonometric functions An understanding of how to prove trigonometric identities An understanding of how to use the sum, difference, double-angle and half-angle formulas for sine and cosine An understanding of how to solve triangle using the law of sines and law of cosines An understanding of polar coordinates and graphs An understanding of how to analyze and solve applied problems SCHEDULE: The following sections of Blitzer’s book will be covered: Section HOURS* Review Chapter P and 1.1-1.6 ** 3 1.7 Composite Functions 1 1.8 Inverse Functions 1 Review Chapter 2.1-2.5 ** 2 2.6 Rational Functions and Their Graphs 2 2.7 Polynomial and Rational Inequalities 2 3.1 Exponential Functions 1 3.2 Logarithmic Functions 1.5 3.3 Properties of Logarithms 2 3