第二章 Welcome to Math 49 - PreCalculus.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * Brassington BrassingtonBrassington * BrassingtonBrassington * Welcome to Math 49 - PreCalculus Dr. Michael Brassington 22nd September 2008 * Brassington * Agenda Introductions Green Sheet Syllabus Schedule Ch 1: Linear Functions and Change Ch 2: Functions Ch 3: Exponential Functions Ch 4: Logarithmic Functions Ch 5: Transformations of Functions Ch 8: Compositions, Inverses Combinations Ch 9: Polynomial Rational Functions * Brassington * Introductions Name? Major? What you do for fun? What makes math fun? * Brassington * Online Math-49 Group CLASS WEB SITE: /group/brassmath49/ Click on “Join this Group” You will need to open a free Yahoo account if you don’t have one already. Group Email Addresses Post message to group by sending email to: brassmath49@ NOTE: Anything you post to this group will be received by all other group subscribers. If you want to send a private email to me directly, use my personal email address. brassingtonmichael@ * Brassington * “Green Sheet” PRE-REQUISITE: Math 51(or a satisfactory score on the placement exam.) LOCATION: Room 3303 INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Michael Brassington. OFFICE HOURS: 9am – 10am Friday OFFICE PHONE: 408.835.0944 (you may leave a voicemail message any time) EMAIL: brassingtonmichael@ * Brassington * Text Books Required: Connally, et al. Functions Modeling Change; 3 rd. Edition, Wiley. Required: Stanley and Knobel; Survival Guide; contains lecture notes, and a set of practice exam problems. Optional: Students Solutions Manual. The solutions manual contains complete solutions to every alternate odd-numbered problem. The text has answers [not complete solutions] to most of the odd-numbered problems. A Student Study Guide is also available in the library. * Brassington * Calculators You are required to have a TI 83 or TI84 graphing calculator for this class. If you already have a graphing calculator of a different kind, you are expected to know how to use it. The Foothill College Math Dept. does n