BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
of the City University of New York
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
SYLLABUS: MTH 30 - Precalculus
(4 Credits - 4 Hours per week)
Prerequisite: MTH 6
or equivalent, and if required ENG 2 and RDL 2
TEXT:
Precalculus (Fourth Edition) by Robert
Blitzer, Pearson
ISBN
978-0-321-72956-9
____________________________________________________________________________________SECTION
TOPIC
SUGGESTED
EXERCISES
Functions and
Graphs
1.2
Basics of
Functions and their Graphs 168/
11-31 (odd), 45, 47, 53-57, 71, 72, 75, 76
1.3
More on
Functions and their Graphs 182/
11, 15, 17, 23, 69-76, 81
1.6 Transformations
of Functions 227/
1-87 (odd)
l.7 Combinations
of Functions; 242/
5-11, 17-33, 51-59, 83-90
Composite Functions
1.8
Inverse
Functions 254/
1-5, 11-25, 29-37
Polynomial and
Rational Functions
2.2
Quadratic
Functions 313/
9-55 (odd)
2.3 Polynomial
Functions and Their Graphs 330/ 3-7, 15-21,
25, 27-33, 37, 39, 41-47
2.4
Dividing Polynomials; 343/
13, 15, 17-25, 33-41
Remainder and Factor
Theorems
2.5 Zeroes of
Polynomial Functions 356/
1-16, 17-31 (odd)
2.6 Rational
Functions and Their Graphs 377/
1-7, 9-14, 21-28, 37-43, 45, 49, 57, 63, 71
2.7 Polynomial
and Rational Inequalities 391/
1-23 (odd), 43-45, 55-57, 69, 70
Exponential
and Logarithmic Functions
3.1 Exponential
Functions 423/
11-17, 19-24, 25-31, 35-37, 41, 43
3.2 Logarithmic
Functions 437/
1-29, 43, 44, 47-53, 55, 59, 63, 71, 75-79, 81-89
3.3 Properties
of Logarithms 449/
1-27, 35, 37, 41-57, 67, 71-77
3.4
Exponential and Logarithmic Equations 461/
1-21, 27-43, 49-57, 69-71, 87, 89
Trigonometric
Functions
4.1
Angles and
Radian Measure 505/
1-10, 13-28, 41-56, 60-63
4.2
Trigonometric Functions: 520/
1-55
The Unit Circle
4.3 Right
Triangle Trigonometry 533/
3-15, 21-31
4.4 Trigonometric
Functions of Any Angle 548/
1-21, 23-27, 35-43, 61-73
4.5 Graphs of
Sine and Cosine Functions 568/
1-25 (odd), 43-49
4.7 Inverse
Trigonometric Functions 598/
1-11, 19-41, 47-53, 63-67
Analytic
Trigonometry
5.1
Verifying
Trigonometric Identities 630/
1-35
5.2 Sum and
Difference Formulas 640/
1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 21, 23, 33, 35
5.5 Trigonometric
Equations 674/
11, 15, 19, 25, 39, 41, 57, 59
01/16 (EA)