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)