MATH 41Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry
Topics covered include functions and their representations; distinguishing between types of functions; evaluating the average rate of change; graphs and rate of change; end behavior of graphs; modeling with polynomial and rational functions and discussing extrema; finding and interpreting the meaning of inverse functions; solving exponential and logarithmic equations; modeling with exponential and logarithmic functions; angles and their measures; right triangle trigonometry; all six trigonometric functions and their representations; modeling with sine and cosine; applications of trigonometric functions; simple harmonic motion and other applications of trigonometric functions; inverse trigonometric functions; solving trigonometric equations; verifying identities; law of sines and law of cosines; and further topics, such as elementary limits, as time permits.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “MATH 21 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement examination.”
General education
Quantification (GQ)
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