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Pre-Calculus H

 

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BISHOP ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL

Alma Runey

Course Overview

 

Topics include trigonometry and applications, circular functions, algebra review, higher degree polynomials, sequences, series, and an introduction to differential calculus.

Course Content:

 

ˇ Right triangle trigonometry

ˇ Oblique triangle trigonometry

ˇ Circular trigonometry

ˇ Trigonometric graphs, identities, and equations

ˇ Real number field and their properties and the Complex Numbers

ˇ Radicals and rational exponents

ˇ Operations, equations, and inequalities with polynomials and rational expressions

ˇ Logarithms and exponential equations

ˇ Linear, quadratic, cubic, piece-wise, absolute value and square root functions

ˇ Conic sections

ˇ Sequences and series

ˇ Limits to infinity and at a point

ˇ Continuity at a point

ˇ Polynomial graphs using limits as an aid

ˇ Definition of the derived function applied                                                                    

Materials:

 

Precalculus, Sixth Edition

Larson/Hostetler

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004

ISBN: 0-618-31435-0

 

Texas Instruments:TI-83 Plus graphing calculator