Math 115 TentativeSchedule
General Key after week 1. A is for general algebra. B
is for logs and exponentials. C is for trigonometry
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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1 Introduction: Backgrounds and Key concepts
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No class
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7/6: A.Introduction
B. What are Numbers? Comparing Numbers:=,<
C. The Pythagorean theorem.
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7/7: A. Number Operations, equations
B.
C. Similar triangles
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7/8: A. Solving inequalities
B.Visualizing: numbers & intervals
C.Properties of roots and exponents.
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2 Beginning Functions-Core functions and concepts.
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7/12 A. Solving inequalities
B. Coordinate geometry.
C.What's a function?
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7/13 Test 1
A.More on functions.
B. Graphs and mapping figures.
C.Symmetry wrt axes.
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7/14 A.Overview of Core: algebraic.
B.More on Exponential functions
C.Overview of Core: trigonometric.Right Triangles
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7/15 A.
B.Applications of exponents- compund interest and
growth.
C.Solving Right triangles.
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3 Triangle trig and logarithms
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7/19 A.Graphing with calculatord
B. Triangle trig: Inverse trig acute. Sine for obtuse
angles. Law of Sines
C. Exponential functions and graphs. Logarithm definition.
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7/20 Test 2
A.
B. Trig for obtuse angles. More law of sines.
C. Basic properties of logs and applications
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7/21 A.
B. Trig functions for all angles
C.Properties of logs and applications
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7/22 A.
B. Radian measure.
Law of cosines.
C.More on logs and exponents-solving equations
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4
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7/26 Test 3
A.
B. Applications of triangle trig And Radian measure.
C.More on logs and exponents-solving equations
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7/27 A.
B. Radian measure and circles in general. Begin graphs
of sine & cosine.
C.Example of using log and exp: The Logistic
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7/28 A. Translation and scales for quadratics.
B. More on graphs of trig functions.
C.Computing with logs. Logarithmic scales. Slide
rules?
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7/29 A. more on quadratics.
B. More on graphs of sine and cosine.
C. Graphs using logarithmic scales.
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5
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8/2 Test 4
A. Graphs
of polynomials
B. Graphs of tan and sec.
C.Begin trig identities.
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8/3 A.More on Polynomials
B. Begin trig equations
C.More on Trig Identities
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8/4 A. Long division and factors of polys.
B. Begin inverse trig functions
C.
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8/5 A. Begin Rational functions
B. More inverse trig
C Addition formula
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6
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8/9 Test 5.
A. More on Rational functions- Begin lines
B.More trig equations
C.Double and half angles &
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A. More lines
B. Other Trig identites.Complex numbers and
trig.
C. Putting functions together.Composition & Inverse
functions
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A.
B.
C.
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8/12 Final Examination
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