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Discovery Precalculus: A Creative and Connected Approach
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- 15 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on August 31, 2016
- Ends on April 30, 2017
Course details
Syllabus
- How to make conjectures, construct logical arguments, and justify your reasoning
- The concept of function in mathematics, function characteristics and properties, and rate of change of functions
- Modeling of common relations and functions such as linear, power, exponential, and logarithmic functions using statistical regression and matrix methods
- An exploration of algebra and geometry, and the connections between the two in analytic geometry
- Properties and applications of exponential and logarithmic functions including exponential growth and decay and The Logistic Function
- The development of the trigonometric functions and identities along with applications of trigonometry
- Limits and rate of change of functions as a precursor to Calculus
- Other Coordinates Systems – an investigation of parametrization of the plane and the polar coordinate system along with exploration and use of vectors
- Sequences and Series including The Method of Induction
- Basic probability and combinatorics used in an investigation and development of the Binomial Theorem and its connections to Pascal’s Triangle
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Mark L. Daniels
- Jeremiah W. Lucas
- Karen E. Smid
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