MATH 079 - Intermediate Algebra

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
MATH 079 exposes students to the concepts of rational exponents, functions, domain, and range, and focuses on exponential, logarithmic, radical, and rational functions. The course emphasizes simplifying expressions and solving equations. MATH 079 is designed to prepare students for MATH& 141.
Course Outcomes:

Classify numbers as rational or irrational.
Simplify expressions involving integer exponents.
Convert between decimal and scientific notation.
Use standard function notation.
Classify functions as linear, quadratic, logarithmic, or exponential.
Simplify expressions and solve equations involving logarithms and exponentials using properties of exponents and logarithms.
Simplify rational expressions.
Solve rational equations in one variable.
Simplify radical expressions.
Convert between radical notation and rational exponents.
Solve radical equations in one variable.
Factor quadratic and quadratic-style expressions.
Perform polynomial division.
Find the natural domain of logarithmic, rational, and radical functions.
Use a scientific calculator when necessary.

Course Topics:

Integer exponents.
Scientific notation.
Rational/irrational numbers.
Classifying functions from their properties.
Logarithmic properties.
Exponential and logarithmic equations.
Domain and range.
Evaluating functions.
Radical and rational expressions.
Radical and rational equations.
Factoring quadratic-type equations.
Polynomial division.