MATH 109 - Modeling with Algebra

(3 units)

Prerequisite: MAPB 7 or MAPB 11.
Data, functions, domain, range, representations of functions (verbal, numerical, graphical, algebraic), visualizing functions (increasing, decreasing, maximum, minimum, concave up, concave down). Linear functions, rate of change, slope, modeling data, systems of linear equations, linear inequalities. Exponentials, logs, growth decay, semi-log plots for modeling.

Both grading options. (Lecture 3 hours) Not open for credit to students with credit in any MATH or MTED course numbered greater than 103, or the equivalent.

General Education: Lower Division B - Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning