EASTERN UNIVERSITY
Mathematics Department
Math 150
Pre-calculus
Fall, 2009
Instructor: Mark A. Herman
Telephone: 610-225-5059
e-mail: mherman@eastern.edu
Office: McInnis 243
Office hours: T & R: 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
M - F: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(Do not hesitate to come to my office at other times as well.)
Teaching Schedule: M,W,&F: 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. (Math 103)
M,W,&F: 12:00 n. to 12:50 p.m. (Math 150)
T & R: 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. (CSC 150)
T & R: 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. (CSC 150)
Prerequisite: None (You should have successfully taken a course in Algebra 2
during the past two years.)
Textbook: Functions Modeling Change – A Preparation for Calculus (third
edition), by Eric Connally, et. al., New York, NY: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., 2007
Policies: Students with documented learning disabilities are encouraged to work with
the Cushing Center for Counseling and Academic Support (610-341-5837) to
submit a written request for accommodations specific to this course. To
receive accommodations, the instructor must receive a written request from
CCCAS at the beginning of the course, or as soon as the disability is
diagnosed. Students must update accommodations requests with CCCAS
prior to each academic session.
All college policies pertaining to academic dishonesty, drop/add
procedures, grade appeal, etcetera, will apply in this class.
Consult the handbook or ask me if you have any questions about
these policies.
Attendance: You are strongly encouraged to attend every scheduled class. You
may not miss any of the quizzes or the final exam without prior
approval of the instructor. You will be permitted up to three (3)
class absences without an acceptable reason without a grade
penalty. If you are absent four (4) or more times without an
acceptable reason, ALL of the grades for the absent days will
revert to zeros.
Participation: You will be expected to do the reading assignments as instructed
(careful reading is the most important thing you will do in this
class), participate in class discussions, do the assigned problems
in class and/or outside of class as necessary, and ask questions
when you have them.
Grading: Your letter grade will be awarded on the basis of a 10 point
scale (e.g. 69.5% to 72.4% is a “C-“; 72.5% to 76.4% is a “C”;
76.5% to 79.4% is a “C+”). 50% of your grade will be your quiz
average. 30% of your grade will be from homeworks. 20% of your
grade will be your final exam.
Objectives: By the end of this course, the student should be able to:
1) solve problems involving the major conceptual topics in
pre-calculus: prototype functions, function notation and
graphical consequences, exponential, logarithmic,
polynomial and rational functions.
2) strengthen algebraic skills, including manipulating
expressions and solving equations.
3) use trigonometry as a descriptive tool and to solve problems.
Schedule: Wednesday 8/26/09 First class
Monday 9/7/09 Labor Day (no class)
Friday 9/18/09 First quiz
Friday 10/9/09 Second quiz
Friday 10/16/09 Fall Free Day (no class)
Wednesday 11/4/09 Third quiz
W & F 11/25&27/09 Thanksgiving vacation (no classes)
Wednesday 12/2/09 Fourth quiz
Friday 12/4/09 Last class
Friday 12/11/09 Final exam (12:30 to 2:30 p.m.)
Read §1.1 p. 6 #34 (like e.g. 1), 8 (like e.g. 2), 23 (like e.g. 5),
25 (like e.g. 6)
#7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 29
Read §1.4 p. 32 just read
#2, 17, 20, 25, 38
#31, 35, 41, 42
Read §2.6 p. 92 #13 (like e.g. 1), 19 (like e.g. 2), 20 (like e.g. 3)
#26
Read §5.5 p. 231 #28 (like e.g. 1), 14 (like e.g. 4)
#9, 12
Absolute Value Functions (not in the book)
worksheet
Read §2.2 p. 72 #29 (like e.g. 1), 11 (like e.g. 4)
#1, 10, 36
Read §5.1 p. 200 #3 (like e.g. 3), 2 (like e.g. 4), 8 (like e.g. 9)
#7, 9, 33, 35, 41, 42
Read §5.3 p. 216 just read
#8, 10, 17, 35
Read §5.4 p. 223 #3 (like e.g. 1), 5 (like e.g. 3)
#10, 15, 17, 19
Read §2.3 p. 76 #29 (like e.g. 1), 11 (like e.g. 4)
#1, 10, 36
Read §3.1 p. 112 #22 (like e.g. 2 & 6), 11 (like e.g. 3), 31 (like e.g. 3 & 5)
#18, 26, 36, 37
Read §3.3 p. 127 #16 (like e.g. 1), 9 & 11 (like e.g. 2 & 3)
#3, 4, 19, 38, 39, 41
Read §3.5 p. 139 #10 (like e.g. 2), 9 (like e.g. 3)
#3, 7, 19, 25
Read §2.4 p. 82 #37 (like e.g. 2), 9 & 10 (like e.g. 3), 32 (like e.g. 4),
29 (like e.g. 5)
#5, 7, 11, 12, 19, 21, 31
Read §4.1 p. 157 #37 (like e.g. 5), 44 (like e.g. 6)
#24, 26, 35, 36, 45
Read §4.3 p. 173 just read
#4, 5, 9, 22, 24, 26
Read Tools for Chapter 6 (pp. 301 to 303)
p. 304 #1, 5, 11, 22, 23, 26
Read §7.1 p. 311 #13 (like e.g. 3), 17 & 22 (like e.g. 4)
#1, 3, 9, 20, 25, 26
#29, 31, 33, 39
The Binomial Expansion (not in the book)
worksheet
Read §9.2 p. 400 just read
#3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 22, 27, 29
Read §9.3 p. 406 #8 (like e.g. 2), 19, 24, & 29 (like e.g. 4)
#17, 27, 31, 33, 35
#21, 37 – 43 odd
Read §9.4 p. 413 #1 & 9 (like e.g. 1 & 2)
#5, 7, 11, 20, 24
Read §9.5 p. 420 #1 & 12 (like e.g. 1 & 2), 36 (like e.g. 3)
#3, 17, 22, 24, 25, 26
#29, 34, 38, 39, 41
Read §6.2 p. 255 #1 (like e.g. 4), 32 (like e.g. 6)
#27, 28, 30, 35
Read §6.3 p. 261 #4 (like e.g. 3b), 25 (like e.g. 5), 27 (like e.g. 6)
#2, 14, 36, 39, 40
Read §6.4 p. 267 #16 & 22 (like e.g. 2), 3 & 5 (like e.g. 3)
#9, 20, 23, 27, 30
Read §6.5 p. 275 #19, 20, & 21 (like e.g. 4), 5 & 6 (like e.g. 5),
35 (like e.g. 8)
#1, 3, 9, 11 – 17 odd
#23 – 33 odd, 41
Read §6.6 p. 283 #1 & 7 (like e.g. 2), 29 (like e.g. 4)
#2, 9 – 15 odd
#23, 25, 31, 33, 34
Read §6.7 p. 292 #29 (like e.g. 1), 15 (like e.g. 1 & 2),
13 & 39 (like e.g. 8 & 9)
#1, 5, 9, 11, 27
#35, 41, 45, 51, 52, 57a
Read p. 313 to top of p. 315 in §7.2
p. 318
Read p. 320 to top of p. 321 + bottom of p. 323 to p. 325 in §7.3
p. 325
Read “Damped Oscillation” on p. 329 to all of p. 332 in §7.4
p. 334