MA 135. College Algebra

Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Placement score or MA 120 or MA 125 (or MA 127, MA 128, and MA 129) with a C or better.

This course will enable the student to analyze functions and their graphs (including linear, quadratic, higher-order polynomial, rational, root, absolute value, exponential, and logarithmic functions) and solve related equations, including various word problems and equations with complex number solutions. The student will find inverse functions and use related properties to simplify expressions involving exponential and logarithmic functions. The student will solve inequalities containing linear, polynomial, and rational functions, and use various methods to solve systems of linear equations and inequalities. The student will determine the equation of a line and analyze the graph of and perform manipulations on the equation of a circle. (MAT1010)