MAC 1140 PRE-CALCULUS ALGEBRA 3 credits

Prerequisite: MAC 1105 or appropriate score on mathematics placement test or program director approval. May be taken concurrently with MAC 1114. Major topics include: polynomial, rational and other algebraic functions, their properties and graphs; polynomial and rational inequalities; exponential and logarithmic functions, their properties and graphs; piecewise-defined functions; conic sections; matrices and determinants; sequences and series; mathematical induction; binomial theorem and applications. (Credit is not given for MAC 1140 and MAC 1106 or MAC 1140 and MAC 1147.) 47 contact hours.