MTH 167 - Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry

Course Essentials

Handouts

• Combining Algebraic Expressions
• Common Trigonometric Angle Measurements
• Completing the Square
• Exponents, Radicals, and Scientific Notation
• Factoring Methods
• How to Be a Successful Online Learner
• How to Graph Trigonometric Functions
• How to Use a Graphing Calculator to Solve a System of Equations
• How to Verify Trigonometric Identities
• Logarithms
• Long and Synthetic Division of Polynomials
• Polynomial Fractions
• Procedure for Graphing Polynomial Functions
• Radicals and Fractional Exponents
• Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Matrices
• Squares, Cubes, and Their Roots
• The Quadratic Formula and the Discriminant
• Tips for Using MyLab Math
• Unit Circle
• Working with Complex Numbers

Videos

Working with Polynomial equations

• Complex Numbers
• Solving Quadratic Function
• Long Division of Polynomials
• Synthetics Division of Polynomials
• Factoring Polynomials
• Completing the Square for Polynomials

Solving problems with Trigonometry

• Unit Circle
• Solving Trigonometric Expressions with Right Triangles
• Verifying Identities
• Sum and Difference Identities

Graphing Trig equations

• Graphs of Sin and Cos
• Graphs of Tangent

Solving systems of equations

• Solving Systems with Two Variables with Elimination
• Solving Systems with Two Variables with Substitution
• Solving Systems with Three Variables
• Partial Fractions Decomposition
• Solving Systems with Matrices

Conics

• Ellipses
• Hyperbolas
• Parabolas

Sequences and Series

• Arithmetic Sequences
• Geometric Sequences and Series