MATH141 covers functions and analytic geometry. Students who plan to pursue a Science, Engineering, and/or Math (SEM) pathways should take this course.

In this course, students will study:

1.  The basics of functions

• The definition of a function 
• Domain and range of a function represented by a formula or graph
• Evaluating a function represented by a formula or graph
• Computation and simplification of difference quotients
• Composition of functions and the domain of a composite function
• What it means for functions to be inverses

• Graphs of basic functions, including y=x2, y=x3 ,y=|x|, y=√x, y=∛x, y=1/x, y=b^x and y=log_b⁡ (x) for b>0 and b≠1 without a calculator
• Sketching y=af(bx+c)+d given the graph of y=f(x) by using transformations (translations, stretches and reflections)
• The general shape of factorable polynomial or rational functions

• Exponential and log equations

LibGuide template source: Math instructor Melissa Nivala and faculty librarian Margaret Thomas

Content by: Adam Jones, SPSCC faculty

Content Arrangement by: Loren Reese, Adjunct Librarian