About This Course - Main View | About This Course | MAT 133 03 - College Algebra

MAT 133 03 - College Algebra

BASIC INFORMATION

College Algebra

MAT 133-03 FALL 2020

When?............MWF 1:00-1:50 p.m.

Where?...........Pfeiffer 217

INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Cody Lawson

OFFICE LOCATION: Math-Physics Dept Office, Pfeiffer 221

OFFICE HOURS: MWF 12:00-1:00 p.m. Other availability by appointment.

CONTACT: Voicemail: 417-476-3487 Email: clawson@cofo.edu

FINAL EXAMINATION: Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

To download the full Course Syllabus, click here, or click the Handouts Tab on the left.

Rover: Online homework sign in: my.roverbyopenstax.org

TEXTBOOK:

OpenStaxCollege. (2015). College Algebra. OpenStax. www.openstax.org/details/college-algebra

Hardcover:

ISBN-10: 1-938168-38-0

ISBN-13: 978-1-938168-38-3

Paperback:

ISBN-13: 978-1-50669-822-9

Digital:

ISBN-10: 1-947172-12-3

ISBN-13: 978-1-947172-12-8

Documents

Notes for 5.6_Lawson.pdf

Notes for 5.6_Lawson_COMPLETED.pdf

MAT133 Test 2 study guide FA20.pdf

5.2-5.3 Additional Practice.pdf

MAT133 Test 2 study guide FA20 KEY.pdf

Exponential Growth can work FOR or AGAINST you (completed handout with links)

MAT 133 Test 3 (Chap 6) Study Guide)

7.3 Notes (Non-linear systems)_COMPLETED

MAT 133 FINAL STUDY GUIDE SOLUTIONS

Additional Instructional Videos

I have tried to make these videos correspond to sections in your book and homework.

Review: These topics are found in Ch 1-2 of you book. If you need help with fractions, inequalities, factoring, etc, these may help.

2.2 Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities:

Clearing fractions and decimals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwiPUU6rCD8

2.7 Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities:

Full Lesson-Interval notation, inequalities, absolute value equations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm49BYGw_Sg
Absolute Value Equations (including variables on both sides): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=672&v=KUqXnWtiIXE
Absolute Value Inequalities: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-absolute-value/alg-absolute-value-inequalities/v/absolute-value-inequalities includes links to other examples.

2.5 Solving Quadratic Equations:

Factoring-AC-Method:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomial-factorization/factoring-quadratics-2/v/factoring-trinomials-by-grouping-4
Solving Quadratics by factoring: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/solving-quadratic-equations-by-factoring/v/example-1-solving-a-quadratic-equation-by-factoring
Solving Quadratics by Square-root method: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-quadratics/alg-quadratics-square-root/v/solving-quadratic-equations-by-square-roots
Solving Quadratics by Completing the Square: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/solving-quadratics-by-completing-the-square/v/solving-quadratic-equations-by-completing-the-square

2.6 Solving Rational Equations:

(with an extraneous solution): https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/rational-expressions-equations-and-functions/solving-rational-equations/v/equations-with-two-rational-expressions
more complicated examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eqgIZyXgK8

1.6, 2.6 Quadratic and Rational Inequalities:

full lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_n67SHSuhI
more rational inequality examples, multiple videos: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-rational-expr-eq-func/alg-rational-inequalities/v/rational-inequalities

2.6 Radical Equations:

list of several video examples: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/radical-equations-and-functions/solving-square-root-equations/v/extraneous-solutions-to-radical-equations

Chapter 3: Functions

3.1-3.2 Function Notation, Domain/Range

3.2 Interval Notation:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/algebra-functions/domain-and-range/v/introduction-to-interval-notation
3.2 Finding Domains and Ranges of Graphs:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/algebra-functions/domain-and-range/v/domain-and-range-from-graphs
3.2 Finding Domains and Ranges of Function as an Equation

Several examples:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djT6-YamHaA

More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUAv94BH7y4

Even more: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-functions/alg-domain-of-advanced-functions/v/domain-of-a-function

3.3 Rate of Change and Behavior of Graphs of functions

Rate of change vidoes: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:functions/x2f8bb11595b61c86:average-rate-of-change/v/introduction-to-average-rate-of-change
Finding the rate of change of a function on (x, x+h): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQgVomi8lCc

Mins/Maxs:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/algebra-functions/maximum-and-minimum-points/v/relative-minima-maxima
Increasing/Decreasing:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/algebra-functions/positive-negative-increasing-decreasing-intervals/v/increasing-decreasing-positive-and-negative-intervals
Symmetry-Graphs:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/polynomial-functions/introduction-to-symmetry-of-functions/v/recognizing-odd-and-even-functions
Symmetry-Identifying equations of functions:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/polynomial-functions/symmetry-of-polynomial-functions/v/identifying-even-and-odd-polynomials

3.4-Composition of functions

3.5-Transformations of functions

These videos summarize the concepts from class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKe3joYKvlw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An29CALYjAA

4.1 Linear Equations

Specific videos on

Slope:  

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/two-var-linear-equations/slope/v/slope-of-a-line

Graphing lines: 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/two-var-linear-equations/graphing-slope-intercept-equations/v/graphing-a-line-in-slope-intercept-form

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/two-var-linear-equations/standard-form/v/plotting-x-y-relationships

Writing Equations of lines: 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/two-var-linear-equations/writing-slope-intercept-equations/v/graphs-using-slope-intercept-form

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/two-var-linear-equations/writing-slope-intercept-equations/v/equation-of-a-line-1

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/two-var-linear-equations/writing-slope-intercept-equations/v/equation-of-a-line-3

5.1 Graphing Quadratics

In standard form: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/quad-standard-form-alg1/v/graphing-a-parabola-using-roots-and-vertex

In vertex form: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/vertex-form-alg1/v/graphing-a-parabola-in-vertex-form

5.2-5.5 Graphing Polynomials

Graphing End Behavior of polynomials: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/polynomial-functions/polynomial-end-behavior/v/polynomial-end-behavior

Finding zeros and graphing by factoring: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/polynomial-functions/finding-zeros-of-polynomials/v/finding-roots-or-zeros-of-polynomial-1

Intro to Synthetic Division: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/arithmetic-with-polynomials/synthetic-division-of-polynomials/v/synthetic-division

Finding zeros by Rational Root Theorem, Descartes rule of signs, and Synthetic Division:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YanxPXXvCPQ

5.6 Graphing Rational Functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fCj5um8_c

6.1-6.2 Exponential Functions

-Graphing transformed exponential functions: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/exponential-and-logarithmic-functions/graphs-of-exponential-functions/v/transforming-exponential-graphs

6.3-6.4 Logarithmic Functions

-(several links: videos and practice exercises) Good intro as well as practice evaluating and graphing: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/exponential-and-logarithmic-functions/introduction-to-logarithms/v/logarithms

6.5 Properties of Logs

-expanding and condensing logs examples:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRhl2mfkxIg

-using change of base formula:https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/exponential-and-logarithmic-functions/change-of-base-formula-for-logarithms/v/change-of-base-formula

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/exponential-and-logarithmic-functions/change-of-base-formula-for-logarithms/v/rewriting-logarithmic-expressions-change-of-base

6.6 Solving Log and Exp Equations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10I_TVuYLkQ

Chapter 8: Conics

Interesting Conics Intro Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nPMlW5NZSo&t

Graphing Circles (and completing the square) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_39J-syjB0

Ellipses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvV46ka3vZ0

Hyperbolas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9FU2IrZoiA