Course Overview
Covers measurement accuracy and precision, word problems, ratio, proportion and variation; mensuration including applications of geometry, trapezoidal and Simpson's rules; functions and graphs, logarithmic and exponential functions.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Determine the accuracy and precision of measured values in problems, and use this information in appropriately rounding off calculation results.
- Use ratios, proportions, and percentages to solve scale, mixture and dilution, variation and change problems.
- Use right triangle trigonometric ratios to solve typical problems of slope and horizontal distances, latitudes and departures, tree heights, etc. These ratios will be related to the commonly used measurement systems for slopes in percent units, and compass bearings in field measurements.
- Apply a variety of geometrical models to approximate the areas and volumes of physical objects, including cylinders, cones and regular solids.
- Apply Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule to directly measured distances from maps to determine area and volume estimates for irregular objects such as plots of ground and lake volumes.
- Apply Sine and Cosine Laws to determine angles and distances in irregular triangles, and relate these results back to standard measurement systems of slope and bearing measurements.
- Apply linear functions and graphs to the solution of relevant problems.
- Use systems of equations with two variables to solve mixture and related problems.
- Use logarithms to solve for exponents in exponential applications.
Effective as of Fall 2016
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