Math 195: Precalculus with Trigonemetry (Spring 2026)
- See here for the syllabus.
Announcements
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(2/18) Exam 1 is Wednesday, 2/25. The study guide can be found here.
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(2/18) Today’s worksheet is here.
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(2/16) Class canceled today because campus is closed for Presidents’ Day.
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(2/11) Class today is remote. Check your email for the zoom link. Today’s worksheet is here. The slides are here.
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(2/9) Today’s worksheet is here.
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(2/4) Today’s worksheet is here.
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(2/2) Office hours tomorrow, Tuesday 2/3, are canceled.
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(2/2) Today’s worksheet is here.
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(1/28) Today’s worksheet is here.
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(1/21) Today’s worksheet is here.
Homework
Unless otherwise stated, homework problems come from the course textbook, which can be found on the syllabus.
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Week 6 no homework! Study for the exam!
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Week 5 (due Monday, 2/23) Practice problems 6, 7, 9, 10 from the 2/18 worksheet; Section 4.6 #11, 14, 16, 44, 46, 50, 58.
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Week 4 (due Wednesday, 2/18) Practice problems 8, 10, 11, 12 from the 2/9 worksheet; Practice problems 5–8 from the 2/11 worksheet; Section 4.2 #1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 26, 30, 31; Section 4.4 #6, 10, 12, 20, 41, 43, 45, 56, 59.
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Week 3 (due Monday, 2/9) Practice problem 3 from the 2/2 worksheet; Section 3.3 #3, 17–20, Section 3.8 #2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 35, 36.
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Week 2 (due Monday, 2/2) Section 3.2 #3, 21–25, 53, 54, 55, 91, 92; practice problem 8 from the 1/28 worksheet.
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Week 1 (due Wednesday, 1/28) Do all 18 practice problems from the 1/21 worksheet.
Schedule
This course is broken up into two major units, followed by one minor unit. The major units conclude with a midterm while the minor unit ends with the final exam.
The schedule below is tentative; we might have small adjustments in the dates. For each week I’ve included which sections from the textbook we will be covering.
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Unit 1 (1/21–2/25)
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Week 1: Intro, linear functions (2.1, 2.2)
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Week 2: Quadratic functions (3.2)
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Week 3: Power and radical functions (3.8)
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Week 4: Exponential and logarithmic functions (4.1–4.4)
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Week 5: More exponential and logarithmic functions (4.5, 4.6) [No class Monday.]
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Week 6: Review, Midterm 1: Wednesday 2/25
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Unit 2 (3/2–4/15):
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Week 7: Trigonometry: circles and right triangles (5.1–5.4)
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Spring break!
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Week 8: Trigonometry: Graphs (6.1—6.3)
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Week 9: Trigonometry: Equations and Identities (7.1, 7.5, 7.6)
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Week 10: Polynomials (3.4)
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Week 11: More polynomials (3.4)
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Week 12: Review, Midterm 2: Wednesday 4/15
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Unit 3 (4/22–5/4):
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Week 13: Introduction to series [No class Monday.]
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Week 14: Rational functions (3.7)
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Week 15: Oral Finals.
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Important dates:
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Wednesday, Feb 25: Midterm 1
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Wednesday, Apr 15: Midterm 2
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Week of May 4: Oral Finals