MT116 — Algebra in the Real World
MT 116 - Algebra in the Real World MT 116 - Algebra in the Real World This course is intended to enable students to view mathematics as part of their life experience by solving real-world problems using a modeling and function approach. This course is especially suitable for liberal arts/general studies, social science and humanities majors, and the many majors that only require a math elective, such as Communication Arts. Major topics include an introduction to functions from a verbal, numeric, algebraic, and graphical approach; an investigation of elementary functions (linear, exponential, logarithmic, and quadratic) through modeling and analyzing real data and an applications approach to building and solving systems of linear equations. A specific graphing calculator is recommended and will be used throughout the course. This course may be used as an alternative to MT 112 or as a bridge to MT 125. It will not replace the MT 125/126 sequence as a Course