This course introduces some financial applications of mathematics, extends students’ experiences with functions, and introduces second-degree relations. Student will solve problems in personal finance involving applications of sequences and series; investigate properties and applications of trigonometric functions; develop facility in operating with polynomial, rational, and exponential expressions; develop an understanding of inverses and transformations of functions; and develop facility in using function notation and in communicating mathematical reasoning. Students will also investigate loci and the properties and applications of conics.

Recommended mark: > 75%