Courses Code: MTS 105

Course Title: ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Number of unit : 3 UNITS

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Office Lecturer: College of Natural Science, Department of Mathematical Science

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COURSE SYNOPSIS
Use of Mathematics in Agriculture. Elementary Set Theory: Set notations. Set operations. Algebra of sets. Venn diagram. Applications. Operations with Real Numbers: Indices and Logarithms. Surds. Use of Logarithms in Agricultural Sciences. Remainder and Factor theorems. Partial Fractions. Equations and Inequalities: Linear and Quadratic inequalities. Theory of quadratic equations. Cubic Equations. Equations reducible to Quadratic type. Sequences and Series: Arithmetic and Geometric Progression. Arithmetic mean and Geometric mean. Arithmetic Series. Geometric series. nth term of a series. Binomial theorem. The General term. Binomial series. Matrix Algebra: Matrices. Algebra of Matrices. Determinant of a Matrix. Properties. Inverse of a matrix. Solution of Linear system of Equations. Elementary Trigonometry: Degree and Radian Measures. Pythagorean Identities. Trigonometric functions of any Angle. Graphs. Inverse trigonometric functions. Compound Angles. Solution of
trigonometric Equations.

MTS 105 – ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES