MAT1275 College Algebra and Trigonometry, Spring 2024

Hello all,

This is usually the worst post I have to write up every semester.

Before you do anything, make sure you check your grade book here.

Just a reminder, the final date to OFFICIALLY WITHDRAW from a course with a grade of W is Wednesday, 5/15, 2024. Not attending the course is not equivalent to withdrawing from a course; it only results in a WU grade, which is equivalent to an F. If you fail the course, it stays on your transcript and adversely affects your GPA. An F grade at the end of the semester will not be erased and will be combined with the grades of your other classes. With a W, CUNY and City Tech will treat it as if you had never attended the class- no harm no foul.

However, it should be noted that a WU on a transcript looks even worse than an F in some cases – as it shows that you could have done something to fix your situation, but it appears to someone (perhaps a job recruiter of some sort) that you were irresponsible enough to not do something about it when the option was available to you.

Note: NYCCT will NOT be doing Credit / No Credit this semester. If you haven’t been attending class, you need to withdraw as soon as possible.

Just be sure to check with the Financial Aid Office in NG013 to see how you withdrawing will affect your financial aid.

You can either do this at the Office of the Registrar in NG015, or withdraw on CUNYFirst. Here are the directions.

https://www.citytech.cuny.edu/registrar/docs/Student_Guides/How_to_Drop_or_Withdraw_from_a_Class_Using_Schedule_Builder.pdf

If you believe yourself to be failing this course, please email me at vilee@citytech.cuny.edu

-Professor Lee

Hello class,

You should observe that there is a “Check Your Grade” Widget at the side of the page. I have posted your current results. I have also added “Check Your Grade” in the menu under Course Info.

If you do not see your grade, then it is because you do not have an OpenLab account or have not joined the class OpenLab site with the account.

Hello class,

It is important to remind you all that WeBWorK counts for 25% of your overall class grade. That means if you produce zero WeBWorK over the course of the semester, your maximum grade can only go up to a C… and that is with 100% on every test. WeBWorK has been reopened for full credit until May 1; and then WeBWorK will remain up for half-credit until May 22nd.

This is just a reminder that your third test will be on Monday, 5/6/2024. It will last the full class period. You will not receive a test paper unless you submit your cell phone and smartwatch (if you have one). You will be allowed a calculator (but you should probably go get one from the library)

As stated in class, the majority of the test will look like the final exam review and this final exam review also.

That being said, you might also want to look up the Final Exam Review videos also.

The following topics are guaranteed on Test 3.

• Solving Quadratic Equations
• Graphing a Parabola
• Circles (including graph)
• Complex Fractions
• Dividing Complex Numbers
• Nonlinear System of Equations
• Graphing Lines
• Slope, Equation of a Line

Textbook Sections

• 3.1.1: Graphing Linear Equations with Two Variables
• 3.1.2: Slope of a Line
• 3.1.3: Finding the Equation of a Line

WeBWorK Assignments

• Graphs-Graphing Linear Equations
• Graphs-Slope of a Line
• Graphs-Equation of a Line

Next Class

• 3.2.1: Geometric Description and Solutions of Two Particular Equations: the Circle and the Parabola