Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences I

CAS MA 121, Fall 2007

MWF 3-4 in PSY B39

Phone: 617 358 4684
E-mail: pnorbury bu edu
Office Hrs: W 10-12, F 9-10

Homework problems from Barnett, Ziegler & Byleen.

Due each Wednesday before class.
  1. Due Sep 12: 1-1: 1-5 odd, 11-15 odd, 16,21-25 odd, 35,39-42,59-67 odd, 70 1-2 1,11,14,18,21,22,28, 31,37,41,48,61,62,67,71,72,79,80 1-3 9,10,21,22,27,28
  2. Due Sep 19: 2-1: 6,7,13,17,18,19,31,39,45-59 odd, 68,69,73,87-91,111,126 2-2: 1-5 odd, 15-19 odd, 27-30,47, 49,61,62,66,71 2-3 3-11 odd, 16,19,20,24,51,58
  3. Due Sep 26: 2-4 1,3,15,16,21,22,67,68,71-74 2-5 1-7 odd, 21,23,41,42,53,104 p.121-12210,20,50,60,80,90 3-1 1-5 odd, 9,10,13,15,39,40,46,47
  4. Due Oct 10: 3-1 48,54,67,68,72,75 3-2 1-7 odd, 27-29,45,61,62,72,76 3-4 1,2,3,27,28,39,40,61,62
  5. Due Oct 17: 3-5 1-9 odd, 26,27,41,42,57,58,83,84 3-6 45,46 3-7 1-5 odd, 8,12 p.210-215 10,20,40,50,60,80,90
  6. Due Oct 24: 4-1 1-5 odd, 17,18,23-26 4-2 1-5 odd, 13,14,17-20,27,29,30,41,42,53,54 4-3 1-9 odd, 12,17,18,35,36,47,48,53,54,64,82,86
  7. Due Oct 31: 4-4 1-5 odd,13,14,33,34,41,42,57,58,73,74,85,86,95-98 4-5 1-5 odd, 9,10,21,22,25,26,33,34 4-6 9,10,15,16
  8. Due Nov 14: 4-7 1-5 odd, 13,14,39,40,48 p.272,273 10,20,30,40 5-1 11,13,19-23 odd, 71,72,79,80,94 5-2 1-5 odd, 15,16,33,34,57,58,75,76,83,84,90
  9. Due Nov 28: 5-3 1-5 odd, 8,15,16,25,26,37,38,50 5-4 1,2,15,16,65,66,79,80 5-5 1,3,11,24,36,45,46,56
  10. Due Dec 5: 5-6 1-5 odd, 19,20,28,33,34 p.357 36,54,60 6-1 1-5 odd, 19,20,21,25,26, 43,47,48,81,82,85,87,107,108 6-2 11,18,35,37,38
Practice exam 12-7-2007

Solutions to second midterm

Solutions to first midterm

Applets:

Equations of the straight line

Text

Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences (11th edition) Barnett, Ziegler & Byleen.

Course content

  1. Linear equations and graphs, Chapter 1
  2. Polynomial, exponential and logarithmic functions, Chapter 2
  3. Limits and the derivative, Chapter 3
  4. Applications of the derivative, Chapter 4
  5. Graphing and optimization, Chapter 5
  6. Integration, Chapter 6
Assessment:

This subject is best learnt by doing problems. Homework will be assigned each lecture and due before the lecture on the Wednesday in the following week. A copy of what is assigned will appear on the web. It will be good practice to complete a portion of the assignment after the corresponding lecture. Please staple your homework. Late homeworks will not be accepted without medical evidence. You are permitted and encouraged to consult with other students on homework problems, but this should be done on a general level of finding the solution of a problem. The final writeup of a problem set must be done by each student individually. Quizzes will be short in-class multiple choice tests that will also serve a diagnostic purpose. The midterm exams will be October 3 and November 7 and the last exam will be December 12. No makeups for exams will be given, and exams will not be excused without medical evidence. Students should abide by the CAS academic conduct code.