MA 123 - Fall 2007 - Home Page
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Exam Information
- Sections to be covered:
- Graphing of functions (i.e. extrema, inflection points etc.,all put together for the purpose of drawing graphs)
- Related Rates
- Optimization
- Antiderivatives
- Definite Integrals, including areas under curves, FTC II (i.e. F(b)-F(a) ) and very basic substitution as in 5.5 homework.
- Office Hours
- Wednesday December 12 ~ 3PM - 5PM
- Friday December 14 ~ 3PM - 5PM
- Monday December 17 ~ 3PM - 5PM
- Note: The tutoring room in the Math Department (MCS 144) will also be open.
- Also the Educational Resource Center will have this:
Educational Resource Center will be co-sponsoring CAS Forums annual Coffee @ Finals
event this year. ERC tutors will be available for walk-in tutoring on Friday December 14th, Sunday December 16th,
and Monday December 17th from 8PM-11PM at CAS319 in one or more of the courses you teach.
These tutors will be a good source of review and a resource for your students to go to for answers to any last-minute questions.
During the event, several rooms on the 3rd floor of the CAS building will be available for individual and group study from
8PM-2AM during the event and refreshments (coffee, bagels and snacks) will be served.
Important Dates
Classes Begin - September 5 (the semester begins on Tuesday the 4th)
Days Off
- Monday October 8
- Monday November 12
- Wednesday November 21 - Friday November 23 (Thanksgiving)
Exams
- Final Exam - Wednesday December 19, 12:30-2:30 PM
Classes End - Wednesday December 12
Tuesday October 9 - Last Day to Drop Class without a 'W'
Friday November 9 - Last Day to Drop Class with a 'W'
Homework Assignments (Non turn-in)
Week 1
- Wed September 5 2007
- Fri September 7 2007
- 1.1: 21,27,29,33,35,37,41,43
- 1.3: 3,9-23 odd,35-41 odd,43,45
Week 2
- Mon September 10 2007
- 1.5: 7,15,17
- 1.6: 5-11 odd,15,23,33-39 odd,47,49
- Wed September 12 2007
- Fri September 14 2007
- none (Continue with 2.2 homework)
Week 3
- Mon September 17 2007
- 2.3: 3-19 odd,27-30,33-36,40-42
- Wed September 19 2007
- Fri September 21 2007
Week 4
- Mon September 24 2007
- continue with 2.5 exercises
- Wed September 26 2007
- Fri September 28 2007
- 2.6: 7,9,19
- 2.7: 7,13-23 odd
Week 5
- Mon October 1 2007
- continue with 2.6 and 2.7 exercises
- Wed October 3 2007
- Turn in #4 Due Friday
- 2.8: 3-11odd,14-16,19-25 odd,31,35,37,43,45
- Fri October 5 2007
- skip 2.9
- Exam 1 next Friday.
Week 6
- Tue October 9 2007
- 3.1: 3-21 (odd),31,33,41-51 (odd),54,55,59
- 3.2: 1,2,3-21 odd,27,29,34,35,38,41-46
- Read this for a more detailed description of why the derivative of sin(x) is cos(x).
- Wed October 10 2007
- Fri October 12 2007
Week 7
- Mon October 15 2007
- 3.3: 1 (a-g),3,7,9,13,23,25
- 3.4: 1-19 (odd), 25,27,33,36
- 3.5: 7-33 odd, 37,45,47,46,65,67
- Click here to see some worked out problems from 3.1.
- Wed October 17 2007
- 3.6: 1-19 odd,23,27-33 odd,37,41-47, odd,51,54
- Turn in #5
- Fri October 19 2007
Week 8
- Mon October 22 2007
- 4.1: 1-11 odd,13,23,25,27
- Wed October 24 2007
- 2.9: 1,3,5,9,13
- 4.2: 1-13 odd,23-43 odd,47b,49b
- Turn in #6
- Fri October 26 2007
- Click here to see some worked out problems from 3.3 and beyond.
- 4.3: 1-21 odd,24,25,27,29,43
Week 9
- Mon October 29 2007
- Keep working on 4.3 problems.
- Wed October 31 2007
- Keep working on 4.3 problems.
- Fri November 2 2007
- Keep working on 4.3 problems.
Week 10
- Mon November 5 2007
- Wed November 7 2007
- Fri November 9 2007
Week 11
- Mon November 12 2007
- Wed November 14 2007
- Fri November 16 2007
Week 12
- Mon November 19 2007
- Wed November 21 2007
- Fri November 23 2007
Week 13
- Mon November 26 2007
- Wed November 28 2007
- Fri November 30 2007
Week 14
- Mon December 3 2007
- Wed December 5 2007
- Fri December 7 2007
- 5.2: 31,33,35,37
- 5.3: 1-17 odd
Week 15
- Mon December 10 2007
- Wed December 12 2007
Homework Assignments (Turn In!)
- #1. Assigned - Wed. Sep. 12 (Due Fri. Sep. 14)
- #2. Assigned - Wed. Sep. 19 (Due Fri. Sep. 21)
- 2.2 #4
- 2.3 #22 <- This limit is defined!
- #3. Assigned - Wed. Sep. 26 (Due Fri. Sep. 28)
- 2.4 #42 (a)
- Hint: Use the Intermediate Value Theorem together with the
- fact that ln(e)=1 and ln(1)=0
- #4. Assigned - Wed. Oct. 3 (Due Fri. Oct. 5)
- Find the derivative of
using the definition!
- #5. Assigned - Wed. Oct. 17 (Due Fri. Oct. 19)
- #6. Assigned - Wed. Oct. 24 (Due Fri. Oct. 26)
- 3.6: 56
- Hint: If (a,b) is the point of tangency on the top of the ellipse, determine b in terms of a.
- Also, the line touching the right side of the ellipse is not important.
- #7. Assigned - Wed. Nov. 14 (Due Fri. Nov. 16)
- Chapter 4 Review (P.336) #6
- Don't bother with 'graphing device'
- This will be a 20 point assignment.
- #8. Assigned - Wed. Dec. 5 (Due Fri. Dec. 7)
Miscellany (Look here for additional materials!)
- Cardano's Formula for solving a cubic
- An article on quartic polynomials
- Why the quintic is generally not solvable
- Here is an animation demonstrating the connection betweeen the secant line and the tangent line.
- 3.1 #47,49,5465,67
- 3.3 #23 , 3.5 #27, 3.5 #31, 3.6 #31, 3.7 #37, 3.7 #39, 3.7 #41, 3.7 #42, 4.1 #23, 4.1 #27
- 3.5 #29,#45,#46
- 3.6 #13,37,51