MA 121 - Fall 2013 - Home Page

Click HERE to see course syllabus (in Adobe PDF format).

OFFICE HOURS: M 3-4, W 1-2 in Room MCS 235

Important Dates

Days Off

• Tuesday October 9 (Substitute Monday)
• Thursday November 22 (Thanksgiving)

Exams

• Exam 1 - Thursday October 10
• Exam 2 - Thursday November 14
• Final Exam - Tuesday December 17 3-5

Homework Assignments (Non turn-in)

Week 1

• Tue September 3 2013
  • 1.1: 1-39 odd,49,53,59 (see Example 9 first)
  • 1.2: 1-37 odd,41-57 odd,61,63,67 (linear model = linear equation)
  • 2.1: 1-35 odd,39,55-85 odd, 87 <- see P.51
• Thu September 5 2013
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  Week 2

• Tue September 10 2013
  • 2.3: 1,3,9,15,19,21,23,25,45,57,63
  • 2.4: 1-13 odd
  • 2.5: 1,3,5,19,23,43,45,55
  • Turn in #1
  • Leonhard Euler
• Thu September 12 2013
  • 2.6: 1-33 odd,43,92 How to multiply and divide using logarithms (YouTube)

  Week 3

• Tue September 17 2013
  • 2.6: 1-33 odd,43,92
  • 3.1: 1-57 odd, 71
  • Turn in #2
• Thu September 19 2013
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  Week 4

• Tue September 24 2013
  • 3.3: 1-43 odd, 77
  • Turn in #3
• Thu September 26 2013
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  Week 5

• Tue October 1 2013
  • 3.4: 1,3,5-17 odd,31-38,41,57
  • Turn in #3

    Secant Line/Tangent Line

    Here is the animation showing how the secant line turns into the tangent line as h -> 0.

    Equivalently, how the limit of d(h) [the slope of the secant line] as h goes to 0 is the definition of the slope of the tangent line to P.

    Note, in the animation we're starting with h=2 (so Q=(4,16) ) and letting h go to 0 from there.

    As such, the point Q moves closer and closer to P.

• Thu October 3 2013
  • 3.5: 1-55 odd,81
  • 3.6: 1,3,7,13,37,39
  • 3.7: 1-19 odd

  Week 6

• Tue October 8 2013
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• Thu October 10 2013
  • 4.2: 1-21 odd,57
  • 4.3: 1-9 odd,13-23 odd,41,47,49,51,65,67,79,83

  Week 7

• Tue October 15 2013
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• Thu October 17 2013
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  Week 8

• Tue October 22 2013
  • 4.4: 1-69 odd,75,79-89 odd
  • 4.5: 1,3,7,15,21,33,47 <- L is a function of V
  • 4.6: 1,3,9,15,25
  • Turn in #5
• Thu October 24 2013
  • 5.1: 1-9, 11-21 odd,27-39 odd,47,49,53,63-73 odd,95

  Week 9

• Tue October 29 2013
  • Turn in #6
• Thu October 31 2013
  • 5.2: 1-35 odd,43,45,51,57,63

  Week 10

• Tue November 5 2013
  • 5.3: 1-49 odd (NO TURN-IN THIS WEEK)
  • 5.4: 1,3,7,9,17,23,29,49,77
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• Thu November 7 2013
  • 5.5: 1-15 odd,17,19,25,33,39,57

  Week 11

• Tue November 12 2013
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• Thu November 14 2013
  • 5.6: 1,11,19,23,25
  • Read 6.1 in the text.

  Week 12

• Tue November 19 2013
  • Turn in #7
  • 6.1: 1-23 odd,31,33,35-59 odd, 67,69,83,93
• Thu November 21 2013
  • 6.2: 1-35 odd, 49-65 odd,69

  Week 13

• Tue November 26 2013
  • Notes from today's lecture
  • 6.4: 9,11,25-43 odd
• Thu November 28 2013
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  Week 14

• Tue December 3 2013
  • Turn in #8
  • 6.5: 5-39 odd
• Thu December 5 2013
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  Week 15

• Tue December 10 2013
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• Thu December 12 2013
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Homework Assignments (Turn In!)

• #1. Assigned - Tuesday Sep. 10 (Due Thursday Sep. 12)
  • 1.2: 78
  • 2.1: 56,58,60,64,66
• #2. Assigned - Tuesday Sep. 17 (Due Thursday Sep. 19)
  • 2.3: #34,54,64
• #3. Assigned - Tuesday Sep. 24:
  • 3.1: #18
• #4. Assigned - Tuesday Oct. 1
  • 3.2: #52,76
  • 3.3: #42
• #5. Assigned - Tuesday Oct. 23 (Due Thu. Oct. 25)
  • 4.3: 24,56
  • 4.4: 76
• #6. Assigned - Tuesday Oct. 29
  • 4.5: #34
  • 5.1: #54
• #7 Assigned -
  • 5.4 #54
  • 5.6 #18
• #8 Assigned -
  • 6.1: #60
  • 6.2: #64