MA 121 - Spring 2001 - Home Page
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Clich HERE to see course syllabus (in MS-Word format).
Important Dates
Days Off
- Monday March 19 (substitute monday on March 20!)
- March 11 - March 16
- Monday April 16
Exams
Exam 1 - Friday March 2
Answer key to Exam 1 (pdf format)
Exam 2 - Friday April 20
Final Exam - Fri. May 11, 2-4 PM
Final Exam Sections:
1.1-1.8
2.1-2.4 (NO OPTIMIZATION)
3.1-3.3 including related rates but no implicit diff.
4.1-4.6
NOTHING FROM Ch. 5
6.1-6.2 + FTC (NO RIEMANN SUMS)
Extra Office Hours
Craig: M,Tu : 1-2 (next week)
Me: Fri: 10-12, M-Th : 10-12 (next week)
Homework Assignments (Non turn-in)
- Wed, Jan. 17
- 0.1 7-31 odd,43-47
- 0.2 1-33 odd
- Fri, Jan 19
- 0.3 1-33 odd
- 0.4 1-17 odd,33-37 odd
- 0.5 1-7 odd,29-69 odd
- 0.6 11-25 odd,33-49 odd
- Mon, Jan 22
- Wed, Jan 24
- Fri, Jan 26
- Mon, Jan 29
- none
- Look below for materials about today's discussion on secant/tangent lines.
- Wed, Jan 31
- 1.3 1-51 odd
- Turn in #1 (see below)
- Fri, Feb 2
- Mon, Feb 5
- Wed, Feb 7
- 1.5 1-25 odd
- 1.6 1-47 odd
- Turn in #2 (see below)
- Fri, Feb 9
- Mon, Feb 12
- Here is a more detailed version of today's discussion of linear approximation.
- Wed, Feb 14
- 1.8 1-31 odd
- Turn in #3 (see below)
- Fri, Feb 16
- Tue, Feb 20
- 2.2 1-19 odd, and 23 (excellent problem!)
- Wed, Feb 21
- 2.3 1-25 odd
- Turn in #4 (see below)
- Fri, Feb 23
- Mon, Feb 26
- Wed, Feb 28
- Fri, Mar 2
- Mon, Mar 12
- Wed, Mar 14
- 2.6 1,3,11,13,15,23
- 2.7 5,7,11,13
- Fri, Mar 16
- Mon, Mar 19
- 3.1 1-35 odd
- 3.2 1-53 odd
- Wed, Mar 21
- Fri, Mar 23
- Mon, Mar 26
- Wed, Mar 28
- Fri, Mar 30
- 4.2 9-23 odd
- 4.3 1-37 odd
- Mon, Apr 2
- Wed, Apr 4
- Fri, Apr 6
- 4.5 1-21 odd
- 4.6 1-11 odd,19-33 odd
- Ch. 4 Review questions
- Mon, Apr 9
- Wed, Apr 11
- Fri, Apr 13
- Wed. Apr 18
- Fri. Apr 20
- Mon. Apr 23
- Wed. Apr 25
- Fri. Apr 27
- Mon. Apr 30
- Wed. May 2
Homework Assignments (Turn In!)
- #1. Assigned - Wed. Jan. 31 (Due Fri. Feb. 2)
- #2. Assigned - Wed. Feb. 7 (Due Fri. Feb. 9)
- #3. Assigned - Wed. Feb. 14 (Due Fri. Feb. 16)
- #4. Assigned - Wed. Feb. 21 (Due Fri. Feb. 23)
- #5. Assigned - Wed. Mar. 14 (Due Fri, Mar. 16)
- 2.4 #20
- Note, you can solve for the roots of this polynomial even though
it is degree 4 by solving for x^2 using the quadratic formula and then taking
the positive and negative square roots of each of these numbers. However, you must check which are real numbers and which are not.
- #6. Assigned - Wed. Mar. 21 (Due Fri. Mar. 23)
- 2.7 #14
- This problem looks complicated but it isn't, the main fact is that R(x)= xp where p is the price/demand function. After that, the profit function is, as always, P(x)=R(x)-C(x). In part (c) the production level is a function of the tax 'T' and so it enters into the calculation to optimize the profit. The tax revenue the government then recieves comes from this as well.
- #7. Assigned - Wed. Mar. 28 (Due Fri. Mar. 30)
- #8. Assigned - Wed. Apr. 4 (Due Fri. Apr. 6)
- #9. Assigned - Wed. Apr. 11 (Due Fri. Apr. 13)
- 5.1 #10 (Think: What year corresponds to t=0 ?)
- #10 Assigned - Wed. Apr. 25 (Due Fri. Apr. 27)
Miscellany (Look here for additional materials!)
- The overheads from Fri. Jan. 26 class on tangent lines. (These are in PDF format, you need the Adobe Acrobat reader to view these.)
- Here are the computer notes from the class on the secant line/tangent line. (Jan 29)
- Also, here is the animation demonstrating the connection betweeen the secant line and the tangent line.
- Overheads detailing the comparision between a function and the linear function arising from the tangent line.
- Here is the answer key to Exam 2.
- Here are the overheads from the discussion on Riemann sums.