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MAT 131 Schedule - Fall 2004

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Week of Sections covered Homework exercises
Aug 30 - Sep 3 Introduction
Appendix A: Intervals, inequalities and absolute values
Appendix B: Coordinate geometry
Sec. 1.1: Four ways to represent a function
Sec. 1.2: Mathematical models
App A: 2,14,17,33,36,40
App B: 4,12,14,16,20,26,41
1.1: 2,5-8,14,19,24,34,42,54
1.2: 2,3,4,10
Sep 6: Labor Day. No class.
Sep 7 - Sep 10 Appendix C: Trigonometry
Sec. 1.3: New functions from old functions
Sec. 1.5: Exponential functions
Sec. 1.6: Inverse functions and logarithms
App C: 1,3,9,15,29,37
1.3: 3,4,10,14,15,29,36,42,49,52
1.5: 7,8,13,15,18
1.6: 7,8,10,17,20,24,36,47,54,57
Sep 13 - Sep 15 Sec. 2.1: The tangent and velocity problems
Sec. 2.2: The limit of a function
2.1: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
2.2: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10
Sep 15: Rosh Hashanah. No class after 5:00 pm.
Sep 16 - Sep 17: Rosh Hashanah. No class.
Sep 20 - Sep 24 Sec. 2.3: Calculating limits using the limit laws
Sec. 2.4: Continuity
Sec. 2.5: Limits involving infinity
2.3: 1,2,4,8,10,11,12,14,18,25,26,29,30,33,38,43
2.4: 3,4,6,13,16,29,36,45
2.5: 2,3,5,6,7,10ab,13,14,16,20,23,25,28,29,35,39,42
Sep 28, 8:30 - 10:00 pm: First midterm exam
Sep 27 - Oct 1 Sec. 2.6: Tangents, velocities, and other rates of change
Sec. 2.7: Derivatives
Sec. 2.8: The derivative as a function
2.6: 1,2,8,10,13,14,16,18,20,23,24
2.7: 1,2,4,6,14,15,18,19,20,23,28,29,31,35
2.8: 2,4,8,11,12,15,16,20,23,31,32,35,36,48
Oct 4 - Oct 8 Sec. 2.9: Linear approximations
Sec. 2.10: What does f' say about f?
2.9: 5ab,6ab,14
2.10: 2,5,7,11,12,19,24,25,26
Chapter 2 concept check (pg 181): 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,12,15,16
Chapter 2 true false (pg 181): 1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18
Focus on problem solving (pg 185): #8, 11
Oct 11 - Oct 15 Sec. 3.1: Derivatives of polynomials and exponentials
Sec. 3.2: The product and quotient rules
3.1: 2,4,6,9,12,17,20,38,45,46,53,54,56,57
3.2: 2,4,6,12,19,20,27,31,32,35,36,38
Oct 18 - Oct 22 Sec. 3.4: Derivatives of trigonometric functions
Sec. 3.5: The chain rule
3.4: 1,2,3,7,8,17,18,26,27,33,34,35,38,39
3.5: 1,4,8,10,12,16,20,24,26,28,38,50,51
Oct 25 - Oct 29 Sec. 3.6: Implicit differentiation
Sec. 3.7: Derivatives of logarithmic functions
Sec. 3.8: Linear approximation and differentials
3.6: 2,4,10,14,16,38,49,50,51
3.7: 2,4,6,8,18,23,28,31,32
3.8: 2,3,12,16,19,20
Nov 1 - Nov 5 Sec. 4.1: Related rates
Chapter 3 true false (pg 258): 1,2,4,5,6,7,11
Focus on problem solving (pg 261): 1,4
4.1: 1,2,3,4,6,7,14,16,21,25,26,29
Nov 8, 8:30 - 10:00 pm: Second midterm exam
Nov 8 - Nov 12 Sec. 4.2: Maximum and minimum values
Sec. 4.3: Derivatives and the shapes of curves
4.2: 4,6,8,22,24,28,33,35,36,40,44,52
4.3: 2,6,8,11,16,18,26,38,42,45,46
Nov 15 - Nov 19 Sec. 4.5: Indeterminate forms and L'Hospital's rule
Sec. 4.6: Optimization problems
Sec 4.8: Newton's Method
4.5: 1,2,4,6,10,12,22,30,32,34
4.6: 2,6,11,21,28,33,42
4.8: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,21,23,26
Nov 22 - Nov 24 Sec. 4.9: Antiderivatives
Sec. 5.1: Areas and distances
Chapter 4 concept check (pg 336): 1,2,3,4,9
Chapter 4 true false (pg 336): 1,2,3,5,7,8
4.9: 4,8,20,24,36,38
5.1: 1,2,4,16,17,18
Nov 25 - Nov 26: Thanksgiving break. No class.
Nov 29 - Dec 3 Sec. 5.2: The definite integral
Sec. 5.3: Evaluating definite integrals
5.2: 1,2,4,5,6,7,21,29,30,32,36,40,46
5.3: 1,4,8,13,14,18,23,29,30,49,52,58
Dec 6 - Dec 10 Sec. 5.4: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Sec 5.5: The Substitution Rule
5.4: 2,4,6,8,10,12,20,
5.5: 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,27,28,37,38,50,51,55,56,57,58,62
Dec 15, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm: Final exam


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