Approximate Schedule for Math 125

Spring 2009

Week Topics Reading Homework
1/26 Administrivia.
Precalculus Review: functions, polynomials, rational functions, trigonometry.
1.1 - 1.4 Homework 01
Section 1.1: 6,10,20,24,28,36,48,52,62
Section 1.2: 2,4,8,16,20
Section 1.3: 2,4,10,18,36,54
Section 1.4: none
Hand in the homework during recitation next week (week 2/2).
2/2 Precalculus Review continues: trigonometry, exponentials, inverse functions, logarithms.
Limits: The tangent and velocity problems, the limit of a function.
Appendix C, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2 Homework 02
Appendix C: 6, 28, 30
Section 1.5: 8, 14
Section 1.6: 4, 16, 24
Section 2.1: 4, 8
Section 2.2: 6, 10, 14, 16,
Hand in the homework during recitation next week (week 2/9).
2/9 Calculating Limits. Continuity. 2.3, 2.4 Homework 03
Section 2.3: 4, 8, 10, 16
Section 2.4: 6, 10, 14, 16, 18, 42
2/16 Limits involving infinity. Tangents and Rates of change. 2.5, 2.6 Homework 04
Section 2.5: 2, 8, 12, 16, 22, 29, 32
Section 2.6: 8, 10, 16, 18, 20, 28
2/23 Midterm 1, Monday 2/23 at 8:30pm
Rooms

Javits 100: R02, R06, R08, R09, R14, R15, R31, ELC90
Javits 102: R05, R16
Javits 110: R07, R12
Old Eng 143: R04, R10, R11
Old Eng 145: R01, R03
Old Chem 116: R13, R32, R33, R34

Derivatives. The Derivative as a function.
2.7, 2.8 Homework 05
Section 2.7: 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 18
Section 2.8: 4, 14, 18, 22, 42
3/2 What does f' say about f? Derivatives of polynomials and exponentials. 2.9, 3.1. Homework 06
Section 2.9: 2, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24
Section 3.1: 6, 8, 14, 16, 20, 28, 38, 44, 46
3/9 Makeup Midterm 1, Monday 3/9 at 5:30pm
Rooms P-131 Math Tower

Product and Quotient rules.
3.2, 3.3. Homework 07
Section 3.2: 4, 6, 12, 16, 22, 24, 26, 34, 38
Section 3.3: 2, 8, 10, 16
3/16 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions. The Chain Rule. 3.4, 3.5. Homework 08
Section 3.4: 4, 8, 18, 28, 36
Section 3.5: 4, 12, 22, 30, 36 , 54
3/23 Midterm 2, Tuesday 3/24 at 8:30pm Rooms

Javits 100: R02, R06, R08, R09, R14, R15, R31, ELC90
Javits 102: R05, R16
Javits 110: R07, R12
Old Eng 143: R04, R10, R11
Old Eng 145: R01, R03
Old Chem 116: R13, R32, R33, R34

Implicit Differentiation. Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions.
3.6, 3.7. Homework 09
Section 3.6: 2, 4, 10, 16, 18, 26
Section 3.7: 2, 4, 10, 14, 18, 28
3/30 Linear Approximations and Differentials. Related Rates. 3.8, 4.1 Homework 10
Section 3.8: 6,8,10, 12, 16, 18
Section 4.1: 4, 12, 16, 24, 36
4/6 Spring Break Homework
No Homework
4/13 Makeup Midterm 2, Monday 4/13 at 5:30pm
Rooms P-131 Math Tower
Please check the room on Monday 4/13. Room might change

Maximum and Minimum Values. Derivatives and the Shape of Curves.
4.2, 4.3 Homework 11
Section 4.2: 8, 10, 16, 22, 26, 30, 40
Section 4.3: 8, 12, 16, 22, 28
4/20 L'Hospital's Rule. Optimization. 4.5, 4.6 Homework 12
Section 4.5: 2, 8, 14, 16, 20, 40
Section 4.6: 4,6,8,10,12, 22, 28
4/27 More Optimization. Newton's Method 4.6, 4.8 Homework 13
5/4 Antiderivatives. review 4.9, everything Homework 14
Final Exam, Friday 5/15 at 2:00-4:30pm
No makeup final exam

Rooms

Arena: R14, R15, R08, ELC90, R13, R32, R05, R16, R02, R09
SBU 123: R07, R12, R31, R06
Old Eng 143: R10, R11
Old Eng 145: R01, R03
Old Chem 116: R04, R33, R34

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