Work Schedule for MA134-19, 751
-- Fall 2009 --
Go to 134-19,751 Home or to T. Wallgren or to the Mathematics Dept or to Semo.
Posted Friday, November 20, 3:30 pm.
Current
Wednesday, November 18 / Thursday, November 19 -- Day 25: (1) Looked at homework. (2) New topic: Arithmetic Sequences (7.2). (3) Review for Test 3.
HW Nov 18/19: None until after the test.
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Coming
Week 14.
Monday/Tuesday November 23/24 -- Day 26 : Test 3. Review for Test 3 -- Sections covered: 4.1 through 4.6; 3.1 through 3.4. 7.1. Graphing circles and ellipses (6.2A and 6.2B). Calculator Graphing II (“Good” windows, zeros, relative maxima, relative minima.)
HW November 23/24: Up on the board during the test.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday November 25,26,27: Semo closed for Thanksgiving.
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Week 15.
Monday/Tuesday, November 30, December 1 -- Day 27: 3.5 Graphing Rational Functions
HW Nov 30 / Dec 1:
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Wednesday/Thursday, December 2,3 -- Day 28: 7.3 Geometric Sequences.
HW Dec 2/3:
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Week 16.
Monday/Tuesday, December 7/8 -- Day 29: 3.6 Inequalities with Rational Functions; and 6.3A Graphing Hyperbolas
HW Dec 7/8:
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Wednesday/Thursday, December 9,10 -- Day 30: Go over homework and review for the Final.
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Finals Week.
Monday, December 14,
Tuesday, December 15,
Wednesday, December 16,
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Past
Week 1.
Monday/Tuesday, August 24/25 -- Day 1.
-- We passed out Handout 1 and discussed it. We discussed the formulas for distance between two points, the midpoint formula, and the formula for slope.
HW August 24/25:
-- Study sections R.3Z and R.4, (descriptions and problems on the Assignment Sheet) and prepare for a quiz on factoring next time.
-- 1.1A, 1.3A, as on the assignment sheet.
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Wednesday/Thursday, August 26/27 -- Day 2: We discussed the Standard Equation for the Graph of a Circle (like Section 1.1C), and we started working on solving quadratic equations (Section 2.3A -- Solving by Factoring.)
Turned in HW1: 1.1A and 1.3A.
Had Quiz 1 on factoring (Sections R.3Z and R.4)
HW August 26/27: 1.1C, 2.3A.
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Week 2.
Monday/Tuesday, August 31/September 1 -- Day 3: We worked through solving quadratic equations by the Square Root Method and by CTS.
HW August 31/September 1: 2.3B, E.
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Wednesday/Thursday, September 2/3 -- Day 4: We completed the discussion of solving quadratic equations: the Quadratic Formula; and we discussed Section 1.2: Functions and Relations.
HW September 2/3: 2.3C, D; 1.2A, B, C.
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Week 3.
Monday, September 7 -- Labor Day -- Semo closed.
Tuesday, September 8 -- Day 5 (Sikeston only): We went back over Section 1.2 at length, and then introduced Pascal's Triangle (first part of Section 7.7). Turned in HW2: 1.1C
HW September 8: 1.2A, B, C (again); 2.3A,B,C,D,E (again). Not on assignment sheet: Read pages 631-633, especially Examples 1 and 2. Do p. 637: 1, 3, 5, 7, [9], 11, 13, 19.
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Bug in 1.2B on assignment sheet: Says "B. Function Notation (BX 4; may ignore BX5,BX6;" should have said:
1.2B. Function Notation (BX 4; may ignore BX5,BX6; do study BX7). 21, 22, 25; 27, 31.
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Wednesday, September 9 -- Day 5 (in Cape) AND Thursday, September 10 -- Day 6 (in Sikeston): After a few minutes on questions, we worked through ideas and examples on lines -- Sections 1.3B and 1.4; and then discussed using C.T.S. to get equations of circles. Turned in HW2: 1.1C
HW September 9/10: 1.2A, B -- corrected to include problems 21, 22, 25, 27, 31 as above -- C (again); 2.3A,B,C,D,E (again). NEW: 1.3B; 1.4A, B, C, W, R; 6.2A.
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Week 4.
Monday, September 14 -- Day 6 (in Cape) / Tuesday, September 16 -- Day 7 (in Sikeston): Gave back Homework 2. We talked about some questions from 1.4, and then discussed 1.5A (Properties of Functions: Increasing, Decreasing ... ) and 1.5B(Piecewise Functions).
HW September 14: 1.4X (not on assignment sheet): 75, 76, 77, 79, 78. 1.5A, B, C. (Correction: Problems 39,43,45,44 are included in B and in C; should only be in C. )
-- Bring your calculator next time. Need a graphing calculator; the TI-83 is the most popular.
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Wednesday, September 16 -- Day 7 (in Cape) AND Thursday, September 17 -- Day 8 (in Sikeston): A few minutes on questions. Discussing 1.6A, 1.6B, and the Calculator Handout I "Intelligent Windowing." Changing Test 1 date to September 30 / Oct 1. Turning in HW3: 1.4X.
HW September 16/17: 1.5B 35, 37; 1.5C: Graph, give domain and range for 39, 43, 45, 44. Do 59, 60. 1.6A, 1.6B; Calculator Handout: 1 through 6.
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Week 5.
Monday, September 21 -- Day 8 (in Cape) / Tuesday, September 22 -- Day 9 (in Sikeston): Students put up on the board some problems from 1.5B and the Calculator Graphs, and we discussed them at length. Collected any HW3's not yet turned in. Gave back graded Homework 3. We worked through the "10 Standard Graphs."
HW September 21/22: Learn the 10 Standard Graphs (sketch, domain, range, symmetry, whether a function or just a relation); 1.5D; Calculator Graphs 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (Get good WIN values, and tell the domain and range.) Work on a Study Guide for Test 1.
Announcement: Did I tell you -- At the MathXL site there are online problems to practice from most of the sections we have covered in class. Log on as "Rowdy2010" and use the password "Rowdy2010Z". Click on "MA134 -- Rowdy's Workout -- 2009-2010" and then click on "See all assignments" and then choose a section and try some problems.
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Announcement: A considerably-improved a Review for Test 1 is now available -- you might start with the skeleton and fill in section names, ideas, formulas ... and work problems.
Wednesday, September 23 -- Day 9 (in Cape) / Thursday, September 24 -- Day 10 (in Sikeston): We worked with the 10 Standard Graphs -- formula, sketch, domain, range, symmetry (and even/odd), whether or not a function. One of the test questions will be "Write the 10 Standard Graphs -- formulas, sketches ..." (and perhaps more.) We discussed symmetry -- Section 1.7A. We started talking about transformations -- Section 1.7B.
HW September 23/24:
-- 1.7A.
-- Study the 10 Standard Graphs (sketch, domain, range, symmetry, whether a function or just a relation);
-- 1.5D (again);
-- Calculator Graphs (old: 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12); new: 13, 14, 15, 16. For each of these, get good WIN values, and tell the domain and range. Knowing the 10 Standard Graphs, and the transformation properties, should give you an idea of what the graph will look like before you punch any buttons.
-- Work on a Study Guide for Test 1: Make a list of topics and corresponding main ideas and formulas, and corresponding examples and problems.
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Week 6.
Monday, September 28 / Tuesday, September 29: We put problems on the board, and went over 1.5D, and completed our discussion of 1.7B: Transformations on Standard Functions. We took some questions and spent some time reviewing for the test.
Wednesday, September 30 / Thursday, October 1: Test 1
HW Sept 30 / Oct 1: 1.7B; Calculator Graphing 7, 14, 15, 16. May put these on the board, and/or may turn them in.
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Week 7.
Monday/Tuesday October 5/6: Put problems on the board from 1.7B. A few comments on performance on the test ("Some did very well.... some did very poorly ... it was clear that some people did not do much homework, and did not do much studying. Not much homework, not much studying leads to failure. Make changes if necessary.") Main topic: Graphing quadratics and word problems with quadratics.
HW Oct 5/6: (You may want to go over 1.7B -- we may have a quiz next time.) 2.4A, [B], W. The problem set mentions Rowdy's Workout. Ignore this.
If necessary, learn how to do problems with circles -- Book Examples 10, 11 page 67, and Example 1 page 534 -- and homework sets 3.1C and 6.2A.
If you don't know them, learn the 10 Standard Graphs: y = x2, x = y2, y = sqrt(x), y = x3, y = cube root(x), x2 + y2 = R2 , y = 1/x, y = 1/x2, y = |x|, y = 2x.
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Wednesday/Thursday October 7/8: Comment on the board before class (in Cape):
Symmetry is a property of graphs , and the possibilities (in this class so far) are . . . wrt x-axis (x = y2 ), wrt y-axis ( y = |x| ), wrt the origin (y = x3), or no symmetry ( y = 2x ).
Even/odd is a property of functions, and the possibilities are . . . even (y = x2), odd (y = x3), neither ( y = sqrt(x) ), or not a function ( x2 + y2 = R2).
Put problems on the board from 2.4. Quiz over 1.7B. Main topic: Inverse Functions (4.1).
HW Oct 7/8: A. "10 Standard Graphs": know the graphs, and know symmetry and even/odd.
B. 4.1A, B, C, + 4.1X (new): 83, 84. Scratch out 4.1D.
C. Problems from 2.4 may be turned in next time.
D. R.2, R.6 -- read the book on your own, and work problems to review these ideas. Need them for the rest of Chapter 4, probably the most challenging chapter in the book. May also practice these at Rowdy's Workout. We may have a quiz on this next time.
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Week 8.
Monday/Tuesday October 12/13 :
Put problems on the board from 4.1. Discussed them, along with two
problems from the test: Compute the difference quotient for f(x) = 3x-2
and Complete the square to solve 3x2 + 2x + 4 = 0. Most
of the time we worked through 4.2 "Properties and Graphing for
Exponential Functions." Last few minutes (
HW Oct 12/13: ("BX" means "Book's Example". Optional items are in [brackets.] ) In Section 4.2, look at examples: [BX1, BX2]; BX3 (very good, but use transformation ideas, not the tables); [BX4], BX5, BX6, BX7 (again, use transformation ideas, not the tables). Exercises -- 4.2A: 14, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 36, 36, 39 (book's answer is wrong -- what should it be?). 4.2W: 55, 57, 63.
Circles: If you didn't learn the material on circles before, you need to know it now: BX 10, 11 page 67; and BX 1, page 534; homework assigned on circles was 1.1C and 6.2A. If you understand the circle problems, you can do the ellipse problems -- see below.
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Wednesday October 14 (
HW Oct 14: Not on assignment sheet: Read pages 631-633, especially Examples 1 and 2. Do p. 637: 1, 3, 5, 7, [9], 11, 13, 19.
Thursday, Friday October 15/16: Fall Break
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A (slightly revised) review for Test2 is available. Suggest you print this
in "Landscape" mode, not in "Portrait" mode.
And I am available
for help in the MA101/102 labs, in
Week 9.
Monday/Tuesday October 19/20 -- Day 16 : Put problems on the board from last time. Worked through ideas from 4.3 Logarithms: Definition and Graphs. Introduced how to use MathXL.
HW Oct 19/20: MathXL 4.2 (Exponentials) -- 10 bonus points if completed by midnight tonight (Sikeston people: by 11:59pm Wednesday, Oct 21). MathXL 4.3A, 4.3B -- due by midnight Friday. Paper (from the book) 4.3A. 15, 16, 43, 44, 71, 72. Paper 4.3B: For 83 – 90, do not follow the book’s instructions, but only sketch; do include the asymptote and its equation, and do include the hanging point.
The Homework Assignments -- Second List was passed out, Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Wednesday/Thursday October 21/22 -- Day 17: Went over the log problems, and talked a little about the test, and worked on "Graphing Ellipses and Hyperbolas" -- homework coming after the test.
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Week 10.
Monday/Tuesday October 26/27 -- Day 18 : Test 2.
HW October 26/27: Paper 6.2B -- Sketching Ellipses (Not 6.2C Properties of Ellipses yet.) 4.3X -- more graphing with exponentials and logarithm functions.
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Wednesday/Thursday October 28/29 -- Day 19 : Went over the homework from last time. Turned in Homework 5 (on 6.2B). Talked about 4.4 Properties of Logarithms.
Gave out gradeslips, and gave back the tests.
HW October 28/29: Paper 4.3X (again); 4.4 -- paper and MathXL -- read carefully and follow the instructions for 4.4 on the Homework Assignments -- Second List.
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Week 11.
Monday, November 2 / Tuesday, November 3 -- Day 20: Put problems up and discussed them; then talked about 4.5: Equations with Logs and Exponentials.
HW November 2 (verbatim from the "Second List"): Read and work through pages 398-403. Do MXL 4.5A. Read and work through pages 404-407. Do MXL 4.5B. Before you do the paper problems, note this: The MXL answers were decimals, but for the paper answers I want an exact answer before the decimal answer -- e.g., e4 as well as 54.598. Paper -- A. 17, 18, 19, 20. B. 35, 36, 39, 40, 50, 78.
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Wednesday, November 4 / Thursday, November 5-- Day 21: Presented new material almost the whole time, on 4.6 Exponential Growth and Decay, and then on 3.1 Introduction to Graphing Polynomials. Did not take time for questions, but will start next time with being open to lots of questions.
HW November 4/5: (almost verbatim from the "Second List"): In book, explanations and Examples 1 and 5 are good. Work MXL 4.6 and Paper 4.6: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 15. AND. . .
MXL 3.1A, 3.1W. Suggest you read Section 3.1 in the book before attempting these. Then, optionally, for paper practice, you may want to do some of the book’s problems -- suggest you pick some from the odds in 11-17; 19-22; 27-45; 49, 51.
AND . . .
go to the Math Department MA134 web page, and print off a copy of the Study Guide for the Final -- the "Common Final Problem Study Set". There are other items there that you might find interesting. Next time, I will call the roll and if you show me the Study Guide, you get an extra 5 points. If you don't have a copy, you may lose 10 points.
There seems to be some confusion about when MathXL assignments are due. Here are the rules:
1. Any MathXL assignment includes the deadline date and time on the MathXL homepage, where the assignment is listed.
2. You may NOT assume that a MathXL problem set assigned one period is open until the next period. This may be true for most paper assignments, will not be true for MathXL, in general. Check the MathXL page where the assignment is written, and don't wait until the night before the next class period.
3. In general, MathXL problems assigned on Wednesday or Thursday will be due Sunday night at midnight.
For Math XL 4.4, the deadline is extended to Wednesday, 11:59pm.
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1. (a) All of the old MathXL has been re-opened, until Sunday midnight, after which it’s closed forever. (b) The newest MathXL is open until Monday noon – start sooner than Monday morning.
2. On MathXL 4.5B, the last two questions mention the INTERSECT feature on a calculator. On the TI83, this is a menu item after pressing 2nd and CALC .
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Week 12.
Monday, November 9 / Tuesday, November 10 -- Day 22: Put problems up from 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6 and discussed them.
Then, main discussion: Graphing Polynomials {simplified from Section 3.2: only need to use (1) End behavior (Leading Term Test) and (2) Zeros and multiplicities.}
Last few minutes: Calculator Graphing II {For a function y = f(x), find a zero or a relative maximum or a relative minimum using 2nd, Calc, and then the menu choice; ...}
HW Nov 9/10: -- Graphing Polynomials: Paper 3.2A, B, C [D] .
-- Read in book 3.3 -- book examples 1, 2, 3, then do MathXL 3.3A (polynomial division)
-- Calculator Graphing II: For #1 y = x3 - 6x +1 and #2 y = 4 ln x - x2 + 3x , (a) get good WIN values and copy the sketch to paper; (b) find the zeros (x-values); and (c) find the relative minimum values and relative maximum values (x and y values)
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Wednesday, November 11 /
Thursday, November 12 -- Day 23: Put up (in
HW Nov 11/12: -- 3.3 B, C, D; 3.4A; 3.4B. From the Study Guide for the Final (but covered on Test 3): 2, 3, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21.
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Week 13.
Monday/Tuesday, November 16, 17 -- Day 24: Put up homework. Main discussion: 7.1: Introduction to Sequences
HW Nov 16/17:
-- Paper 3.4C, D
-- 7.1: Read and work through the book’s examples. Do MXL 7.1 (closes Thursday 4pm)
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NEW, not on the "Second List"}: Paper 7.1A. p.
582: 5, 8, 11, 12, 17, 25, 24, 71. 7.1B:
33, 40, 51, 52, 61, 62.
-- From the Study Guide for
the Final (but covered on Test 3): 23, 24, 13a,e,c,h,i,k; 14, 15,
16.
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