Math 1710  Information

Fall 2009

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Office hours through remainder of December:

T Dec 8         11-12:30

W Dec 9        2-3:30

Th Dec 10      8:30-9:30 and 1-2:30

F Dec 11        9-10:30

M Dec 14       11-12:30

T Dec 15        9-11

W Dec 16       10:30-12:30

Th Dec 17      9-11

Syllabus

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Homework:  Homework is to be turned at the beginning of class on the days indicted below. Follow the guidelines at http://www.math.unt.edu/~brand/class/1710/2009Fall/homeworkexp.html when preparing your homework to be graded. Soon after class each day the homework assignments will be posted here.  You should do all the homework listed, but turn in only the problems listed in bold face type.

• August 31
  Find the slope of the tangent lint to the graph or y = 3x² + 2x at the point where x = 1.
  Find the area bounded by x = 0, x = 1, the x-axis, and y=x² + x.
  (Some helpful formulas appear on page 338 of the book.  Look at Example 4 and in the box at the bottom of the page.)
• September 1
  Page 81  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
• September 2
  Homework Sheet 1 Problems 1-4
• September 3
  Homework Sheet 1 Problems 5-12. Turn in 7, 9, 11.
• September 4
  Homework Sheet 1 Problems 13-22. Turn in 14, 16, 18, 20, 22.
• September 9
  Homework Sheet 1  Problems 23-26. Turn them all in.
• September 10
  Homework Sheet 1  Problems 27-34.  Turn in 28,30,32
• September 11
  Page 89  3,7,11,15,18,23,27,31,32,33,35,37,39,41,47,48,51,52,53,55,58
• September 14
  Homework sheet on induction. Do 1-6, turn in 4 and 5.
• September 17
  Do the rest of the induction proof problems from the handout sheet.  Turn in 8, 13, 15, 18
• September 18
  Page 111  1,3,4,6,11,13,14
• September 21
  Page 113  21-36. Turn in 24,26,30,32
• September 22
  Page 113  37,39,40,47,49,50,52,53,55,56,59,60,67,70
  Page 122  3,7,9,11,14,15,17,18
• September 24
  Exam 1  (Review sheet)
  Page 155  1,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,13,14,18,23,24,26,27-30
• September 25
  Work on your project - no class
• September 30
  Page 169  1-12, 29, 30, 41, 42  (Turn them all in)
• October 2
  Project due.
• October 5
  Page 169 13-28, 31-38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46 Turn in 16, 20, 22, 24, 40, 44, 46
  Get good at computing derivatives
• October 6
  Page 188  1-30, 47,48  Turn in 4,8,12,16,20,24,28
  Get really good at computing derivatives
• October 7
  Page 201  1-52  Turn in 4,8,14,18,22,26,28,32,36,44,48,52
  Become an expert at computing derivatives
  Derivative Exam
• October 12
  Page 211 1, 5, 9, 11, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,47,49,52 Turn in the evens
• October 13
  Page 179  1,3,4,7,9,10,13,15,16,17,18,23,25,28
  Page 188  45,46
  Page 201  95,96,100
• October 14
  Derivative Exam
• October 15
  Page 218  1,3,5,6,9,10,13,14,17,18,19,20,21,22,24,30,31,34,35
• October 19
  Page 252  1,5,7,10,14,17,18,22,23,27,28,29,30,31,32,39,40,44,45,46,51
• October 20
  Page 260  1,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,17,18,20,22,23,31,32,33,34,37,38,41,42
• October 22
  Exam 2
  Exam 2 Review Sheet
• October 28
  No homework
• October 29
  Page 262 51,52, 56, 58
  Page 266 3, 4, 6,7,8,9,11,14, 21, 22,35, 26, 30, 31, 32,41,43
• October 30
  Page 274 1,5, 6,  12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 32, 33, 43, 44, 49, 60
  Sketch the following functions.  Use the first two derivatives, symmetry, and asymptotes as appropriate.
  f(x)=(2x-5)/(x+3}
  f(x)=(2x^2)/(x^2+1)^(1/2)
  f(x)=(2x)/(x^2+x+2
  g(x) = x^3+3/x
  f(x)=(x^2-x-6)/(x^2-2x-3)
• November 2
  Page 285 3, 6, 7, 10, 11,13,19, 22, 23,25, 26,27, 28, 29,31, 32, 33, 40, 44, 53, 56, 59
• November 3
  Page 305 1,3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 17,19, 22, 23, 29
• November 4
  Derivative Exam
• November 5
  Page 314  1,5,9,11,13,14,18,23,29,30,35,39,41,43,44,47,48,53,55,56,61,65,66,67,70,75,79,82
• November 6
  Page 333  3,5,8,9,11,12,13,15,21,22  (After completing problems 21 and 22, think about how the limit fact you needed was derived.  Write a short paragraph discussing if this really proves the formula for the area of a circle.  Think about "circular reasoning" - no pun intended.
• November 9
  Page 342  3,6,7,9,11,12,29,30,33,34,35,38
• November 10
  Page 352  1,3,7,10,11,15,17,18,27,29,30,33,43,44,49,51,52,55,56,61,63,64,65,66,67,69
• November 11
  Derivative Exam
• November 12
  Page 365  1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,17,19,20,23,24,27,30,35,36,41,42,45,46,49,50,52,63,64
• November 13
  Page 374 1,3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,11, 12, 13,17,19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 32,35, 36 ,39, 40, 46,47, 50,53, 54, 59,61
• November 16
  Page 383 1,5,9, 10, 13, 14, 17,19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 43, 45, 46, 53, 54, 61, 66, 71, 74, 81, 86
• November 17
  Page 613  1,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
• November 18
  Derivative Exam
• November 19
  Page 613 15,17,18,19,23,24,30
• November 24
  Exam 3 - Review Sheet
• December 2
  Derivative Exam
• December 3
  Page 405  1,2,3,4,9,10,11,14,15,17,19,20,23,25,27,31,33,35,36,40,45,47
• December 4
  Page 414  1,3,5,8,11,13,15,18,19,20,22,23,24,27,28
• December 7
  Page 423  1,4,5,9,10,13,14,15,16
• December 8
  Page 434  1,3,5,8,11,13,15,18,19,20,22,23,24,27,28
• December 14
  Final Exam (8:00 a.m.)
  

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