Math 1710 Information

Fall 2009

Note: Starting Friday August 28, this class will meet in Biology 419 on MWF and Biology 204 on TTh.

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 14
Final Exam (8:00 a.m.)

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