Due
Date |
Homework
from the textbook |
Preparation
for Certification Exam |
Class
Projects |
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9/2 |
p.
203: 19(a-c) p.
214: 16, 18 p.
243: 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 19(a) |
For this and all future reviews, you can choose which 5 exercises to do. Please submit a total of 5 exercises only; the grader will be instructed to only grade the first 5 solutions that are submitted. Warning: If a problem looks too easy to be true, it might not be. So be careful and check for subtleties. At the top of your write-up, you must also write a statement attesting that you have at least thought about all assigned problems. Points will be deducted if you do not write this statement. (This does not mean that you solved all of the problems --- just that you gave some thought about how to solve every problem.) |
None. All presentations will be peer-graded. |
Topics
for the class project will be assigned on a first-come,
first-served basis. Please sign up by e-mail, suggesting about 5-10 different
topics (in priority order) in case your first choice is no longer available. You
are welcome to request all four topics for the whole semester if you wish, or
you can request your topics one at a time. Be
sure to title your file in the form John_Doe_15.docx, as indicated in the
instructions. |
9/9 |
p. 244: 20, 22, 33, 37, 43,
48, 51 Hints: #22: Ignore the part about the
Euclidean algorithm since we didn’t cover that in class. Just get the
answers. #33: It’s false. So you just
need to find one counterexample. #48: Argue by contradiction.
Suppose that p is a prime that
divides bd. Show that p can’t divide ad+bc. FYI: This theorem is a
follow-up to p. 203 19(a-c) from last week. |
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Part
1 (Pre-Algebra and Probability/Statistics) is due. The project should be submitted through
Blackboard. |
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9/16 |
p. 244: 25, 30, 31, 32 p. 251: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 15, 16 Hints: #31: Of course, 12 = 22
* 3 and 120 = 23 * 3 * 5. So how much flexibility does that give
you with the prime factorization of x? #32: Try x = 10p, where p is a prime greater than or equal to
7. |
Group
1: Monday, 9/12 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 1-10. Group
2: Tuesday, 9/13 12:40-1:30 in GAB 461, Questions 11-20. Group
3: Wednesday, 9/14 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 21-30. Group
4: Friday, 9/16 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 31-40. |
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9/23 |
p. 253: 2, 4, 6, 9 p. 254: Let’s Go 4 p. 263: 10, 31 Hints: p. 253 #9: Remember that to show a
proposition is false, you only need one counterexample. p. 263
#31: I’m not looking for a formal proof; finding acceptable values of y via trial-and-error is perfectly
fine. Problem 4.1: Here's a popular magic trick for children: (a)
Take any
3-digit number in which the first and last digits differ by 2 or more. (b)
Reverse the
number, and subtract the smaller of the two numbers from the larger (e.g.
782-287=495). (c)
Then reverse
the result and add (thus 495+594=1089). Prove that you always end up with 1089. Problem 4.2: (a)
Here's a
second magic
trick. Cut out the six numbered cards, read the instructions, and perform
this trick (either by yourself or for a friend). Write a statement attesting
that you actually did do this. (b)
Use binary
numbers to explain why this magic trick works. Hint: Find the binary representation of the first few numbers on
each of the six cards. Do you see a pattern? |
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Part
2 (Algebra I and Algebra II) is due. |
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9/30 |
EXAM #1 on Wednesday, 9/28
in Sage Hall Testing Center, located in Suite C330. I
will be at the Testing Center between 8-10:50. You
may arrive at any time between 8 and 9, and you will have 1 hour, 50 minutes
from the time of your arrival to complete the exam. Please
talk to Dr. Q to make alternate arrangements if you’re not able to
block off 1 hour, 50 minutes on this morning. The
review
questions should help prepare you for the exam. There are also
solutions
for the review questions; I encourage you to watch these videos only
after attempting the review questions for yourself. Also,
I don’t claim infallibility. If you think I made an inadvertent mistake
while recording these videos, please let me know so I can take a look at it. No
homework from the textbook will be due on 9/30. |
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10/7 |
p. 254: Let’s Go 3 p. 264: 18, 19, 20(a-d),
23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 33(a) |
Group
1: Monday, 10/3 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 41-50. Group
2: Tuesday, 10/4 12:40-1:30 in GAB 461, Questions 51-60. Group
3: Wednesday, 10/5 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 61-70. Group
4: Friday, 10/7 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 71-80. |
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10/14 |
p. 229: 2, 3(cd), 5, 6, 7,
8 p. 347: 2, 5 Notes: p. 230 #2
and #3: Your answers should have the form (something) + (something else) i. Also, your
answer for #2 should match the answer to #3(a) if a = 3 and b = 2. p. 230 #6
and #7, the expressions were given in class and in the class notes. You need
to prove that these expressions are true. Don't just state them without
proof. Regarding
p. 347 #2 and #5: We will not cover Section 12.1 in class. So I just expect you
to (1) experiment with a graphing calculator until you find cubic polynomials
that meet the given criteria, and then (2) once you have your polynomial,
then you should explain why it meets the given criteria. You may need to use
factoring and/or calculus to produce an adequate explanation. (It is possible
to construct such polynomials more systematically, and you are welcome to try
to find out how to do these problems without blindly guessing.) |
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Part 3 (Geometry)
is due. If
you haven't selected a question from all five areas yet, I encourage you to
select questions from the remaining area(s) for this week's submission. |
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10/21 |
p. 347 #8(ab), 9 pp. 348-350 Your Turn
12(a), 14(a) p. 353 #1, 2, 4, 10 Hints: p. 347 #8,
the local extrema and point of inflection are found by solving f
'(x) = 0 and f ''(x) = 0, respectively. Then verify that
the x-coordinate of the point of
inflection is the average of the x-coordinates
of the two local extrema. p. 348
Your Turn 12(a): Do not use the Conjugate Root Theorem (although your answer
should match what you’d expect from the Conjugate Root Theorem).
Instead, begin by multiplying out (x
– 5 – 3i)(x –a – bi). Then collect the constant terms, the terms containing x, and the terms containing x2. Then figure out the
values of a and
b so that the imaginary part of
this product is equal to zero. p. 353 #10,
find both the possible number of positive roots and the possible number of
negative roots. |
Group
1: Monday, 10/17 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 81-90. Group
2: Tuesday, 10/18 in GAB 461 12:40-1:30, Questions 91-100. Group
3: Wednesday, 10/19 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 101-110. Group
4: Friday, 10/21 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 111-120. |
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10/28 |
EXAM #2 on Wednesday, 10/26
in Sage 154 (this is a change). I
will be in the room between 8-10:50. You may arrive
at any time between 8 and 9, and you will have 1 hour, 50 minutes from the time
of your arrival to complete the exam. Please talk to Dr. Q to
make alternate arrangements if you’re not able to block off 1 hour, 50
minutes on this morning. The review
questions should help prepare you for the exam. There are also solutions
for the review questions; I encourage you to watch these videos only
after attempting the review questions for yourself. |
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11/4 |
p.
266: Your Turn 34 p.
269: 1, 3(bc), 4 p.
347: 6 p.
353: 5 p.
365: 2, 3(a), 7(bcde) Notes: For p. 269
#4, let the following guide your thinking: You can easily check that x = 2 is a root of f(x)
= x3 + 4x2 – 2x – 20 and that x = -2 is a root of g(x)
= -x3 + 4x2 + 2x – 20. So, let f(x)
= an xn + … + a1 x + a0. If
you know that f(a) = 0, is there a way to modify the
coefficients of f and create a new
polynomial g so that g(-a)
= 0? Once you see how to do this, then you’ll need to prove that your
idea actually works. Hint for
p. 353 #5: Start with f(x) = x2 – p,
and argue by contradiction. For p. 365
#2(c), it may also be helpful to also graph the polynomial (with a
calculator) on the interval [-2,3]. Hint for
p. 366 #7(e): (1+a)(1-a+a2) = 1+a3. |
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11/11 |
p. 277 Your Turn 1 p. 278: 2, 3, 11, 12 p. 280: Your Turn 5(eg) p. 280: 1(a-d) p. 284: 3, 13 p. 319: 5, 7(abd) |
Group
1: Monday, 11/7 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 121-130. Group
2: Tuesday, 11/8 in GAB 461 12:40-1:30, Questions 131-140. Group
3: Wednesday, 11/9 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 141-150. Group
4: Friday, 11/11 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 151-160. |
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11/18 |
p. 288: 1, 3, 12(ab) p. 291: 3, 4, 6, 16 p. 307: 1, 2, 5(ac) p. 317: 6 For p. 307 #5(c), ignore the instruction that says
"If a product is required within an exponentiation problem, compute it
via logarithms." For p. 317
#6(b), you just need a value of h, not the largest value of h that meets the condition. Problem 10.1 Unfortunately, linear interpolation isn’t
particularly accurate when the “gap” between successive
logarithms is large. For this reason, practicing scientists and engineers of
previous generations sometimes used the following estimation formula: log(z+d)
= (log z) + 0.4343 d / ( z + (d/2) ), where z is a value for which log z
is known and d is the correction. (a) Using the above formula, estimate
log 1.094 to four decimal places. Use z
= 1.09, the value of log(1.09) from the table of
logarithms, and d = 0.004. (b) Repeat to estimate log 1.097
to four decimal places. Use z = 1.10,
the value of log(1.1) from the table of logarithms
and d = -0.003. Problem 10.2 Use Taylor series to justify the above estimation
formula. Hints: (a) log e ≈ 0.4343. (b)
Use
two of the Laws of Logarithms to get a single natural logarithm on the
left-hand side. (c)
Let
t = d/z, and find the the first three terms of the Taylor series expansion of
the left-hand side using the formula for the expansion of ln(1+x). (d)
On
the right-hand side, again let t = d/z
(so that z = d/t), and rearrange so
that it has the form t * 1/(1 + something). Then use
the Taylor series expansion of 1/(1+x) to find the
first three terms of the Taylor series expansion of the right-hand side. (e) You should find that the
first two terms of the two expansions are the same, while the third term is
only slightly different. |
Part 4 (Precalculus) is due. Be
sure that you’ve selected a question from all five areas. |
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Wednesday, 11/23 |
p. 129: 6, 7, 8 p. 231: 15, 23(abde), 25 p. 328: 4, 6 Notes: For p. 231 #23(de), only answer the
parts involving 1-i. For p. 328 #6, be sure to consult
Section 9.3.1 (pp. 281-283) before answering. |
Re-Do
Session: Monday, 11/21 10-10:50 in GAB 473, Questions 171-185. The
score on the re-do will replace the lowest of the
four presentation grades. So, if your presentation grades are three 100s and
a 99, you probably don’t want a re-do. Non-participants
are still welcome to attend and watch the re-do
session. Students
in the Tuesday group who’d like a re-do should schedule an appointment
with Dr. Q. |
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12/2 |
EXAM #3 on Friday, 12/2 in Sage 154 (this is a change). I will be in the room between 8-10:50. You may arrive at any time between 8 and 9,
and you will have 1 hour, 50 minutes from the time of your arrival to
complete the exam. Please talk to Dr. Q to
make alternate arrangements if you’re not able to block off 1 hour, 50
minutes on this morning. The review
questions should help prepare you for the exam. There are also solutions
for the review questions; I encourage you to watch these videos only
after attempting the review questions for yourself. |
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Thursday, 12/8 Due by noon in Dr.
Q’s mailbox in GAB 435 (Feel free to bring these to
class on 12/7) |
p. 328: 8, 9 p. 334: 1, 2, 3, 4(b), 6(bc), 8 p. 337: 1 |
You can also submit the
optional course survey and one copy of the consent form at any time up to and
including the date of the final. These surveys and consent forms were
distributed in class on Monday, November 28. Completion of the survey is
worth an extra 100 on both the homework problems and the certification review
problems. |
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Wednesday, 12/14 8:00-10:00 |
The review
questions should help prepare you for the final. There are also solutions
for the review questions; I encourage you to watch these videos only
after attempting the review questions for yourself. |