:::MATH 110 Section15:::

MATH 110 - College Algebra

Section 15 - Spring 2004
MTWR 1200-1250
Location: PAS 312

Instructor:	Josh Chesler
Email:	jchesler@math.arizona.edu
Office Phone:	621-6883
Office:	MATH 219
Algebra Web Page:	http://math.arizona.edu/~algebra/
Class Listserv:	math110-15-041@listserv.Arizona.EDU
Office Hours:	Wed 11-12, Thur 1-2, or by appointment
Tutoring Room:	Tues 1-2

This page contains information about:

Class Announcements/News
Homework & Quiz Policy
Homework Assignments
Test & Quiz Info

See the Algebra Web Page for other information, including:

Syllabus
Course Policy
Tutoring Resources
Review Questions

Class Announcements

4-27-2004	The Final Exam Study Guide for spring 2004 is now available online or for purchase in the bookstore (I think it's about $2). Please start bringing a copy to class on Wednesday.
4-27-2004	Information about the final exam has been added below. Please note: The final exam will NOT be in our classroom.
3-2-2004	Office hours on Thursday 3-4 are canceled. Instead I will hold a review session on Friday from 2:15 to 4:00. Location is to be determined (but probably in my office).
2-3-2004	I'll have additional office hours on Friday Feb 6th from 12-12:50.
2-3-2004	Test 1 is on February 9th. See the Test Info section of this page for more details. Reminder: Bring a calculator. TI-89s are not allowed.

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Homework & Quizzes

Typically, there will be 2 homework assignments per week with homework due two class periods after it is assigned. Students are encouraged to attempt homework on the day that it is assigned and to ask homework-related questions during the following class.

Homework Policies

Homework will only be accepted at the beginning of the class period in which the homework is due. Late homework will not be accepted. Exceptions may be made in the case of an unavoidable absence with justifying documentation and, when possible, if prior approval is obtained from the instructor.
Show your work. Credit will not be given for answers which do not clearly show the necessary steps for obtaining the solution. Answers should be simplified as much as possible (e.g., reduce your fractions)
Homework must be stapled and legible.
Homework assignments will be posted to the class web-site.
Students are required to read the appropriate section prior to attempting homework. This is essential and it will save you time doing your homework and studying for exams.
Students may discuss or work together on homework but each student must write his/her own solutions. Students may also discuss homework on the class listserv mailing list.
No extra credit will be available at any point during the semester.

Homework Grades

Each homework assignment will be worth 15 points. At the end of the semester the sum of all homework grades will be scaled down to 150 points (e.g., if there were 20 assignments and you scored 260 out of 300 possible points then your points would be scaled to 130 out of 150).
Not all homework problems will be graded. Selected homework problems will be graded for each assignment. Up to 5 points will be awarded for attempting every problem. Up to 10 points will be awarded for graded problems. Typically, 5 of the assigned problems will be graded.
One of your homework assignments is to visit the instructor at least once during his office hours. The student should come prepared with a math-related question.
Each student’s 3 lowest homework grades will be dropped at the end of the semester.
Please review graded homework. The feedback which you are given is essential to the learning process and will help to prepare you for exams.

Quizzes

There will be 4 exams throughout the semester. There may be additional quizzes given throughout the semester. Grades from quizzes will be factored into the final Homework grade. These will not be pop quizzes.

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Homework Assignments

	Date Assigned	Date Due	Assignment
21	4/24 (Sat)	4/27 (Tues)	- Read Section 8.2 - Textbook pg 617-619: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 19, 20, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 52, 56, 57, 58, 61, 71 - Workbook pg 153. Do #s 1,2, & 3 in the "Factorials" Section.
20	4/19 (Mon)	4/21 (Wed)	- Read Section 8.1 - Textbook pg. 602-604: 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 15, 18, 21, 29, 32, 36, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62
19	4/13 (Tues)	4/19 (Mon)	- Workbook p 149: 1 & 2. For #1, do all of them. For #2, try as many as you want (I recommend all), do at least 5 of them though. Take a look at #2m: this is a very significant sequence (more on that later).
18	4/13 (Tues)	4/15 (Thurs)	- Read Section 5.6 - Textbook pg 426-428: 2, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, -37, 40, 44, 54, 61, 64, 67 - Workbook pg 143-144: 2,4 - Workbook pg 148: 7
17	4/8 (Thurs)	4/13 (Tues)	- Read Section 5.5 - Workbook p 136: all - Textbook p 414: 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 46, 49, 50, 52, 61
16	4/1 (Thurs)	4/6 (Tues)	- Read Section 5.4 - Workbook p 133: all - Textbook pg 402-406: 10, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23, 25, 34, 36, 40, 42, 49, 50, 55, 60, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 90a, 91 ** If you're not comfortable with logarithms & exponents then I recommend solving all of 5.4 #s 13-62. It shouldn't take too long once you get the hang of it.
15	3/30 (Tues)	4/1 (Thurs)	- Read Section 5.3 -Textbook pg. 384-390: 4, 6, 10, 20, 21, 25, 31, 32, 36, 46, 57, 60, 61, 67, 90, 94 - Hint: For 90b, try the intersection of graphs method to solve (see example 4 pg 377, and example 11 pg 383). In sections 5.4 thru 5.6 we will learn more tools for solving these equations
Q1	3/30 (Tues)	4/1 (Thurs)	- Quiz 1 - Distributed in class.
14	3/25 (Thurs)	3/30 (Tues)	- Read Section 5.2 - Textbook pg 365-369: 3, 13, 14, 19, 20, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37, 38, 48, 53, 62, 64, 68, 74, 75, 81, 90, 97
13	3/23 (Tues)	3/25 (Thurs)	- Read Section 5.1 - Textbook pg. 346-351: 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, 18, 27, 28, 33, 34, 49, 50, 57, 58, 60, 67, 78, 82, 85, 86
12	3/9 (Tues)	3/23 (Tues)	-Textbook pg. 267: 66, 78, 82 -Read Section 4.5 - Workbook pg 115: 2, 4, 5, 6 - Textbook pg 297-301: 1, 2, 6, 14, 17, 19, 21-24, 26, 27, 40, 46, 55, 56, 58
11	3/2 (Tues)	3/4 (Thurs)	- Section 4.2: 53, 54 - Read Section 4.3 - Textbook pg. 265-268: 1, 10, 11, 13, 22, 30, 33, 37, 38, 41, 42, 54, 56, 58, 66, 76, 80, 97, 100 - Workbook pg 107: 1
10	2/26 (Thurs)	3/2 (Tues)	- Read Section 4.1 - Textbook pg 232-235: 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26, 29, 34, 41, 43, 50, 52, 55, 64, 65, 67, 68 - Read Section 4.2 - Textbook pg 247-249: 5, 6, 8, 15, 16, 27, 28, 36, 39, 42, 45 Hints: -4.1 #s 19, 20, 43 and 4.2 #s 15, 16: Use your calculator to graph and then find the extrema. See pg AP-14 in the back of the textbook for a description of this. - 4.1 #68 is NOT a polynomial so you cannot use the rules described on the bottom of pg 228. Think about the definitions: Is f(x)=f(-x)? Is f(-x)=-f(x)?
9	2/23 (Mon)	2/25 (Wed)	- Read Section 3.2 - Textbook pg 185-187: 1, 4, 13 (use your calculator), 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 41, 44, 47, 53 - Workbook pg. 91-92: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 * Hint for #2. Mult both sides by 9 and you'll get something easier to work with. Think about why 9 was a good choice for this problem then use the same "trick" for number 4.
8	2/18 (Wed)	2/23 (Mon)	- Read Section 3.1 - Textbook pg 169-173: 11, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 36, 37, 40, 43, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 64, 66, 73 (for #73, think about transformations) - Workbook pg. 90: 3, 4
7	2/13 (Fri)	2/17 (Tues)	- Read Section 3.4 - Textbook pg 209-210: 2, 8,16, 17, 27, 32, 35, 36, 37, 43, 46 - Workbook pg 83-84: All
6	2/10 (Tues)	2/12 (Thur)	- Textbook pg 134-136: 8, 24a, 24b, 33, 37, 38, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51 - Textbook pg R-41 (in the back): 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 17, 33, 35, 39 (check your answers in the back of the book) - Read Section 3.4 - Workbook pg. 77-78: #1
5	2/3 (Tues)	2/5 (Thur)	- Read Section 2.3 - Textbook pg. 103-106: 5, 25, 28, 32, 38, 55, 62, 68, 71, 79 - Workbook pg 71-72: 1, 3, 6, 9 - Question: Given f(x)=2x+4 & g(x)=4x-1. Where do the graphs of f(x) and g(x) intersect? - We're skipping section 2.4. - Read Section 2.5 - Textbook pg. 133-137: 2, 3, 6, 7, 15-18
4	1/29 (Thur)	2/3 (Tues)	- Read Section 2.2 - Textbook pg. 86-90: 1-6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 22, 32, 38, 40, 45, 52, 54, 60 - Workbook pg. 63: 1, 3, 5, 6 - Workbook pg. 67-68: 1, 2, 3, 5
3	1/27 (Tues)	1/29 (Thur)	- Read Section 2.1 - Textbook pg. 71-73: 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 23, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34 - Textbook pg. 54: 20
2	1/21 (Wed)	1/26 (Mon)	- Read Section 1.4. - Workbook pg 59-60 (all) - Textbook pg. 53-57: 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 30, 31, 34, 38, 50, 53 , 57, 62, 65, 66, 75 Read the following sections on calculators: "Visualizing Data with a Graphing Calculator" on pg 19 of the textbook, "Graphing a Function" on pg AP-8 (back of the textbook), "Setting the Viewing Rectangle" on pg AP-6. When you do #s 22, 30, & 31 (above), try to use your graphing calculator to graph these.
1	1/14 (Wed)	1/21 (Wed)	- Read Section 1.3. - Textbook pg. 38-41: 4, 10, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 29, 34, 38, 46, 56, 59, 60, 67, 70, 72, 74, 76, 77 - Workbook pg 51: 1, 5, 6, 8 - Workbook pg 52: 2, 3, 5, 7

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Test Info

Test 1 will be on February 9.
- Pgs. 157-166 include review questions for this test. Answers are here.
- There are also review questions on the Algebra Web Page. Click on the Math110 Link.
- Here's a study guide.
Test 2 will be on March 8th.
- Workbook Pgs. 166-175 include review questions for this test. Answers are here.
- Here's a study guide.
Quiz 1 will be distributed on March 30.
- This is a take home quiz.
- You may use the textbook, your notes, and your homework
- Due in class on March 31.
- Answers are here.
Test 3 will be on April 7.
- Here's a study guide.
Test 4 will be on April 29.
- Workbook pages 184-193 are good practice. Answers are here.
- The Final Exam Study Guide is great preparation. (Questions 100-142)
- Here's a study guide.
The Final Exam will be on May 10th at 8am.
- The exam will be in M LNG 350
- Arrive early.
- Final Exam Study Guide for Spring 2004. Answers are here.
- IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATH 110/112 FINAL EXAM

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