Math 124: Section 23
Calculus I With Applications
Fall 2008
MTWRF 2:00 - 2:50 pm in PAS 314

Instructor Robert Sims
e-mail: rsims@math.arizona.edu
Phone: (520) 626-1990
Office: 610 Mathematics
Office hours: Tuesday and Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30.
Tutoring: Thursday 1-2.

Syllabus

Syllabus

Calculus Website

A great deal of information about this class is available here

Calculus Website

Calendar

Calendar

WebAssign

We will be using WebAssign to do homework this semester. You may login here.

WebAssign

As I have written in our syllabus, our class key is

Arizona 4745 3952

Please sign up as soon as possible!

ALEKS Information

Information about the new placement exam is available here

ALEKS

Our class code is

HKTQK-VFTKW

Do not forget that you must complete this by Friday, August 29th.

Preliminary Exam

A study guide for this exam is available here

Study Guide

When you enter the module, look at sections 1-7.
Only they will be relevant for the preliminary exam.
Remember the exam will take place on September 3rd.

Homework

I will be assigning homework is several different formats this semester.
All such assignments will be posted here.


Homework 1: (Due Tuesday, September 2nd)

Written Assignment:

Section 1.1: 3, 13, 19, 21, 27, 28, 31.
Section 1.2: 2, 3, 11, 12, 20, 22, 31, 36, 39.
Section 1.3: 4, 5, 6, 15, 17, 18, 24, 29, 52.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 1:
Functions
Reading graphs
Linear Functions
Exponential Functions

These worksheets may be found here

Worksheets

WebAssign:

Complete Homework 0.


Homework 2: (Due Monday, September 8th)

Written Assignment:

Section 1.4: 5, 15, 20, 28, 30, 32, 40, 46.
Section 1.5: 8, 10, 18 (give reasons), 22, 36, 40, 44.
Section 1.6: 9, 12, 18, 24 (find equations for the quadratic and exponential functions).

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 1:
Logarithms
Trig Reference Sheet
Trig. (part I)
Trig. (part II)
Denise and Chad
Polynomial & Rational Functions
Power Functions

These worksheets may be found here

Worksheets

WebAssign:

Complete Section 1.4.
Complete Section 1.5.
Complete Section 1.6.


Homework 3: (Due Monday, September 15th)

Written Assignment:

Section 1.7: 5, 20, 21, 22.
Section 1.8: 16, 18, 28, 35, 54.
Section 2.1: 1, 5, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 21.
Section 2.2: 2, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 33, 37, 38.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 1:
Limits and Continuity
More Continuity

Chapter 2:
Introduction to Rates
Representations

These worksheets may be found here

Worksheets

WebAssign:

Complete Section 1.7.
Complete Section 1.8.
Complete Section 2.1.
Complete Section 2.2.


Homework 4: (Due Monday, September 22nd)

Written Assignment:

Section 2.4: 1, 3, 7, 8, 19.

WebAssign:

Complete Section 2.4.


Homework 5: (Due Monday, September 29th)

Written Assignment:

Section 2.3: 4, 9, 10, 14, 15, 26, 31, 32, 36, 38, 41, 44.
Section 2.5: 18, 23.
Section 2.6: 3, 4, 8, 10.
Section 3.1: 59, 61, 62.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 2:
Derivative Graphs
More Derivative Graphs

These worksheets may be found here

Worksheets

Here is the key to the worksheet we did the other day in class.

Fill in the blank worksheet

WebAssign:

Complete Section 2.3.
Complete Section 2.5.
Complete Section 2.6.
Complete Section 3.1.


Homework 6: (Due Monday, October 6th)

Written Assignment:

Section 3.2: 40, 41, 44.
Section 3.3: 50, 53, 54, 56.
Section 3.4: 8, 10, 23, 26, 34, 36, 42.

Here is the key to the worksheet we did the other day in class.

Worksheet on Prod. And Quot. rule

WebAssign:

Complete Section 3.2.
Complete Section 3.3.


Homework 7: (Due Monday, October 13th)

Written Assignment:

Section 3.4: 63, 65, 76, 78, 80.
Section 3.5: 44, 47, 49.
Section 3.6: 40, 43, 48.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 1:
Trig Reference Sheet.

Chapter 3:
Chain Rule
Rules
More Practice 1
More Practice 2.

WebAssign:

Complete Section 3.4.
Complete Section 3.5.
Complete Section 3.6.


Homework 8: (Due Monday, October 20th)

Written Assignment:

Section 3.7: 26, 30.
Section 3.8: 6, 7, 13, 27.
Section 3.9: 22.

WebAssign:

Complete Section 3.7.
Complete Section 3.8.
Complete Section 3.9.

Many of you had difficulties with these problems.
Here is a key to those that I graded.

Homework 8


Homework 9: (Due Monday, October 27th)

Written Assignment:

Section 4.1: 14, 32, 34, 42, 43.
Section 4.2: 16, 17, 26, 42.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 4:
Reading Graphs
Critical Points Part 1
Critical Points Part 2
Families of Functions
More Families of Functions

WebAssign:

Complete Section 4.1.
Complete Section 4.2.


Homework 10: (Due Monday, November 3rd)

Written Assignment:

Section 4.3: 9, 10, 12, 21, 29, 36.
Section 4.5: 16, 22, 27, 34.
Section 4.6: 16, 19, 22.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 4:
Optimization Part 1
Optimization Part 2
Introduction to Related Rates
Related Rates
More Related Rates

Here is my key to some of the optimization problems I did in class.

Optimization

WebAssign:

Complete Section 4.3.
Complete Section 4.5.
Complete Section 4.6.


Homework 11: (Due Monday, November 10th)

WebAssign:

Complete Section 4.7

I am re-giving Test 3 on Monday!!!


Homework 12: (Due Monday, November 17th)

Written Assignment:

Section 4.8: 1, 4, 16, 20, 26, 28, 36.
Section 5.1: 2, 6, 24.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 4:
Parametric Equations (Circles)
Parametric Equations

WebAssign:

Complete Section 4.8.


Homework 13: (Due Monday, November 24th)

Written Assignment:

Section 5.1: 8, 20, 23.
Section 5.2: 3, 17, 26.
Section 5.3: 14, 32.
Section 5.4: 6, 22, 28.

Reading Assignment:

Read and understand the worksheets listed below. Make sure you know how to work the problems they provide.

Chapter 5:
Introduction to Velocity and Area
Representations (Note: 3B requires a calculator!)
Rocket
Fundamental Theorem Part I
Fundamental Theorem Part II

WebAssign:

Complete Section 5.1.
Complete Section 5.2.
Complete Section 5.3.
Complete Section 5.4.


Homework 14: (Due Monday, December 1st)

Written Assignment:

Section 6.1: 2, 10, 20, 24.
Section 6.2: 39, 54, 55, 64, 68, 78, 81.

WebAssign:

Complete Section 6.1.
Complete Section 6.2.


Homework 15: (Due Monday, December 8th)

Written Assignment:

Section 6.3: 9, 12, 16.
Section 6.4: 3, 24, 34.

WebAssign:

Complete Section 6.3.
Complete Section 6.4.