Monthly Schedule

(AP Calculus AB, Period D)

11/3/03	HW due (55 minutes, an assignment and a half): Read §4-5 carefully, especially Example 1 on p. 149. You may omit reading Example 2 if you wish. Then write §4-5 #1-5 all, 7, 8, 12-21 mo3, 23, 24, 25, 29.
11/4/03	No additional HW due. Use this as an opportunity to get fully caught up (hint, hint).
W 11/5/03	HW due: First, connect to the University of Sasketchewan site and make sure that you can work all of the green and yellow exercises from the first two topics (namely, “Radian Measure of Angles” and “Trigonometric Functions”), as well as the red exercises from the third topic (entitled “More Trig. Functions”). For your written record, simply write down the first problem and the correct answer from each color-coded section, a total of 5 problems. You may do the rest on scratch paper or in your head—your choice. Then, fill out the Trig/Inverse Trig Worksheet and bring it to class on Wednesday.
Th 11/6/03	HW due: Read §4-6 ; write §4-6 #1-12 all (OK to omit diagrams), 13a-19a odd, 14b-20b even, 21-30 mo3, 31-35 all, 38.
F 11/7/03	HW due: Read §4-7; write §4-7 #1, 2, 3, 4, 7. As you prepare for your quiz on Monday, check out the notes on §4-6.
M 11/10/03	Quiz on Most of Chapter 4 (through §4-6). HW due: Read 4-8; write §4-7 #5, 10; §4-8 #1-20 all, 26.
T 11/11/03	HW due: Work a selection of problems from an AP review book and from §4-9 #R1-R8, T1-T17. Keep a time log. Work both on easy problems (to build your speed) and hard problems (to challenge your brain). In class: Review for test.
W 11/12/03	Optional class. I will be available in my office or Room R for those who desire extra help, but I anticipate that most of you will be attending the funeral for Dr. Howard.
Th 11/13/03	Test on Chapter 4. There will also be some material reused from previous chapters. In particular, make sure that you know the definition of derivative, the definition of continuity, and the IVT.
F 11/14/03	No additional HW due today. Bring all your old HW to class, as always. In class, we discussed À0, À1, and Cantor’s proof (by diagonalization) that these two transfinite cardinals are not equivalent.
M 11/17/03	HW due: §5-1, all problems. Also, be prepared (orally) to answer the remaining problems in §5-2 that we did not cover on Friday.
T 11/18/03	HW due: §5-3 #1, 2, 7-38 all. These are very quick, and most do not require work. Simply state the setup and the answer. For example: 14. y = 15x^1/3 dy = 15 · 1/3 x^–2/3 dx dy = 5x^–2/3 dx Since algebraic simplification is optional, you could actually stop at the second line if you wish.
W 11/19/03	HW due: §5-4 #1-43 all.
Th 11/20/03	HW due: §5-5 #2-10 even. Better students know instinctively to work a few odd-numbered problems and check answers if they are having trouble.
F 11/21/03	HW due: Read §5-6; write §5-6 #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11.
M 11/24/03	HW due: Omit §5-7. Read §5-8; write §5-8 #1, 2*, 3, 7. * Important: The second portion of #2 says, “Show that midpoint Riemann sums approach this value as the number of increments approaches infinity.” To do this, use the Thingy or another suitable tool to calculate the results, and make a graph by hand that shows the number of intervals on the horizontal axis and the value of the midpoint Riemann sum on the vertical axis. For example if 20 intervals give a Riemann sum value of 4.7, you would plot the point (20, 4.7) on your graph. After you have plotted a result for n = 20 intervals, repeat for the following values of n, where n = # of intervals: 40, 60, 100, 300, 1000, 5000. Suggestion: Your graph will be much more suitable for publication if you plot log n on the horizontal axis instead of n. However, if you cannot deal with this additional idea, simply plot n values of 20, 40, 60, 100, 300, 1000, and 5000 on the horizontal axis.
T 11/25/03	Quest (50 points) on §§5-1 through 5-6, plus IVT.
W 11/26/03	No school (Thanksgiving break).

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