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Thursday, May 13:
Announcements:
    · Last day of class!
    · Review problems:
    · Ch. 7 Review (pg 573): 5,7,47,48
    · Ch. 8 Review (pg 687): 1,3,9,13,18,22,49;
    · Ch. 9 Review (pg 765): 1,3,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,25,29,31,34,38;
Schedule review session for Wed.
Review for test.
Tuesday, May 4:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
    · HW 9-5: 3,11,12,13,15,19,21,23,27,43,45,47
Mistake on lab: How many 4-of-kind hands?
Review counting:
      § Ps and Cs imply no duplications
      § multiple operations imply multiplication
      § Quintessential examples: coin,dice,cards,people,passwords,menu
Review probability:
      § sample space: total possibilities: n(S)
      § event space: possibilities we want: n(E)
      § equally likely assumption: n(E)/n(S)
Examples:
      § first 6 letters of your name on license plate?
      § rolling a 7 w/ 2 dice?
      § your being ranked #1 in class of 15?
      § you and friend choose same sandwich (2 of 5 meats, 1 of 5 breads, 2 of 4 condiments)
      § how many different IP numbers?
      § 5-card all face card hand? C_16,5 / C_52,5
      § flush?
Monday, May 3:
Announcements:
Lab 7
Tuesday, April 27:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
    · HW-20 Ch. 9.4: 1,3,5,7,9,13,15,17,21,22,23,24,25,27,31,35,45;
    ·
Questions on Sequences/Series HW
Counting Techniques:
      § examples of large sets: # of telephone numbers
      § gambling possibilities
      § lock combinations
      § enumerating often not practical
      § multiplication principle: #/N = N_1 * N_2 * . . . N_n
Examples:
      § how many 6-place (alphanumeric) license plates?
      § how many 5-dice combo?
      § how many different class rankings with 15 people?
      § how many different 5-digit zip codes?
      § how many different IP numbers?
Factorials:
      § represented by n! for some number n
      § n! = (n-1)! .... 1! = 1, 0! = 1
      § Careful working with: 7!/ 6! = ? 3!+2!=?
      § Grow quickly: calculator can have problems
Permutations:
      § "a particular arrangement of n objects w/o repetition"
      § Ordering matters!
      § Eg: a particular class ranking,
      § # of permutations of n objects: P_n,n = n!
Advanced Permutations:
      § diff. SGA of officers?
      § diff. starting rotations (for spec. positions)?
      § # of permutations of n objects taken r at a time
      § P_n,r = n!/ (n-r)!
Combinations:
      § ordering doesn't matter
      § # of combos of students for hall monitors
      § C_n,r equal to P_n,r except that ordering doesn't matter
      § how many ways to order r terms?
      § so P_n,r = r! * C_n,r
      § C_n,r = (n r) = P_n,r/r! = n! / r! / (n-r)!
      § Examples: set of officers, set of rotations
      § Consider Explore/Discuss 3 on pg 734
      § Consider Example 9 on pg 735
More examples:
      § How many 5-card all face card hands? C_16,5
      § Different sandwiches?: 5 breads; 3 meats, 4 condiments? 5*3*4
      § Different 6-digit passwords?
Monday, April 19:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
    · HW-19 Ch. 7.1: 1,3,5,7,9,11;
    · 7.2: 3,5,9,11,13,15,33,39;
    · 7.5: 1,3,23,25;
Return tests; discuss black numbers
Start Ch. 7 Additional Topics in Trig
Law of sines
Law of cosines
Polar Coordinates and Graphs
      § need to be able to verify identities
Thursday, April 15:
Announcements:
    · Test
Take test
Tuesday, April 13:
Announcements:
    · Test Thursday
    · HW-18 Review problems for test:
    ·   3-Review: 1,2,3,5,7,9,10,11,15,33;
    ·   4-Review: 9-37,39,43,46,51,52,54-58;
    ·
Review for test and go over any homework questions
Thursday, April 8:
Announcements:
    · Test Thursday
    · No class Monday
    · Tuesday will go over any of these review problems
    · HW-17: 5-Review: 3,5,9,14,15,16,21,23,37,40,42,48,50,51,55;
    ·   6-2: 1,3,9,13,15,31;
    ·   6-Review: 1,6,18;
    ·
Hand back Lab 4 and go over
Ch. 6-2: Trig Identities (pg 465)
Ch. 6-3: Double Angle Identities (pg 472)
Ch. 6-3: Half Angle Identities (pg 475)
Ch. 6-3: Product Sum Identities (pg 480)
Ch. 6-3: Sum Product Identities (pg 482)
      § need to be able to verify identities
      § need to be able to use to simplify
Monday, April 5:
Announcements:
    · No class tomorrow
    · HW-16: 5-5: 7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,39;
    · 5-6: 3,15;
    · 5-7: 1,3,5,13,15,17,21,23,47;
    · 5-9: 1,13,15, 23,25,35,37;
Hand back Quiz 6
Lab 4
Thursday, April 1:
Announcements:
    · Quiz & Survey today
    · No class Tuesday (but we do have class Monday)
    · HW-15: 5-2: 3,5,7,9,11,13,15,21,22,23,33,35;
    · 5-3:1,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19,21;
    · 5-4:5,9,15,25,55,57;
Hand back Lab 3
Questions
Quiz
Trig Functions
      § trig identities (pg 349)
      § complementary/supplementary angles
      § radians in terms of arclength: \theta = s/r
      § reference triangle within unit circle
5-5: Solving Right Triangles
5-6: Graphs of Trig Functions
      § periodic
      § periodic
5-7: Harmonic Analysis
5-8: Inverse Trig Fnts
Tuesday, March 30:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
    · HW-14: 4-6: 1,3,5,9,13, 33,35;
    · 4-7: 1,3,5, 13,19,21;
Review of Ch. 4:
      § LOG vs LN
      § Understanding log_b a = c
4-7 Exp/Log Equations
      § Solving: 2^(4x+1) = 7
      § How long to make a certain amount of money?
      § log(x+1) + log x = 2
      § Change of base: log_4 4.1
Monday, March 29:
Announcements:
    ·
Lab 3
Thursday, March 25:
Announcements:
    · HW-13: 4-3: 71,73
    · 4-4:1,3,5,9,21,33,35
    · 4-5:1,5,13,17,19,21,23,27,31,35,39
Quiz, Continue w/ Ch. 4
Tuesday, March 23:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
    · HW-12: 4-3: 1,19,21,25
Questions on HW
Review examples of:
      § operations on functions
      § composition of functions
      § 1-to-1 functions
      § inverse functions
4.3: Exponential Functions
      § f(x) = b^x b>0 b!=1
      § graph of exponential function: b<1 and b>1
4.4: Base e exponentials
      § f(x) = b^x b>0 b!=1
Monday, March 22:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
    · HW-11: 4-1: 11,13,15,17,19,21,23,27,33,45,47
    · 4-2: 1-4, 9-13,17,19,23,35,39,41,43
Ch. 4.1: Operations on Functions
      § functions give a real number that depends on the input x
      § Therefore, we can operate on the values of the functions themselves
      § Calculators can graph: y3=y1+y2
      § let f(x) = 2+x; g(x) = 3x-1; find f(x)+/-g(x) f(x)*//g(x)
Composition of functions
      § functions can operate on output of another function
      § f(g(x)) means to compute g(x) and substitute for x in f(x)
      § can picture domain and ranges of functions as diagram
One-to-One functions
      § one-to-one functions: each x produces a *unique* f(x)
      § one-to-one functions: passes horizontal line test
      § one-to-one functions: everywhere increasing or decreasing functions
Inverse Functions
      § functions give a new number f(x) which depends on an input number x
      § inverse functions simply reverse this process, when possible
      § Inverse functions only exist when f(x) is one to one
      § Notation: f-1(x) is inverse of f(x)
      § Reverse ordered pairs
      § Swap domain and range
      § f-1(f(x)) = x
Finding Inverses
      § verify f is one-to-one. If not, inverse doesn't exist
      § solve y = f(x) for x.
      § Interchange x and y.
      § Write as f-1(x) = ....
      § Check f-1(f(x))=x
Thursday, March 11:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Today
    · HW-10: 3-4: 5,7,9,11,13,17,19,21,25,63;
        Chapter 3 Review (pg. 239): 1,3,5,7,30,36,38;
HW Questions
Quiz
Review Rational Functions
Tuesday, March 9:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
Review synthetic division
Properties of an nth-degree polynomial function:
      § continuous and smooth for all reals
      § at most n x-intercepts (zeros)
      § at most n-1 extrema
      § for n-even, goes to same infinity for x->-infty and x->infty
      § for n-odd, goes to different infinity for x->-infty and x->infty
3-3: Approximating Real Zeros
      § location theorem: if f(a) is opposite sign of f(b), then zero in (a,b)
      § the bisection method
3-4: Rational Functions
      § Defn: can be expressed as f(x)=n(x)/d(x) where n,d polynomials
      § If n(x)=0 AND d(x), not in lowest terms
      § If d(x)=0, function has a hole/break
      § If n(x)=0, zero of f(x)
      § Questions: domain and zeros of f(x)
      § Vertical asymptote where d(x)->0
      § Horizontal asymptote when f(x)->b as x->+/-infty
      § Graphing rational functions
Monday, March 8:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday
    · HW-9: 3-1: 1-4, 9,11,13,15,25,33,35,45,49;
        3-2: 1,3,5,11,83
        3-3: 35,53
Hand back Tests: go over, grades, black numbers
Ch. 3-1: Polynomial Functions
      § "zero of the function": f(x)=0; x-interecept
      § synthetic division: divide Polynomial by x-r
      § remainder theorem: P(x=r) = R (where R is remainder dividing by x-r)
Properties of an nth-degree polynomial function:
      § continuous and smooth for all reals
      § at most n x-intercepts (zeros)
      § at most n-1 extrema
      § for n-even, goes to same infinity for x->-infty and x->infty
      § for n-odd, goes to different infinity for x->-infty and x->infty
3-3: Approximating Real Zeros
      § location theorem: if f(a) is opposite sign of f(b), then zero in (a,b)
      § the bisection method
Thursday, March 4:
Announcements:
    · Test I
Tuesday, March 2:
Announcements:
    · Test Thursday
Hand back Lab 2
HW Questions
Review for test:
Algebra Review:
      § Sets
      § Real Numbers: order of ops, division by zero, etc
      § Polynomials: simplifying, operating on (+/-,*//)
      § Factoring polynomials
      § Rational Expressions: simplifying,LCD,compound fractions
      § Integer Exponents
      § Scientific Notation
      § Rational Exponents
      § Radicals
      § Linear Equations
      § Inequalities and Intervals
Ch. 1:
      § Cartesian coordinates
      § Functions: domain,range,vertical line test
      § Functions Graphs: inc/dec,max/min
      § Transformations of functions
      § Even and Odd Functions
Ch. 2:
      § Linear Functions and Intercepts
      § Slope-intercept form (y=mx+b) and Point-slope form y-y_1=m(x-x_1)
      § Parallel (m_1=m_2) and perpendicular (m_1*m_2=-1) lines
      § Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities
      § Quadratic Functions: parabola, domain
      § Completing the square and standard form a(x-h)^2+k
      § Quadratic Equations and Inequalities
Monday, March 1:
Announcements:
    · Test Thursday
    · HW-8: Ch 2 Rev (pg 168)
        1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 17, 21, 23, 39, 44
Hand back Lab 1
Lab 2
Tuesday, February 24:
Announcements:
    · No class Thursday
    · Omit 2-4
    · HW-7: 2-1: 23,35,55,57,83,85
        2-2: 11,27,59,73
        2-3: 1,7,19,25,29,33,43,55
        2-5: 5,11,23,29,35,49,57
Questions about homework
2-2: Linear Equations
      § Solving by intersection: 3x +4 = x-3
      § Variable in the denominator: 3/x - 1 = 4 - 2/x
      § Solving linear inequalities: x+1 <= 0
      § Inequalities w/ Absolute Value: graphing
2-3: Quadratic Equations
      § f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c
      § Domain: all reals
      § Completing the square: add square of 1/2 coeff. of x
      § Transform to: a(x-h)^2 + k
      § Plotting this form
      § Find parabola which has maximum at x=2 y=2 and zero at x=0
2-5: Quadratic Equations
      § Solve by factoring
      § Solve by completing the square
      § Solve by quadratic formula
      § Solve by graphing
Monday, February 23:
Announcements:
    · No class Thursday
    · Tutor: Amy Littlefield
        Hours: M 3-5pm (332 Pratt)
        Hours: W 5-7pm (221 Pratt)
        Hours: TH 4-6pm (221 Pratt)
Hand back Quizzes.
Lab 1
Thursday, February 19:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Today
    · HW-6: 1-Rev: 5, 6, 7, 10,11,12,13,14,34,38
        2-1: 1,3,17,21,25,27,31,33,45,47,49,67,79
        2-2: 5,7,13,15,23,39,63
Review HW questions
Hand back Quizzes and discuss grading scheme
2-1: Linear Functions
      § f(x) = mx + b
      § finding y intercepts: f(0)
      § finding x intercepts: f(x)=0
      § linear equation in two variables: Ax + By=C
      § slope of a line (positive,negative,zero,not defined)
      § parallell (m_1 = m_2) and perpendicular (m_1 * m_2 = -1) lines
2-2: Linear Equations
      § Solving by intersection: 3x +4 = x-3
      § Variable in the denominator: 3/x - 1 = 4 - 2/x
      § Solving linear inequalities: x+1 <= 0
      § Inequalities w/ Absolute Value: graphing

Tuesday, February 17:
Announcements:
    · Quiz Thursday over Ch. 1
Review HW questions

Thursday, February 12:
Announcements:
    · No class Monday
    · Quiz today
    · HW-5: 1-3: 1,3,9,15,19,29,33,35,47,61,65
        1-4: 1,7,17,23,29,49
        1-5: 1,3,11,15,23,27,73
Review HW questions
Quiz
Finding domains: f(x)=3x/(sqrt(x)-1)
Difference quotients: f(x+h)-f(x)
Local extremums: min & max
Greatist Integer Function: [[x]]
Transformations of functions:
      § vertical and horizontal shifts
      § reflections, expansions, and contractions
      § summary on page 6
      § even and odd functions
Tuesday, February 10:
Announcements:
    · HW-4:
        A-8: 1,5,7,9,13,19,21,23,33,35,39,41,57
        1-1: 5,9,17,21,27,31,55
        1-2: 21,25,29,39
Review HW questions
A-8: Linear Equations
      § standard form: ax+b=0
      § intervals, union, intersection
      § linear inequalities
Ch. 1: Functions & Graphs
      § Cartesian coordinates
      § Distance between points
      § Graphing
      § Functions: vertical line test
      § Functions: domain range
      § Functions: notation f(x)
Monday, February 9:
Announcements:
    · HW-3: A-3: 3,21,73
A-4: 17, 37
A-5: 15,33,39,61
A-6: 17,27,29,35,39
A-7: 1,3,11,13,23,25,33,37,53
Review HW questions
Lab-1
Thursday, February 5:
Announcements:
    · (Practice) Quiz today
    · HW-2: A-4: 1,7,21,29,41
A-5: 7,9,13,17,19,29,31
A-6: 3,5,7,15,23,31
Review HW questions
(Practice) quiz
Integer Exponents
      · properties of integer exponents
      · scientific notation
Rational Exponents
      · roots of real numbers
      · fractional exponents
Radicals
      · nth root radical
      · properties of radicals
      · simplifying radicals
      · sums and differences
      · products
      · rationalizing operations
Tuesday, February 3:
Announcements:
    · (Practice) Quiz Thursday
    · HW-1: A-1: 1,3,5,27,29,42,53
A-2: 1,3,5,7,9,15,27,29,31,43,51,57
A-3: 1,5,19,35,45
FOIL Method
Special Products to remember
Order of Operations
Factoring Polynomials:
      · factoring a number/polynomial -- find numbers/expressions which mutiply to yield the given number/polynomial
      · prime factorization
      · common factors
      · factoring by grouping
      · factoring 2nd degree polynomials
Rational Expressions: Basic Operations
      · reducing to lowest terms
      · multiplying/dividing rational expressions
      · adding and subtracting with LCDs
      · compound fractions
Integer Exponents
      · properties of integer exponents
      · scientific notation
Monday, February 2:
Announcements:
    · Beginning of class.
Take attendance, learn names.
Review appendix of text up to polynomial multiplication.


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