MATH 120-84 - Elementary Functions

Summer 2008

The calendar presented below is a schedule for the course, including daily homework assignments. It may be modified over the course of the term.  Consult it often to keep updated regarding course information.

Numbers in brackets [ ] are references to page numbers in Functions Modeling Change.
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July 2008
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7

Functions: general principles {§1.1, pdf},
Rates of change and linear functions {§1.2-1.3, pdf}

HW:
§1.1 [6-10] #6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 19, 28, 31, 36,
§1.2 [15-17] #2, 12, 18, 21, 24;
§1.3 [24-27] #10, 15, 18, 20, 28

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9

Test 1 {§1.1 - 1.3},
Linear functions: formulas and graphs
{§1.4-1.5, pdf},
Linear regression
{§1.6, pdf}

HW:
§1.4 [32-35] #20, 28, 32, 43;
§1.5 [41-44] #15, 25, 31;
§1.6 [48-49] #3, 5, 8

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Domain and range
{§2.1-2.2, pdf},
Concavity {§2.5, pdf}

HW:
§2.1 [66-68] #8, 20, 30, 35, 39;
§2.2 [72-73] #4, 13, 22, 29, 36;
§2.5 [86-88] #6, 10, 14, 16, 20

 
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Test 2 {§1.4 - 2.2, 2.5},
Quadratic functions
{§2.6, pdf},
Quadratic regression
[pdf]

HW:
§2.6 [92-93] #4, 12, 20, 30, 34
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21

Exponential functions: tables and formulas
{§3.1-3.2, pdf},
Exponential functions: graphs and regression {§3.3, pdf}

HW:
§3.1 [112-114] #10, 18, 26, 28, 30;
§3.2 [119-122] # 8, 14, 24, 32, 40;
§3.3 [127-130] #8, 18, 24, 32, 40

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 23

Test 3 {§2.6 - 3.3},
e and continuous compounding {§3.4, pdf},
Inverse functions
{§2.4, pdf}

HW:
§3.4 [133-135] #4, 8, 18, 22, 24;
§3.5 [139-140] #4, 6, 10, 20, 24;
§2.4 [82-84] #2, 14, 20, 26, 32

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28

Logarithms
{§4.1-4.2, pdf},
The logarithmic function
{§4.3-4.4, pdf}

HW:
§4.1 [157-159] #8, 14, 30, 32, 46;
§4.2 [164-166] #12, 18, 24, 34, 46;
§4.3 [173-175] #4, 16, 24, 30, 36

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30

Test 4 {§2.4, 3.4 - 4.4},
Basic transformations of functions {§5.1-5.4, pdf}

HW:
§5.1 [200-202] #8, 18, 24, 26, 32;
§5.2 [209-211] #4, 12, 22, 28, 40;
§5.3 [216-219] #8, 10, 18, 26, 36;
§5.4 [223-225] #4, 8, 12, 20, 22

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August 2008
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4

General quadratic functions {§5.5, pdf}, Composition and inverses of functions
{§8.1-8.2, pdf}

HW:
§5.5 [231-232] #4, 10, 18, 26, 34;
§8.1 [359-361] #2, 12, 14, 20, 24, 32, 42, 44, 48, 56;
§8.2 [370-373] #6, 12, 22, 30, 44

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6

Test 5 {§5.1 - 5.5,
8.1 - 8.2},
Arithmetic of functions
{§8.3, pdf},
Power functions
{§9.1, pdf}

HW:
§8.3 [379-382] #6, 12, 14, 30, 34;
§9.1 [393-396] #4, 20, 26, 32, 42

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Polynomial functions
{§9.2-9.3, pdf},
Polynomial regression {§9.7}

HW:
§9.2 [400-402] #4, 8, 18, 24, 30;
§9.3 [406-408] #8, 12, 26, 32, 44;
§9.7 [431-435] #6, 14, 18, 22, 28

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Test 6 {§8.3 - 9.3, 9.7},
Course evaluations

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