Welcome to Dr. Hasenbank's Mth175 page for Fall 2010.

Catalog course description: Basic concepts and methods from differential, integral, and multivariate calculus.  Logarithmic and exponential functions are included, but not trigonometric functions.  Emphasis of the course is on models and applications in business and the social, life, and physical sciences.  Prerequisite:  MTH 150 or two years of high school algebra and an appropriate placement test score.  (Successful completion of MTH 207 precludes taking MTH 175 for credit.)  

News and Updates

Final Exam Friday, Dec. 17 from 10am until noon. Location is 322 Carl Wimberly Hall -- *NOT* in our usual meeting place!
  • See the Homework and Handouts table below to download or print the syllabus, calendar, and all homework sets and class notes.
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Week Homework / Tasks / Handouts
Week 1
(Quiz 1 Ans.pdf)
  • Tues, 9/7. (Notes.pdf, Syllabus.pdf, and Calendar.pdf)
    • HW: Diagnostic Algebra Test (Page xx, right before the start of Part 1.)
      #3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31,32, 34, 36,43, 44, 46-48
      Note that the answers are all in the back, and they are linked to sections of Appendix A that can help you learn the content if you get stuck.
    • Problems to Present Wednesday: #34, 36, 47
    • Presenters will be: Shannon, Shelly, Brianna, Thuy, Cara, and Elissa
  • Wed, 9/8. (Notes.pdf)
    • HW: Sec. 1.1 #17, 19, 21, 25, 33, 57, 59, 63
    • Present Thursday: #19, 25, 59
  • Thu, 9/9 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW: Sec. 1.2 #45, 53ac, 57ac, 61, 63, 67abc, 77; and Sec. 1.3 #1, 3, 5
    • Present Monday: Sec. 1.2 #63, 77, and Sec. 1.3 #3
Week 2
(Quiz 2 Ans.pdf)
(Quiz 3 Ans.pdf)

Here are some podcasts you may find useful for Week 2:

  1. Finding the domain (1)(2)(3)
  2. Maximize profit, revenue (1)(2)(3)
  3. Simplify difference quotient (1)(2)(3)(4)
  4. Transformations of functions (1)(2)
  5. Complete the square, find the vertex, etc. (1)(2)(3)(4)
  6. Piecewise functions (1)
  • Mon, 9/13 (Notes.pdf) - Note, I suggest printing the pre-class notes using the "multiple pages per sheet" option in Adobe Reader. I have found that 4-in-1 works well for most students, though you might want to go with 2-in-1 if you find the text to be too small to read comfortably. 
    • Sec. 2.1 #39, 41, 43, 45, 55, 57, 59, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 87B, 89A, 91A
    • Present Tuesday: #79, 89A, 91A
  • Tue, 9/14 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 2.2 #3, 5, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 39, 43, 47, 61, 65, 67
    • Present Wednesday: #43, 61, 65
  • Wed. 9/15 (Notes.pdf) ("utility bill" podcast)
    • Sec. 2.3 #19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 43, 61, 63
    • Present Thursday: #27, 43, 61
    • Presenters Thursday: Shelly B., Brianna B., Thuy B., Cara C., Elissa C., Emily F.
  • Thu. 9/16 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 5.6 #1, 11, 13, 17, 19
    • Presenters Monday: David G., Emily H., Dustin H., Maria H., Zuyao H., Jessica J.          
    • Present Monday: #13A, 13B, and 13C

 
Week 3
(Quiz 4 Ans.pdf)
(Quiz 5 Ans.pdf)

Here is a (growing) list of relevant podcasts for this week:

  1. Exponential Functions - Compound Interest (1)(2)(3)
  2. Logarithms - (1)(2)(3)
  3. Limits - (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
  • Mon, 9/20 (Notes.pdf) (podcast on Sec. 5.6 #17)
    • Sec. 2.5 #5, 9, 11, 19, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 43, 45, 47, 55, 57
    • Present Tuesday: #31, 47, 57
  • Tue, 9/21 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 2.6 #27, 29, 31, 33, 43, 45, 47, 49, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 79, 81, 83, 91
    • Present Wednesday: 2.6 #47, 81, 91
  • Wed. 9/22 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.1 #1, 3, 7, 8, 17, 21, 27, 29, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 79
  • Thu. 9/23 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.1 cont. -- finish HW from last time, plus #47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 65, 67, 71, 73.
    • Present Monday: 47, 55, 73.
Week 4
(Quiz 6 Ans.pdf)
(Quiz 7 Ans.pdf)

Podcasts for this week:

  1. Infinite Limits (and vertical asymptotes): (1)
  2. Limits at Infinity (and horizontal asymptotes): (1)
  • Mon, 9/27 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.2 #1-15 odd, 21-27 odd, 75
    • Present Tuesday: #13, 15, 75
  • Tue, 9/28 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.2 (cont.) #17, 19, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, 61, 63, 65, 69, 73
  • Wed, 9/29 Review Day (Review Notes.pdf)
    • Ch. 1 Review Problems: (p. 39-41) #6, 7, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42
    • Ch. 2 Review Problems: (p. 117-21) #10-12, 18-21, 26-28, 38-43, 47-55, 75-76, 83, 86-88.
    • Ch. 3 Review Problems: (p. 204-09) #9, 10, 60-68, 81
    • Ch. 5 Review Problems: (p. 346-47) #58, 60
  • Thu, 9/30 Exam 1
Week 5
(Exam1 Answers are on D2L)
  • Mon, 10/4 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.3 #19-21, 27, 29, 33, 35-43 odd, 49-61 odd, 81, 83.
    • Present Tuesday: #41, 53, 61
  • Tue, 10/5 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.4 #27-35 odd, 39, 45-47, 55-59 odd, 65 (rationalize; see Example 7), and 72 (common denominator)
    • Present Wednesday: 47, 57, 65
  • Wed, 10/6 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.5 #25-45 odd, 49, 51, 66, 69, 71, 75-80 all, 81, 83, 89
    • Present Thursday: 39, 51, 69
  • Thu, 10/7 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 3.7 #13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, 27, 33, 41
    • Present Monday: #18, 25, 27
Week 6
(Quiz 8 Ans.pdf)
 
(Quiz 8 Podcast: Marginal Profit)

(Quiz 9 Ans.pdf)
  • Mon, 10/11 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 4.1 #19, 21, 25-27, 33; Also complete the group activity on the last page of the notes (we'll start this in class).
    • Present Tuesday: #19, 21, 25.
  • Tue, 10/12 (Substitute teacher!)
    • Sec. 4.2 #15, 17, 19, 23-26 (all), 27, 29.
    • Present Wednesday: #19, 23, 27
  • Wed, 10/13 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 4.3 (odds only): #1-11, 17-23, 29-31, 35-39, 43, 49-51, 55-61
    • Present Thursday #37, 51, 55
      • Kayla W., William Z., Shannon B., Shelly B., Brianna B., Thuy B.
  • Thu, 10/14 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 4.4 #49-69 odd, 73, 91, 97
    • Present Monday: #61, 73, 91
      • Cara C., Elissa C., Emily F., David G., Emily H., Dustin H.
Week 7

Looking ahead...

  • Mon, 10/18 (Notes.pdf)
    • Do the Ch. 3 and Ch. 4 review problems listed below (Wed. 10/20).
    • Presenters Wednesday will be:
      • From Ch. 3 Review: #24, 29, 40.
      • From Ch. 4 Review: #14, 35 (interpret the derivatives), 43.
  • Tue, 10/19 Project 1 Due (Presentations and Papers)
  • Wed, 10/20 Review (Notes.pdf)
    • Chapter 3 Review (p. 206-09): #11-13, 24, 26-31 (in #31, also solve via the product rule), 36-40, 44, 46, 49, 55-59, 87, 90, 92, 97.
    • Chapter 4 Review (p. 264-65): #2-4, 9, 11-17, 34, 35 (also interpret the derivative), 36, 41, 43.
    • See Monday's entry (above) for list of presenters and presentation problems.
  • Thu, 10/21 Exam 2. See D2L for the solutions.  
Week 8

(Quiz 10.ans.pdf)

(Quiz 11.ans.pdf)
  • Mon. 10/25 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW Sec. 4.5 # 3, 11-29 odd, 37, 39, 43, 47
    • Present Tuesday # 27, 37, 47
  • Tue. 10/26 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW Sec. 4.6 # 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 17, 19 (hint: similar triangles), 25, 27, 29.
    • Present Wednesday #19, 25(b), 29(a)
  • Wed. 10/27 (Notes.pdf)
  • Thu. 10/28 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW Sec. 4.7 #1, 3, 5, 9, 17, 25-35 odd, 39, 41.
    • Present Monday: 27, 33, 39
Week 9

(Quiz 12.ans.pdf)

(Quiz 13.ans.pdf)
  • Mon. 11/1 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW Sec. 5.1 #1-15 odd, 19, 23, 27-33 odd, 37, 55, 57
    • Present Tuesday: #23, 37, 57
  • Tue. 11/2 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW Sec. 5.1 #89, 91, 93
    • HW Sec. 5.2 #1-21 odd, 35-41 odd, 81, 83-84, 85
    • Present Wednesday: 5.1 #93, and 5.2 #21, 83
  • Wed. 11/3 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW 5.2 #43-49 odd, 87, 89*, 91*, 95* (* = do not graph)
    • Present Thursday: 5.2 #47, 87, 89
      • Erica O. Mitch P. Brian P. Kali S. Morgan S. Stacie V.
  • Thu. 11/4 (Notes.pdf)
    • HW 5.3 #17, 19, and 23-45 odd
    • Present Tuesday: 5.3 #35, 39, 43
      • Jena V. Edric W. Kevin W. Kayla W. William Z. Shannon B.
Week 10

(Quiz 14.ans.pdf)
  • Tue. 11/9 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 5.5 #33-41 odd, 57, 61, 63-69 odd
    • Present Wednesday #39, 41, 67
  • Wed. 11/10 Review (Notes.pdf)
    • Ch. 4 review (p. 264-265): #8, 18-21, 23, 24, 39* (* calculate and use E(p); formula for E(p) will be provided)
    • Ch. 5 review (p. 345-346): #9-12, 17-21, 22-24 (new on 11/10), 31, 33-35, 37, 38, 43, 49
  • Thu. 11/11 Exam 3
Week 11

(Quiz 15.ans.pdf)
  • Mon. 11/15 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 5.6 #11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 31*, and 35 (*use a graphing calculator or run Geogebra to find the zeros of C'(x), which are a bit tricky to find by hand in #31.)
    • Present Tuesday #23, 31*, 35
  • Tue. 11/16 (Notes.pdf) - No quiz today
    • Sec. 6.1 #27-49 odd, 55, 57, 85 (more from this section tomorrow)
    • Present Wednesday #41, 47, 55
  • Wed. 11/17 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 6.1 cont #61-75 odd; 83, 87, 95
    • Present Thursday #69, 75, 83
  • Thu. 11/18 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 6.2 #13-33 odd, 39, 45, 73, 74 *Note: #27, 29, and 31 are similar to Example #6 on p. 368.
    • Present Monday: 27*, 39, 74 - presenters, see Ex. 6 for a similar problem.
Week 12

(Quiz 16.ans.pdf)
  • Mon. 11/22 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 6.2 #13-33 odd, 39, 45, 73, 74 (from last time) and add: 49, 51, 53, 57, 59
    • Present Tuesday: 29, 51, 53
  • Tue. 11/23 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 6.4 #1-3, 9, 11, 13, 17, 25, 27, 67
    • Present Monday: 17, 27, 67
Week 13

(Quiz 17.ans.pdf)
  • Mon. 11/29 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 6.5 #25-39 odd, 55*, 57*, and 63
      • (*do #55 and 57 only if you have a graphing calculator that can do numerical integration)
    • Present Tuesday #33, 39, 63
  • Tue. 11/30 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 6.5 #43, 45, 67, 73, 79, 83
    • Present Wednesday: #67, 73, 79
      • Stacie V. Jena V. Edric W. Kevin W. Kayla W. William Z.
  • Wed. 12/1 (Notes.pdf)
    • Optimization podcasts: 1
    • Reimann Sums podcasts: 3
    • Indefinite integral (antiderivative) podcasts: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 
    • Applications of integrals: 7, 8, 11
    • Definite integral (fundamental theorem) podcasts: 9, 10 
    • Optimization: p. 347 #63-64 (#68 would have made a nice project topic!)
    • Integration: 1, 3, 5-8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 35, 38, 46, 48, 50, 63-68
  • Thu. 12/2 - Exam 4 - See D2L for the solutions.
Week 14

(Quiz 18.ans.pdf)
  • Mon. 12/6 (Notes.pdf)
    • Sec. 7.1 HW #27-43 odd, 47, 49, 81, 90
    • Present Tuesday #47, 49, 90
      • Shannon B., Shelly B., Brianna B., Thuy B., Cara C., Elissa C.
      • Podcasts on area between curves: (1)(2)
  • Tue. 12/7 (Notes.pdf)
    • 7.1 #83, 85 and 7.2 #1-7 odd, 11, 21, 29-35 odd
    • Present Wednesday: 7.1 #83, and 7.2 #7, 35
      • Emily F., Emily H., Maria H., Zuyao H., Jessica J., Chelsea J.
  • Wed. 12/8 (Notes.pdf)
    • 7.2 #37, 39, 43, 45*, 47, 49* (* graph is optional, but it may help with interpretation)
    • Present Thursday #39, 43, 47
      • Trent, Luke, Ashley, Jonathan, Erica, Mitch, Brian
  • Thu. 12/9 (Project Work Day; Quiz too!)

 
Week 15
Final Exam Friday, Dec. 17 from 10am until noon. Location is 322 Carl Wimberly Hall -- *NOT* in our usual meeting place!