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Exam #3 Review

Listed below are the topics and exercises to review for the 3rd midterm exam on Wednesday Nov 22.

Note that the MAT1275 Final Exam Review is available as a pdf in Files, and is also available on the Math Department website.

  • logarithms
    • Quiz #6
    • MAT1275 Final Exam Review: #13
    • WebWork: LogarithmicFunctions, Problems 6-10
    • Algebra textbook: Sec 8.4, pp683-685 (Examples 2-4)
  • solving exponential equations

    • Quiz #7
    • MAT1275 Final Exam Review: #12
    • WebWork: ExponentialEquations-Calc, Problems 1,3
    • Algebra textbook: Sec 8.7, pp722-723 (Example 7)
  • trigonometry ratios in right triangles

    • Quiz #7
    • WebWork: TrigonometryRatios, Problems 4-6; SolvingRightTriangles, Problems 1-4
    • Trigonometry textbook: Section 2.2, pages 54-56; Section 2.3, pages 63-66
  • trigonometry in the coordinate plane
    • MAT1275 Final Exam Review: #8
    • WebWork: CoordinatePlaneTrig, Problems 1-5
    • Trigonometry textbook: Section 1.3, pages 22-27

This exam will also include a couple topics from earlier exams:

  • graphing quadratic functions:
    • specifically, graphing a quadratic function of the form y = -x^2 + bx + c (so a parabola which opens downwards)
    • MAT1275 Final Exam Review: #2(c)
    • Algebra textbook,
  • simplifying complex (i.e., nested) fractions
    • Quiz #5, question #2
    • Exam #2: question #1
    • MAT1275 Final Exam Review: #3

Compound Interest Homework – Part 1

Included below is the pdf of the worksheet handed out in class today, and the two videos you need to watch to complete the worksheet. (If you need to download the pdf to print it out, go to Files.)

MAT1275EN: Compound Interest Homework, Part 1

 

 

PatrickJMT — “Deriving the Annual Compound Interest Formula”: