MAT 1475H Honors Calculus I Spring 2014

WebWork sets Derivatives-ChainRule, Derivatives-InverseTrig, and Derivatives-Exponential-Logs are all due Sunday night. Don’t forget to set your clock FORWARD. Otherwise, these sets will be due an hour before you expect them to be.

There is no written component this week. Instead, you’ll complete the Test #1 Review assignment. Instructions are here. Don’t forget, before you publish your post, add the category “Test #1 Review.” As long as everyone remembers that part, you’ll be able to see all the submissions here.

Update: Since I droned on and on about old homework in today’s class (sorry) we didn’t get to derivatives of inverse trig functions, so the due date for Webwork set Derivatives-InverseTrig will be postponed, now due Tuesday night. The questions aren’t too hard, once you have the tools, though, and questions of this type may appear on Wednesday’s test, so you’re more than welcome to try this Webwork set now. All you’ll need is what’s contained in Theorem 3 on page 180.

I just realized that I may have written the wrong section numbers on the board today. We covered part of Section 3.8 and part of Section 3.9. From Section 3.8 all that’s left is the derivatives of the inverse trigonometric functions. Section 3.9 includes a discussion of hyperbolic trigonometric functions, which I plan on skipping (but you’re welcome to read yourself), so we’re officially done with 3.9.

My plan for Monday’s class is to finish off 3.8 and then go over the review questions you guys are putting up on the OpenLab, and tie up any other loose ends that need tying up before Wednesday’s test.

WebWork sets Derivatives-ProductQuotient and Derivatives-Trigonometric are due Sunday night. These sets are a little long but should be straightforward after tomorrow’s class.

At the beginning of Monday’s class, please hand in the written component:
3.3 #64, 65, and 66
3.6 #49

An optional interesting problem is 3.6 #58. You might like to play around with this one, and we can talk about what you come up with, but don’t hand it in with the other exercises.

UPDATE: WebWork set Derivatives-Trigonometric is now due TUESDAY, MARCH 4 at 11:59pm. You can certainly go through most of the exercises now, but we’ll go through a bit more of the theory together on Monday in class. You can also omit 3.6 #49 from the written component. We can talk about this one in class together on Monday.

A few people had asked permission to resubmit the homework they handed in today, based on the feedback they got on the homework that was returned today. If anyone else wants to resubmit, you can do so and hand in the updated version in class on Wednesday.

The update to Homework #4 is that there is no update. I just checked, and given what we talked about today, you should be able to complete all the Webwork for Sunday night, and all the written work for Monday morning. There’s more to talk about from Section 3.2, but you won’t need it for the homework exercises.

Most of the questions assigned to you from 3.2 involve the relationship between the graph of a function and the graph of its derivative. This can take some getting used to at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’ll be easy. It might be helpful for you to explore the example I showed in class today more yourself. Click below.

(Originally posted on Blackboard on February 14)

Webwork: DerivativeDefinition and DerivativeFunction due February 23

Handwritten component due February 24:

2.7 #23-29 odd (these are fairly computational; there is no WebWork set corresponding to section 2.7) and #43

3.1 #49

3.2 #43, 44, 45, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 98

(Originally posted on Blackboard on February 14)

Webwork: LimitsAlgebraic Trig due February 16)

Handwritten component due February 20:

2.5, Preliminary questions, #2

2.5, Further insights and challenges, #55

2.6, Exercises, #3

2.6, Exercises, #33

2.6, Exercises, #51

(Originally posted on Blackboard on February 3.)

Webwork: LimitsIntro and LimitsContinuity due February 9.

Handwritten due February 10.

2.2 #37

2.3 #31

2.4 #81, 84, 88