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Last-minute encouragement

Here’s a soundtrack for your last-minute exam preparation. To be clear: you are Rocky and tomorrow’s exam is every opponent Rocky ever faced (in Rocky I through IV at least; I forget what happens in Rocky V). It might knock … Continue reading

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Extra Credit Assigment

ExtraCredit As announced in class today, you will have the opportunity to complete an assignment for extra credit (link to PDF above). Assignments that are complete and thoughtful can earn up to an extra 1% for your overall grade. This … Continue reading

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Test #3 Solutions

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Cylindrical shells – last example from today’s class

As soon as class ended today, I realized that we had forgotten something important when setting up the integral that computed the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region between and the -axis, between and , about the … Continue reading

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Test #3 Grades – Posted

Test #3 grades are now posted in Blackboard’s gradebook. It will still be a few days before solutions are available.

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Links for 5.1, 6.3, and 6.4

Here are some helpful links for this Thursday’s and next week’s lectures: Riemann sums left endpoint, right endpoint, midpoint Riemann sum calculator Solids of revolution (disk/washer method and shell method)

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Taylor Polynomials and Taylor Series – Links

I’ll show these two graphs in class on Tuesday. (It’s convenient to store the links here; you can click on them before Tuesday’s class if you like.)

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A not-hard-but-annoying thing

A couple times in class today I referred to something as not hard, but annoying. Here’s an example of the kind of thing I’m talking about: Write the series as an infinite series starting at . Notice that . In … Continue reading

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Test 2 and Midterm Grades

Test 2 grades and midterm grades are now available in Blackboard’s gradebook. Your midterm grade was calculated using the formula: test 1 and test 2: 40% each; quizzes and WebWork: 10% each. The midterm grade grade is for your information only. … Continue reading

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Test #2 Solutions

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