Author Archives: Sybil Shaver

Wednesday 2 April class

Topics: • Identifying the properties of logarithms that are being used: see the handout for their names On Test 3 you will be asked to identify the property of logs you are using at each step. Please try to use … Continue reading

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Monday 31 March class

Topics: • Transformations of the basic graph for b>1, and finding the domain (Example 13.13) • Using the properties of logarithms to simplify expressions containing logarithms (Example 14.2) • Using the properties of logarithms to expand a logarithm (Example 14.3) … Continue reading

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Reminder: contribute to the discussions in Piazza!

There are a couple of questions posted on the Piazza discussion board that are seeking student solutions, as well as other goodies that you may find useful. Remember that you can also help by editing an answer to improve it! This … Continue reading

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Wednesday 26 March class

Topics: • Basic exponential functions and their graphs (for b>1 and for 0<b<1): See Example 13.2 and Observation 13.3, also Example 13.5 Note that all of these basic graphs have the y-intercept at (0,1) and have a horizontal asymptote y=0 … Continue reading

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Monday 24 March class

Topics: • Quick review of the first method of solving absolute value inequalities, expanded to also look at the graph. See also Example 12.4(d) in the textbook. • Solving linear inequalities: this is just like solving linear equations, except that … Continue reading

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Checklist

Please go through the checklist and make sure that you have everything set up. Especially make sure you have an email address in WeBWorK, as that will be used to send out midterm grades later on.

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Monday 17 March and Wednesday 19 March classes

(after Test 2 on Wednesday) Topics: Rational Functions and their graphs • Domain: the domain of a rational function will be all real numbers except the x-values which make the denominator 0. • Vertical asymptotes: these occur where the denominator … Continue reading

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Peer-Led Team Learning for MAT 1375

  Spring 2014 PLTL Schedule (link to pdf of the schedule, or click on the image below to embiggen it)

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Test 2 Review: Updated with references to the textbook

Test 2 is scheduled for the first 50 minutes of class on Wednesday 19 March.   The review Self-Tests were handed out in class and are also available on the Piazza discussion board, where you can ask questions if you get stuck! … Continue reading

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Wednesday 12 March class

Topics: • Finding all roots of a polynomial and using them to find a complete factorization of the polynomial over the complex numbers. • For a polynomial with real coefficients, if it has non-real complex roots they occur in conjugate … Continue reading

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