MATH 141
Calculus I, Fall 2009

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IMPORTANT: The second exam covers through webwork set 11. Although problems from sections 3.5 and 3.6 are not represented on the practice exam, these sections will be tested on exam 2. You should consult problems 5-20 on pg. 213, 45-54 on pg. 214, and 2-22 on pg. 220 for practice on these types of problems.
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Course Schedule
This schedule is subject to change. Please check this schedule regularly for updates as problems may be added on a weekly basis. All homework problems are from the text Calculus, Early Transcendentals (6th edition) by James Stewart.

Week of Reading assignment Webwork assignment Recommended homework
9/1 Appendix A:
Numbers, Inequalities, and Absolute Values.
Appendix B:
Coordinate Geometry and Lines.		 Set 0 and 1 App. A:
#11, 13, 21, 33, 44, 51.
App. B:
#3, 9, 23, 29, 34, 45, 51, 57.
9/7 Appendix D:
Trigonometry.
Chapter 1.3:
New Functions from Old Functions.		 Set 2 App. D:
# 3, 9, 13, 23, 25, 65, 67.
Ch. 1.3:
#3, 29, 32, 39, 41, 43, 50.
9/14 Chapter 1.5:
Exponential Functions.
Chapter 1.6:
Inverse Functions and Logarithms.		 Set 3 Ch. 1.5:
#7, 12, 15, 17, 25(a-c).
Ch. 1.6:
#21, 23, 25, 35, 38, 49, 59, 60a, 61, 62b, 63, 64a, 66, 67.
9/21 Chapter 2.1:
The Tangent and Velocity Problems.
Chapter 2.2:
The Limit of a Function.		 Set 4 Ch. 2.1:
#1 - 3, 5.
Ch. 2.2:
#1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 25, 27.
9/28 Chapter 2.3:
Calculating Limits using Limit Laws.
Chapter 2.5:
Continuity.		 Set 5 Ch. 2.3:
#1, 5, 7, 10, 11 - 23 odd, 35, 37, 57.
Ch. 2.5:
#3, 17, 20, 39, 45, 47, 60.
10/5 Chapter 2.6:
Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes.
Chapter 2.7:
Derivatives and Rates of Change.		 Set 6 Ch. 2.6:
#3, 5, 13 - 31 odd.
Ch. 2.7:
#5, 9, 11, 17, 25 - 29 odd.
10/12 Chapter 2.7:
Derivatives and Rates of Change.
Chapter 2.8:
The Derivative as a Function.		 Set 7 Ch. 2.7:
#5, 9, 11, 17, 25 - 29 odd.
Ch. 2.8:
#2, 5 - 11 odd, 19, 25, 27, 41, 47, 48.
10/19 Chapter 3.1:
Derivatives of Polynomials and
Exponential Functions.
Chapter 3.2:
Product and Quotient Rules.
Midterm 1: Tuesday, October 20, 8:00 AM, Hoyt Auditorium.		 Set 8 Ch. 3.1:
#5, 6, 7, 15 - 23 odd, 49, 53, 65.
Ch. 3.2:
#3 - 25 odd, 44, 49, 54.
10/26 Chapter 3.2:
Product and Quotient Rules.
Chapter 3.3:
Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions.		 Set 9 Ch. 3.2:
#3 - 25 odd, 44, 49, 54.
Ch. 3.3:
#3, 5, 9, 14, 17, 39 - 44.
11/02 Chapter 3.4:
The Chain Rule.
Chapter 3.5:
Implicit Differentiation.		 Set 10 Ch. 3.4:
#5, 7, 9, 11, 23, 33, 34, 53, 61, 72.
Ch. 3.5:
#3, 8, 11, 17, 21, 27, 45, 47.
11/09 Chapter 3.6:
Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions.
Chapter 3.9:
Related Rates.		 Set 11 Ch. 3.6:
#3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 23, 39, 40, 49.
Ch. 3.9:
#3, 11, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 41.
11/16 Chapter 3.9:
Related Rates.
Chapter 3.10:
Linear Approximations and Differentials.
Midterm 2: Thursday, November 19, 8:00 AM, Hoyt Auditorium.		 Set 12 Ch. 3.9:
#3, 11, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 41.
Ch. 3.10:
#2, 5, 23, 25, 27, 31.
11/23 Chapter 3.7:
Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences (PHYSICS)
Chapter 4.1:
Maximum and Minimum Values.
Thanksgiving Break begins: 12:00 PM Wednesday, November 25. 		Set 13 Ch. 3.7:
#7 - 10.
Ch. 4.1:
#3, 7 - 19 odd, 31, 50, 59.
11/30 Chapter 4.2:
The Mean Value Theorem.
Chapter 4.3:
How Derivatives Affect the Shape of a Graph.		 Set 13 Ch. 4.2:
#4, 5, 11, 17, 23, 25.
Ch. 4.3:
#5, 8, 11, 23, 25, 31, 45.
12/07 Chapter 4.4:
Indeterminate Forms and L'Hopital's Rule.		 Ch. 4.4:
#5 - 11 odd, 17 - 23 odd, 42, 49, 53, 55, 56.