Calculus I (201-103-DW) SECTION 3
Dawson College, Fall 2008
Taught by Emilie Richer

ANNOUNCEMENTS

-STUDY SESSION Thursday December 11th Meet at my office 7.B.13. We will find a classroom and people can work individually on problems from 9 am - 2 pm. I will be there to answer as many questions as I possibly can.

-(Sun Dec 10th) Your FINAL EXAM IS ON FRIDAY DEC 12TH! If you haven't already started studying now is the time to do so. I will be in my office tomorrow, Monday Dec. 11th from 9am to 1pm. Feel free to come and do work at school and I will be able to assist you (I am in 7.B.13). I suggest you redo your past tests and the review exercise for each test. Don't spend too much time on one subject, make sure you look over every topic at least once. Here is a link to past final exams (scroll down to Calculus 1, 103DW): http://dc37.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/math/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=47

-(Wed Dec 3rd) I have corrected the answers to the test 4 exercises. If you download them now, they should be right.

-(Fri Nov 28th) TEST 4 is on Friday Dec. 5th.
It covers sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1 and 6.2

Here are Test 4 Practise Exercises

-(Fri Nov 21st) BONUS ASSIGNMENT DUE MONDAY MORNING: 1% on your FINAL GRADE. Questions 1-10 of section 4.5. Late assignments will not be accepted. Note that the units used in question 3 are "running feet", which means the number of feet on the ground. Please send me e-mails if you are having trouble interpreting the problems. THE ASSIGNMENT IS DUE AT 10am SHARP.

-(Fri Nov 21st) QUIZ 12 will cover sections 4.4 and 4.5 (with emphasis on section 4.4 business word problems (#45-54))

-(Tues Nov 4th) IF YOU GUYS FILL OUT THIS SURVEY FOR DAWSON ABOUT COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CMS) aka LEA, WEBCT etc YOUR NAME GOES INTO A DRAW TO WIN AN IPOD. IT TAKES 5 MINUTES, HONESTLY I JUST DID IT. CLICK ON THE LINK.
http://crfs.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/?id=51

For PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS scroll to the bottom of the page.

CLASS SCHEDULE
Mondays, 10am - 12pm, room 3F.5
Tuesdays, 1pm - 2:30pm, room 4A.3
Wednesdays, 1pm - 2pm, room 5B.3 (Computer Lab)
Thursdays, 1pm - 2:30pm, room 4.A.3

OFFICE HOURS
(Held either in my office 7B.13 or in the math tutorial room 7B.1)
Tuesdays 2:30pm - 4pm
Wednesdays 11:30am - 2pm
Thursdays 3pm - 4pm
Fridays 1pm - 2pm & 2:30pm - 4pm

USEFUL INFORMATION
- Here is a copy of the Course Outline (Teacher Supplement) and Course Outline (Math Department)


HOMEWORK
Here is a list of the homework I have assigned in class. It is NOT to be handed in, but it will guarantee your success in this class!

(Nov 27th) Section 6.2 p. 417 #1-14, 17-26
(Nov 27th) Section 6.1 p. 405 #9-50
(Nov 21st) Section 4.5 p.318 #1-10
(Nov 21st) Section 4.4 p. 309 #40, 45-54
(Nov 17th) Section 4.4 p.309 #15-28, 31-38
(Nov 17th) Section 4.3 p.293 #33, 34, 36, 37-48
(Nov 7th) Section 4.2 p.276 #1-12, 17-26, 30-38, 41-46
(Nov 7th) Section 4.1 p. 258 # 1-8, 11-35, 42, 47-65
(Nov 2nd) Section 5.5 p.377 # 33-45
(Oct 27th) Section 3.6 p. 229 #1-16, 21, 22, 25, 26, 29-37
(Oct 27th) Section 5.5 p.377 #1-32, 47, 48
(Oct 16th) Section 5.4 p.366 #1-34
(Oct 10th) Section 3.4 p.208 #3-17
(Oct 6th) Section 3.5 p.216 # 1-37
(Sept 29th) Section 12.3 p.794 #1-6,9-11,15, 19-22, 24-26
(Sept 29th) Section 3.3 p.192 #1-48 & #61-64
(Sept 23rd) Section 3.2 p.180 #1-30 & #35-46
(Sept 16th) Section 3.1 p.168 #51-74
(Sept 12th) Section 3.1 p.167 #1-36 and 41-45
(Sept 12th) Section 2.6 p.149 #9-24
(Sept 4th) Section 2.5 p.127 #45-60
(Sept 3rd) Section 2.5 p.127 #1-44
(Sept 3rd) Section 2.4 p.114 #73-80
(Aug 28th) Section 2.4 p.111 #1-8 and 23-60

SOLUTIONS TO TESTS
diagnostic_quiz.pdf
103_practise_test_1.pdf
103_solutions_practise_test_1.pdf
1033_solutions_test_1_.pdf
1033_solutions_test_3_.pdf
1033_solutions_test_4_.pdf
1033_solution_bonus_question_test_4_.pdf
103_solutions_bonus_absolute_extrema_.pdf
Test 4 Practise Exercises
Test 3 Practise Exercises
Test 2 Practise Exercises

PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS
-(Mon Nov 17th) From the information I have gathered it appears that the final exam IS NOT RESCHEDULED. But Monday Dec. 8th class is moved to Thursday Dec. 11th, the day before your exam.
-(Mon Nov 17th) QUIZ 11 covers sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3
-(Tues Nov 11th) Here are solutions to the practise exercises:
Solutions TEST 3 exercises.
Solutions TEST 3 exercises (graphs).
-(Mon Nov 10th) Here are some practise exercises for your test 3, sorry it took me so long to get them ready. I will post the answers soon . TEST 3 EXERCISES.
-(Fri Nov 7th) Your TEST 3 is next week. It covers sections 3.6, 5.5, 4.1 & 4.2 (all homework exercises). Your Quiz 10 covers sections 4.1 & 4.2
- (Sun Nov 2nd) Quiz 9 will cover the same sections as Quiz 8, but the questions will be more difficult. I've also added more 5.5 exercises to the homework (see below).
- (Mon Oct 27th) Quiz 8 will cover sections 3.6 (Implicit Differentiation) & 5.5 (Differentiation of Logarithmic functions). See homework exercises posted below.
-(Wed Oct 22nd) ***Correction on derivative practise sheet*** Question 2 (u) Answer : 2sinx/cos^3x, note this will also affect the answer to 2(v)
-(Thur. Oct 16th) Quiz #7 will cover homework exercises from sections 3.5 (higher order derivatives) and 5.4 (derivatives of exponential functions)
-(Thurs. Oct 16th) TEST #2 is NEXT THURSDAY Oct. 23rd. The test will cover sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 3.5, 12.3 (trig. functions) & 5.4 (exponential functions). I have prepared some exercises for you to do, keep in mind that these are only derivatives and do not include any of the world problems that you are also responsible for. Check the homework exercises corresponding to each of these sections to make sure that you are ready. Click HERE for the exercises.
-(Wed. Oct 15th) Your Quiz #6 will cover section 3.4 #3-17
-(Mon. Oct 6th) Your Quiz #5 will cover section 3.3 #1-48 #61-64
-(Mon. Sept 29th) Your Quiz #4 will cover section 3.1 #41-46 & 51-74 and section 3.2 #1-30 & 35-46
-(Tues. Sep 23rd) Your Test #1 will cover sections 2.4, 2.5 2.6 & 3.1 all homework exercises.
-(Tues. Sep 23rd) Your Quiz #3 will cover sections 2.6 #9-20 and 3.1 #1-35
-(Fri Sep 12th) Your Quiz #2 will cover section 2.5 homework exercises
-(Thur Sep 4th) Your Quiz #1 will cover section 2.4 homework exercises
-(Fri. Aug 29th) I have added a section below with the exercises you are supposed to do as homework
-(Mon. Aug 25th) All students are expected to attend the computer lab during the first week of classes in order to register themselves in their respective sections.