Functions & Trigonometry (201-009-05)
Continuing Education Section 2

Dawson College, Fall 2009
Taught by Emilie Richer


FINAL EXAM will be held in the gym on
Thu. Dec. 17th 6:30-9:30 pm

FINAL EXAM OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday December 15th 9:00am - 12pm
Wednesday December 16th 11:00am - 2pm

PREVIOUS FINAL EXAMS

Final Exam Winter 2006
Final Exam Winter 2005
Final Exam Fall 2005
Final Exam Fall 2004

Study Tips for Final Exam

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS & RELATED HOMEWORK
(Week 1)
Hand out course outlines, review of exponents (p.1-4)
Exercises p.3 #1-30 (scanned page below)
More examples of simplifying exponential expressions, addition, subtraction and multiplication of polynomials (p.5-9)
Exercises p.7-8 #1-7

(Week 2)
Long division of polynomials (p.10-13)
Exercises p.12-13 #1-32
Factoring polynomials (p.14-20)
Exercises p.17-20 #1-6

(Week 3)
Rational expressions (p.21-28)
Exercises p.24-28 #1-8
Roots and radicals (p.29-35)

(Week 4)
Roots and radicals continued (p.29-35)
Exercises p.32-34 #1-9
END OF TEST 1 MATERIAL

(Week 5)
Solving linear equations (p.36 - 40)
Exercises p.38 - 40 #1, 3, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25
Solving Quadratic Equations (p.41 - 56)
Exercises (In these questions, use any method you like for solving quadratic equations) p.44 #1, 2, 11, 13, 17, 21, 31 and p. 53 # 1-4
TEST 1

(Tuesday Week 6)
Solving equations containing fractions (p.57 - 62)
Exercises p.59 #1 - 3, 8, 10, 11
Introduction to functions (p.73 - 77)
Functions, Domain of Function, Composition of Functions (p.73 - 77 & p.113)
Exercises p.73 #1-58, 70 - 77 & p.113 # 19 - 33

(Week 7)
Linear functions, the slope and equations of a line (p.78 - 96)
Exercises p. 81 # 2(g)(i)(h)(m) #4-6 &
p.89 #1(a)(e)(d), #2(a)(c)(f)(k), #4(b)(f), #5(e)(h), #6(d)(f), #8, #11-30
Quadratic Functions (p. 97-106)
Exercises p.101 #1(d)(h)(o)(r)(u), 2-4, 7-14, 22

(Week 8)
Piece-Wise Functions (p.107 - 112)
Sketching square root functions
Exercises p.110 # 1-14
END OF TEST 2 MATERIAL

(Week 9)
Review for Test 2
TEST 2

(Week 10)
Inverse Functions (p.120-126)
Exercises p.124 #1-10
Exponential Functions (p.127-135)
Exercises p.132 #2, 5, 9, 10, 14

(Week 11)
Logarithmic Functions (p.127-135)
Exercises p.132 #16 - 66 (Practice makes perfect!) #70, 72, 76-78
Properties of Logarithms (p.136-147)
Exercises p.142 #1-123 (More practice makes perfect!!!)

(Week 12)
Selected exercises from p.142 #1-123 were completed in class
Introduction to Trigonometry (p.148-150)
Exercises p.150 #1, 6, 11
The Trigonometric Functions (p.151-154)
Exercises p.153 #1-4

(Week 13)
Radian Measure in Trigonometry (p.183-187)
Exercises p.186 #1-3, 5-8
The Special Triangles (p.180-187)
Exercises p.182 #1, 3
Exercises p.186 #5

(Week 14)
Solving Trigonometric Equations (p.200-204)
Exercises p.203 #1 a)b)c)d)e)f)o)p)q)s)t)u)v)w) #2a)b)c)d)f)g)h)i)j)k)l)n)
Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions (p.189-194)

(Week 15)
Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions (p.189-194)
Exercises p.192 #1, 2, 3
Inverse Trigonometric Functions (p.205-208)
Exercises p.208 #1-2
Trigonometric Identities (p.195-199)
Exercises p.198 #1-16, 19-24
Solving Right Angle Triangles (p.155-164)
Exercises p.158 #4 - 20

(Week 16)
Hand out Exam Review Packages

DOWNLOADABLE STUFF
Course Outline
Exponent exercises
Exponent answers
Test 1 Solutions
Solutions to Assignment 4
Solutions to Assignment 5
Solutions to Assignment 6
Test 2 Solutions
Solutions to Assignment 7
Solutions to Assignment 8
Solutions to Assignment 9
Solutions to Assignment 10
Test 3 Solutions