Applied Mathematics for Electronics Engineering Technology
(201-943-DW) Section 1

Dawson College, Fall 2012
Taught by Emilie Richer
Emilie Richer's Schedule Fall 2012

FINAL EXAM INFORMATION

DATE, TIME, LOCATION

  • Date of Final Exam: Friday December 14th 2012
  • Time of Final Exam: 9:30am - 12:30pm
  • Location of Final Exam: Gym

PREVIOUS FINAL EXAMS


EXAM OFFICE HOURS

  • 1:00 - 3:00pm, Tuesday December 11th, Room 8A.11
  • 1:00 - 5:00pm, Thursday December 13th, Room 8A.11
  • Feel free to contact me by e-mail if you have any questions

CLASS SCHEDULE
Mondays 8:30am-10:00am ROOM 4.A.4
Wednesdays 8:30am-10:00am ROOM 4.A.4
Fridays 12:00pm - 2:00pm ROOM 5.A.12

OFFICE HOURS
E-mail me to schedule an appointment OR pop by room 8.A.11 where I spend most of my time. If I'm not in a meeting then I can help you!

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT
In this section I summarize what we have covered in the class and I suggest exercises for practice. You should be trying a selection of these exercises including the higher numbers which are more difficult.

(WEEK 1 - August 22nd)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Presentation of Course Outline
  • Order of Operations
  • Exponents


(WEEK 2 - August 27th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Exponents
  • Roots and radicals
  • Fractional exponents
  • Algebraic expressions


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 1.2 #5 to 36 (order of operations)
  • Section 1.4 #5 to 60 (exponents)
  • Section 1.6 #5 to 36 (roots and radicals)
  • Section 11.2 #5 to 60(fractional exponents)
  • Section 1.7 #5 to 46 (addition of subtraction of algebraic expressions)
  • Section 1.8 #5 to 58 (multiplication of algebraic expressions)
  • Section 1.9 #5 to 24 (division of algebraic expressions)
  • Section 1.10 #5 to 32 (solving equations)

(WEEK 3 - September 5th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Factoring


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 6.2 #5 to 58 (common factor and difference of squares)
  • Section 6.3 #7 to 68 (factoring trinomials)
  • Section 6.4 #3 to 26 (sum and difference of cubes)

(WEEK 4 - September 10th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Solving quadratic equations by factoring
  • Using the quadratic formula
  • The graph of the quadratic function


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 7.1 #9 to 38 (quadratic equations; solutions by factoring)
  • Section 7.3 #5 to 36 (the quadratic formula)
  • Section 7.4 #3 to 16(the graph of the quadratic function)

(WEEK 5 - September 17th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Systems of equations
  • Word problems


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 5.4 #29-40
  • Section 5.5 #3-18
  • Section 1.12 #5-32

(WEEK 6 - September 24th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Equations involving fractions
  • Review for Test 1


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 6.7 #5-46
  • Section 6.8 #5-32
  • Assignment 1 (see below)

(WEEK 7 - October 1st)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Introduction to functions
  • Domain of a function
  • Lines


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 3.1 #13-44
  • Section 3.2 #13-20

(WEEK 8 - October 8th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Lines
  • Piece-wise defined functions
  • Graphs of square root functions


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 5.2 #5-36
  • Section 3.4 #33, 34, 57

(WEEK 9 - October 15th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Exponential functions
  • Logarithmic functions
  • Properties of logarithms


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 13.1 #3-30
  • Section 13.2 #5-50

(WEEK 10 - October 22nd)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Exponential functions
  • Logarithmic functions
  • Properties of logarithms
  • Logarithms to the base 10
  • Natural logarithms
  • Change of base formula


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 13.3 #9-56
  • Section 13.4 #21-24
  • Section 13.5 #3-47

(WEEK 11 - October 29th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Exponential and logarithmic equations


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 13.6 #3-30, 39-43

(WEEK 12 - November 5th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Radian measurement
  • Trigonometric functions
  • Special triangles


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 8.3 #5-50
  • Section 8.1 #3-40
  • Section 4.1 #21-28, 37-52
  • Section 4.2 #3-34

(WEEK 13 - November 12th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Special triangles
  • Solving trigonometric equations
  • Trigonometric word problems
  • Applications of radian measurement


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 8.2 #5-44
  • Section 8.4 #5-16, 22, 23, 24, 27, 32, 52
  • Review Chapter 4 #63, 64, 66-75
  • Review Chapter 20 #65-68

(WEEK 14 - November 19th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Introduction to complex numbers


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 12.1 #5-60
  • Section 12.2 #5- 44

(WEEK 15 - November 26th)

MATERIAL COVERED:

  • Rectangular form of complex number
  • Polar form of complex number
  • Exponential form of complex number
  • Powers and roots of complex numbers


SUGGESTED PRACTICE EXERCISES:

  • Section 8.4 #5-16, 22, 23, 24, 27, 32, 52
  • Review Chapter 4 #63, 64, 66-75
  • Review Chapter 20 #65-68


ASSIGNMENTS

ASSIGNMENT 3 (due on December 5th):

8th EDITION:
Chapter 8 Review #50, 52, 53, 54, 80
Chapter 4 Review #72, 74
Chapter 20 Review #65, 66, 67, 69
Chapter 12 Review #26, 32, 44, 66, 76, 80

9th EDITION:
Chapter 8 Review #50, 52, 53, 54, 84
Chapter 4 Review # 82, 84
Chapter 20 Review #65, 66, 67, 69
Chapter 12 Review #26, 32, 44, 66, 76, 80

ASSIGNMENT 2 (due on November 2nd, 12:00pm sharp):

8th EDITION:
Section 3.1 p.84 #14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24
Section 3.2 p.87 #6, 8, 10, 12, 18-22
Section 3.4 p.95 #33, 34
Chapter 3 Review p.105 #11, 12
Chapter 5 Review p.169 #10, 11
Section 13.1 p.364 #14, 15
Section 13.2 p.369 #32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 46, 47
Section 13.3 p.373 #22, 24, 26, 28, 46, 48, 50, 52
Section 13.4 p.376 #22, 23
Section 13.6 p.383 #4, 8, 10, 14, 20, 24, 25, 28
9th EDITION:
Section 3.1 p.85 #14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24
Section 3.2 p.88 #6, 8, 10, 12, 18-22
Section 3.4 p.97 #33, 34
Chapter 3 Review p.107 #11, 12
Chapter 5 Review p.172 #10, 11
Section 13.1 p.372 #14, 15
Section 13.2 p.377 #32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 46, 47
Section 13.3 p.381 #22, 24, 26, 28, 46, 48, 50, 52
Section 13.4 p.384 #22, 23
Section 13.6 p.391 #4, 8, 10, 14, 20, 24, 25, 28

ASSIGNMENT 1 (due on September 28th, 12:00pm sharp):

8th EDITION:
Section 1.4 p.20: #22, 24, 28, 29, 30, 36, 40, 42, 44, 50
Section 1.6 p.26: #5-36* ODD numbers ONLY
Section 1.7 p.29-30: #10, 20, 28, 30, 32, 40
Section 1.8 p.32: #10, 18, 38, 53, 55
Section 1.9 p.35: #18, 22, 23, 24
Section 1.10 p.39: #12-26* ODD numbers ONLY & 37, 38
Section 11.2 p.325-326:#39-45
Chapter 6 Review p.213: #14, 18, 22, 26, 28, 30, 32, 38, 40
Chapter 7 Review p.233: #26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 46, 48
Chapter 5 Review p.172: #22, 24, 50, 74, 77, 86
Section 1.12 p.45: #14, 17, 24, 28
9th EDITION:
Section 1.4 p.20: #20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44
Section 1.6 p.26: #5-36* ODD numbers ONLY
Section 1.7 p.29-30: #10, 20, 28, 30, 32, 40
Section 1.8 p.32: #10, 16, 31, 45, 47
Section 1.9 p.35: #18, 21, 22, 24
Section 1.10 p.39: #12-26* ODD numbers ONLY & 37, 38
Section 11.2 p.320: #39-45
Chapter 6 Review p.209: #14, 18, 22, 26, 28, 30, 32, 38, 40
Chapter 7 Review p.229: #26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 46, 48
Chapter 5 Review p. 169-170: #22, 24, 50, 74, 79, 88
Section 1.12 p.45: #14, 17, 24, 28


DOWNLOADABLE STUFF
General Course Outline
Teacher's Supplement to Course Outline
Solutions (In-class Assignment 1 - Exponents)
Solutions (In-class Assignment 2 - Algebra & Factoring)
Solutions (In-class Assignment 3 - Systems of Equations)
Solutions (In-class Assignment 4 - Word Problems)
Solutions (In-class Assignment 5 - Functions)
Solutions (In-class Assignment 8 - Radian measurement)
Solutions (In-class Assignment 9 - Trigonometric equations)
Solutions (Test 1)
Solutions (Test 2)
Solutions (Test 3)
Solutions (Take-Home Assignment 1)
Solutions (Take-Home Assignment 2)
Solutions (Take-Home Assignment 3)