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:
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)