Math 128 - Plane Trigonometry
Spring 2019
Syllabus
Announcements:
- You may wish to use this spreadsheet to help you calculate
your grade: Grade Computation
Spreadsheet. (Note that you must input your scores as
decimals to make this work. That is, an exam score of 85 should be
input as .85).
- The final exam will be given on Friday, May 3 from 1:00 to
2:50 in the normal lecture room. You may use a scientific
calculator, and you will be given a list of trig identities.
To help you study for the exam, you may find it useful to review
this list of practice problems,
and this list of exam material.
Paper
Homework Assignments
Homework 1, due Friday, January 11
(As a reminder, these are the same problems as are on WebAssign, so if you
complete the assignment on WebAssign, you DO NOT need to turn
anything in on paper.
- Section 5.1, pages 444-446:
#9, 17, 32, 38, 48, 54, 55, 75, 77, 83
Homework 2, due Friday, January 18
- Section
5.2, pages 453-455: #3, 6, 9, 15, 18, 19, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31,
32, 37, 40, 47, 49, 53, 55, 58, 60, 62, 66
Homework 3, due Friday, January 25
- Section
5.3, pages 464-465: #7, 9, 19, 25, 28, 37, 40, 47, 48, 51, 53,
57, 58, 63
- Section
6.1, pages 509-510: #9, 17, 44, 52
- Section
6.2, pages 519-520: #5, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 53, 55,
57, 59, 66, 69
Homework 4, due Friday, February 1
- Section
6.3, pages 531-532: #9, 13, 16, 18, 25, 26, 36, 39, 52, 85
- Section
6.4, page 540: #1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 13, 29, 34 (for 1, 2, 13, 29, and
34, your graph can be a rough sketch, but should have the
correct asymptotes and correct shape)
- Section
6.5, pages 546-547: #2, 3, 5, 13, 17, 24, 25, 26, 36, 39, 41,
43, 45, 48
Homework 5, due Friday, February 8
Note: Even though I will not collect
this assignment until Friday, it is important that you look
over these problems before the exam on Wednesday.
- Section 5.4, pages 472-473: #3, 7, 11, 19, 23, 31, 35,
36, 39, 43
Homework 6, due Friday, February 15
- Section
5.5, pages 479-480: #5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21,
23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 39
Homework 7, due Friday, February 22
- Section
5.6, pages 486-488: #4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 23, 32, 35, 39, 44
Homework 8, due Friday, March 1
- Section
7.1, pages 579-580: #39, 41, 43, 45, 50, 53, 56, 61, 77, 78
- Section
7.2, pages 587-588: #3, 11, 32, 36, 39, 47, 48, 54
- Section
7.3, pages 597-598: #4, 5, 16, 23, 24, 38, 42, 43, 46, 49, 73,
81
Homework 9, due Friday, March 8
- Section
7.4, page 605: #2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 23, 25, 27, 32, 37, 45, 46, 50,
51, 54
- Section
7.5, pages 610-611: #3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 26,
27, 29, 32, 43
Homework 10, due Friday, March 29
- Section
8.1, pages 628-629: #5, 13, 15, 19, 25, 27, 31, 37, 39, 43, 45,
46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 56, 58, 66
- Section
8.2, page 636: #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Homework 11, due Friday, April 5
- Section 8.3, pages
645-647: #3, 5, 9, 13, 29, 32, 35, 38, 49, 52, 54, 59, 62, 68,
69, 76
- Section
9.1, pages 673-674: #3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27,
30, 31, 37
Homework 12, due Friday, April 12
- Section
9.1, pages 673-674: #41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 59, 61, 63
- Section
9.2, pages 682-683: #5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23,
25, 27, 35, 44, 45, 47, 50
Homework 13, due Friday, May 3
- Section
12.1, pages 832-834: #1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 23, 32, 36, 37, 40, 49, 63
- Section
12.2, pages 840-841: #1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 17, 30, 31, 33, 45
- Section
12.3, pages 849-850: #1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 21, 27, 32, 37, 45
Old Announcements:
- The class key
for our course on WebAssign is wvutech 1010 7066
If you have never used WebAssign before and would like to, let
me know. If you have any issues getting into the course, let
me know.
- The quiz on the values of sin, cos, and tan for the three
special angles will be given on Friday. No calculators will
be permitted.
- Exam 1 will be given on Wednesday, February 6. It will
cover material on Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4,
and 6.5. You may bring and use a scientific
calculator. No graphing or programmable calculators will be
allowed.
- Exam 2 will be given on Friday, March 8. It will cover
material from Sections 5.5, 5.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5.
- As a reminder, the deadline to drop the class with a "W"
is Friday, March 22. To get a sense of where you stand in
the class, you may wish to use this spreadsheet to help you
calculate your grade: Grade
Computation Spreadsheet. (Note that you must input
your scores as decimals to make this work. That is, an exam score
of 85 should be input as .85).
- Exam 3 will be given on Friday, April 12. It will cover
material in sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, and 9.2.