Math 129, Spring 2018

Math 129 - Pre-Calculus
Spring 2018

Syllabus

Announcements:
- If you have not successfully passed the trig quiz by April 6, you will be penalized 5% on Exam 4.
- The final exam will be given on Friday, May 4 from 8:00 to 9:50 am in the normal lecture room. 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 19:

Section P.8, pages 59-60: #7, 16, 28, 29, 37, 41, 52, 59, 91, 100
Section 1.4, pages 123-125: #8, 10, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 42, 46, 48, 51, 58, 67, 83
Section 1.5, page 131: #10, 53, 56, 64, 71
Section 1.6, pages 138-140: #16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 34, 41, 48, 50, 60, 63, 69

Homework 2, due Friday, January 26:

Section 1.7, pages 148-149: #8, 12, 14, 24, 29, 34, 38, 41, 44, 48, 54, 58, 70, 80, 91
Section 1.8, page 153: #5, 10, 15, 16, 24, 28, 42, 45, 46, 50
Section 10.1, pages 724-725: #5, 8, 12, 13, 21, 29, 32, 37, 39, 55
Section 10.2, page 733: #7, 12, 16, 17, 20, 27, 32, 33, 36, 37

Homework 3, due Friday, February 2:

Section 1.1, pages 91-93: #6, 19, 23, 27, 45
Section 1.2, pages 102-103: #50, 57, 69, 76, 77, 82, 86, 96

Homework 4, due Friday, February 9:

Section 1.3, pages 112-114: #12, 16, 20, 23, 29, 35, 37, 39, 40, 48, 73, 77
Section 2.1, pages 192-193: #18, 21, 25, 31, 34, 44, 52, 55, 59, 61, 66, 77

Homework 5, due Friday, February 16:

Section 2.2, pages 203-204: #4, 52, 53, 58, 60, 64
Section 2.3, pages 215-216: #8, 9, 16, 25, 26, 33, 43, 44
Section 2.4, pages 224-225: #8, 14, 16, 22, 30
Section 2.6, pages 242-244: #8, 10, 13, 14, 20, 24, 26, 72

Homework 6, "due" Wednesday, February 21:
As mentioned in class, I will accept this homework until Friday, but it is important that you review this material before Wednesday's exam.

Section 2.7, pages 252-253: #13, 16, 20, 28, 31, 36, 47, 50
Section 2.8, pages 262-263: #8, 11, 26, 29, 50, 54, 59, 61, 68, 89
Section 3.1, pages 287-289: #2, 7, 10, 12, 24, 25, 38, 39, 40, 42, 47, 48, 51, 53, 65
Section 3.2, pages 301-302: #2, 5, 12, 14, 16, 23, 32, 36, 40, 43
Section 3.3, pages 309-311: #6, 7, 15, 16, 18, 24, 64, 69, 71, 74
Section 3.6, pages 344-345: #1, 2, 23, 24, 28, 35, 38, 44, 55

Homework 7, due Friday, March 2:

Section 4.1, pages 372-374: #2, 7, 10, 11, 18, 43, 57, 58, 60, 61
Section 4.2, pages 377-379: #3, 10, 14, 32, 34
Section 4.3, pages 387-388: #2, 8, 12, 15, 18, 20, 26, 32, 36, 40, 44, 46, 60, 74, 75

Homework 8, due Friday, March 9:

Section 4.4, pages 394-395: #4, 7, 8, 12, 18, 20, 23, 32, 40, 45, 46, 53, 56, 62, 65
Section 4.5, pages 404-405: #7, 8, 15, 24, 38, 40, 46, 51, 58, 66, 67, 78, 89, 90, 93

Homework 9, due Thursday, March 29:

Section 5.1, pages 444-445: #9, 17, 32, 38, 46, 52, 54, 75
Section 5.2, pages 453-455: #3, 6, 9, 15, 18, 19, 25, 29, 31, 32, 37, 40, 47, 49, 53, 55, 58, 66
Section 5.3, pages 464-465: #9, 19, 25, 28, 37, 40, 47, 48, 51, 53, 57, 58
Section 6.1, page 510: #26, 37, 38, 40, 50
Section 6.2, pages 519-520: #22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 53, 66, 69

Homework 10, due Friday, April 6:

Section 6.3, pages 531-532: #10, 13, 16, 18, 25, 31, 35, 39, 54, 85
Section 6.4, page 540: #1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 29, 34
Section 6.5, page 547: #9, 13, 17, 24, 25, 26, 36, 39, 41, 43, 45, 48
Section 5.4, pages 472-473: #3, 19, 31, 35, 36, 39, 43

Homework 11, due Friday, April 20:

Section 5.5, pages 479-480: #10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 31, 33
Section 5.6, pages 486-488: #4, 6, 12, 14, 23, 32, 35, 39
Section 7.1, pages 579-580: #39, 41, 43, 45, 50, 53, 56, 61, 77, 78

Homework 12, due Friday, April 27:

Section 7.2, pages 587-588: #3, 11, 47, 48, 54
Section 7.3, pages 597-598: #4, 5, 16, 23, 24, 38, 42, 43, 46, 49
Section 7.4, pages 604-605: #2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37, 45, 46, 50, 51, 54

Homework 13, due Friday, May 4:

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 8.3, pages 645-647: #3, 5, 9, 13, 29, 32, 35, 38, 49, 52, 54, 59, 62, 68, 69, 76

Old Announcements:
- Quiz 1 will be given on Friday, January 19. It will consist of one of the problems from Homework 1.
- The first exam will be given on Friday, January 26. It will cover sections P.8, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 10.1, and 10.2.
- Quiz 2 will be given on Friday, February 2. It will consist of one of the problems from Homework 3.
- Quiz 3 will be given on Friday, February 9, and will cover Homework 4.
- Quiz 4 will be given on Friday, February 16 and will cover the material on Homework 5.
- Exam 2 will be given on Wednesday, February 21 and will cover sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.6.
- Quiz 5 will be given on Friday, March 2, and will cover the material on Homework 7.
- Exam 3 will be given on Friday, March 9 and will cover the material in sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5.
- On Thursday, March 29, you will have a mandatory quiz will be on the trig ratios of special angles. That is, you will need to memorize the values of sin, cos, and tan for the angles π /6, π /4, and π /3.
- Exam 4 will be given on Friday, April 6. It will cover the material in sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5.