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Calculus 1A Assignments

Homework consists of reading the material in the textbook, reviewing your class notes, and doing ALL the assigned problems. Homework problems will be assigned in class and will be posted on the website, as the quarter progresses.

THE ASSIGNMENTS BELOW ARE NOT FOR WINTER 2009.
THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED BEFORE WINTER 2009.
The assignments below pertain to Stewart, which is NOT the textbook for Winter 2009.




Section All Assigned Problems Collected ProblemsTopic
2.1 1, 3, 4, 7, 91, 4, 9 Intro
2.2 1 thru 6, 11, 13, 14, 17, 195, 6, 14, 17 What is a limit?
2.1,2.2 Collected Tues 4/12
2.3A 1, 2, 5,7, 8, 9, 11, 12 thru 20 , 21, 29, 30 2, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 30 Finding limits algebraically
2.3B 23, 24, 25, 26, 2723, 26Squeeze Theorem
2.4A 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13 thru 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 314, 11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 28, 31 Continuity
2.4B 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 34, 36Intermediate Value Thm.
2.5 1 thru 4, 5, 7, 9, 13 thru 17, 19 thru 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 35, 41 4, 14, 16, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, 41Limits with Infinity
2.3, 2.4 AFTERNOON CLASS
2.3, 2.4 are due Tues 4/19
Quiz on 4/19 will draw from
2.3, 2.4, 2.5
2.3
2.4
2.5
MORNING CLASS
2.3, 2.4, 2.5 are due Tues 4/19
I expect we will finish 2.5 on Mon. 4/18
Quiz on 4/19 will draw from
2.3, 2.4, 2.5
2.6,2.7Sections covered simultaneously in class Material in these sections are closely related Tangent Lines
Rates of Change
Definition of Derivative
2.6 1, 2, 3 thru 15 odds, 18, 20, 23, 257, 11, 13, 18, 25
2.7 1, 3, 7 thru 25 odd, 18, 27 thru 31, 341, 3, 17, 18, 27 thru 30, 34
2.8 1 thru 13 odd, 12, 14, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 39, 4512, 14, 23, 25, 32, 39, 45Derivative as a function
2.5, 2.6
2.7, 2.8
AFTERNOON CLASS HOMEWORK
2.5, 2.6, 2.7 are due Tues 4/26
2.8 will be collected the following week
but you want to do most of the 2.8 homework to study for the exam.
Exam on 4/26 will draw from 2.1 through 2.8
For the afternoon class, the exam will not include material on second or third derivatives, which is included in 2.8.
The exam will include material for rfirst derivatives from from 2.8

Exam will be a 50 minute exam.
I will answer questions for review before the exam.
We will finish section 2.8 after the exam
and possibly start 2.9 after the exam, if time permits
2.5, 2.6
2.7, 2.8
MORNING CLASS HOMEWORK
2.6, 2.7, 2.8 are due Tues 4/26
Exam on 4/26 will draw from 2.1 through 2.8
and can include all material from 2.8
because we finished that section in class on Fri 4/22

I will answer questions for review on Monday 4/21
2.9 3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 146, 12, 13, 14 Tangent Line Approximation
2.10 1 thru 14, 23, 27, 282, 6, 8, 12, 28 What f ' and f ''
say about f
3.1 1, 2, 7 thru 21 odd, 14, 18, 31, 34, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 4714, 18, 21, 34, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47Power Rule &
Deriv of e^x
3.2 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 25, 27, 31, 32, 352, 8, 13, 19, 31, 32, 35Product &
Quotient Rules
3.3 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10ab, 12, 14, 23, 242, 4, 10ab, 12, 14, 24Applications
Week 5 For due dates and quiz information
see update section of Math 1a page
3.4 3,5,7,9,13,15, 17,18,19, 23 thru 29 all, 315, 9, 18, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31Trignometric
Functions
3.5 1 thru 29 odd, but omit 11 & 17; do also 6, 10
57, 59, 67, 69
5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 27, 59, 67Chain Rule
3.5#67 Hint for #67Do part (c) first so you can see the curve.
For t, x, and y, use a minimum value of -6 and a max value of +6.
If you start at t = 0, you lose part of the curve.
Chain Rule
3.6 1 - 15 odd, 16, 47 Implicit Differentiation

27 thru 31, 33, 35 Inverse Trig Functions
5, 9, 16, 28, 30, 35Implicit Differentiation
& Inverse Trig Functions
Week 6 For due dates and quiz information
see update section of Math 1a page
Week 7 Exam 2 on Thursday May 19
Check update section of Math 1a page after the end of the week of May 9 - 13 for more information about the exam.
3.7 3, 5, 7, 11, 17, 21, 23, 25
27, 29
31, 33, 36, 37
For answer to #36, go to Math 1A Solutions page
5, 7, 11, 25, 27, 36Derivatives of Log functions and Logarithmic Differentiation
3.8 1, 2, 3, 5, 13(refer back to #2), 17, 19, 20, 22 and also page 260 # 62
For answers to #20 & #22 and p.260 #62, go to Math 1A Solutions page
2, 13, 19, 22, and page 260#62Tangent Line Approximations and the Differential
4.1 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29
after 29, try 22
For answers to #22 go to Math 1A Solutions page
And you can OMIT #15 which was originally assigned for this section
7, 9, 13, 21, 25, 29Related Rates
4.2 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 22
23 thru 33 odd and 26
35 thru 43 odd
73, 5, 11, 22, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41Extreme Value Theorem
& Absolute Extrema
4.3 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 thru 29 odd, 45, 47 1, 45, 9, 11, 19, 25 Analyzing the
behavior of a
function
4.4 There is no assignment for 4.4 as we incorporated the concepts from 4.4 into our work in 4.3
4.6 See two handouts for Optimization and
Can Dogs Do Calculus
Optimization Handout Homework : #3, 5, 6, 10, 11
4.6 in Text #7, 9
p 338 in text #45
Problem 2b from Can Dogs Do Calculus half page handout - if done in your class
Optimization
4.5 Yes this section has a lot of HW problems, but they are mostly shorter than the problems in previous sections There are a lot of different types problems relating to indeterminate forms and you need practice in all these situations.It is recommended that you do the practice problems that are not collected as well as the collected problems l'Hopital's Rule
4.5 1, 2, 3, 4
7 through 35 odd,
8, 10, 12, 14, 28, 41, 43
7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 41 l'Hopital's Rule
4.5 White Full-Page Handout
on Growth of Functions
You are responsible on exams for knowing this very important material l'Hopital's Rule
4.8 1 thru 5, 7, 9, 13, 19, 20, 21, 243, 7, 9, 21, 24
For #24, see math 1a solutions page for hint.
Newton's Method
4.9 1 thru 23 odd, 24, 25,35, 36, 37, 4315 thru 23 odd, 35, 36, 37, 43Antiderivatives
4.7 3, 5, 9 (DO NOT DO #7)
And review p338 #45 which we did
when studying section 4.6 optimization
3, 5, 9Applications
in Economics
 Updated Friday, June 27, 2008 at 8:46:47 PM by Roberta Bloom - bloomroberta@fhda.edu
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