BC Calculus 09-10

Monday, November 16, 2009

Ch 5 - The Definite Integral

Here's the syllabus up to Thanksgiving (mostly).

11/16  Defining the Definite Integral and looking at integration properties
           HW 5.2 p.267-268/29-47 odd  and  5.3 p.274-275/1-6
11/17  Average Value
           HW 5.3 p.275-276/26, 29-42, 46
11/18  Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
           HW 5.3 p.275/7-27 odd  and  5.4 p.286/1-17 odd
11/19  Derivatives of integrals with the Chain Rule
           HW 5.4 p.286-287/19-35 odd, 37-46

11/23  More problems to practice
           CW/HW 5.4 p.287-288/47-56, 60-64
11/24  Trapezoidal Rule
           HW 5.5 p.295-297/1, 3, 5-9, 11, 12, 17 (not d), 22, 23

Thursday, November 12, 2009

The first sections of Ch 5

11/12  Area and Riemann Sums (5.1, 5.2)
           HW p.254-257/1-5,7,8,10-13,22-26 and p.267/7-27 odd

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

RAM Program

The RAM program may be downloaded here.  Please enter it into your calculator for class on Thursday.

The rest of the post test homework is p.229-231/16-18, 50, 51

Monday, October 26, 2009

More applications for derivatives

Note:  The sheet of extra problems was from the book: p.185/52;  p.193/36, 39, 40, 50, 51

We are starting to get into the actual applications of derivatives.

10/26  4.3  Using derivatives to graph
                  HW p.204-206/8-29 by 3's, 31-39 odd, 41-48
10/27  4.4  Optimization (derivatives to find min/max)
                  HW p.214-217/1,5,7,9,15,17,20,22,25,26,28,32,34,36
10/28  4.4  AP Problem Quiz
                  HW p.217-219/39-43, 45, 47, 49
10/29  4.5  Linear Approximations (using a different book!)
                  HW HH/1-10, 14-17  and  p.229-231/11-14, 52

11/02  4.5  Using the approximation
                  HW HH/11-13  and  p.230-231/31-45 odd
11/03  8.1  L'Hopital's Rule (derivatives to find limits)
                  HW p.423-425/1-47 odd, 50, 52
11/04  4.6  Quick Quiz;  Related Rates (everything depends on t)
                  HW p.237-239/3, 5, 6, 9, 11-13, 15, 18-22, 24
11/05  4.6  More Related Rates (because everything depends on t)
                  HW p.240-241/27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41

11/09  Review and extra questions
11/10  Ch. 4 Test
                   HW Enter RAM program in calculator, p.229-231/16-18, 50, 51
11/11  Veterans Day - no school

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Starting Derivative Applications (Ch 4)

The first two sections of Chapter 4 mesh together so the homework will be a bit back-and-forth.

10/21  p.192-193/3, 5, 9, 13, 15-20, 21a, 24a, 25-33 odd
10/22  p.184-185/27-35 odd, 36, 37-43  odd, 45-51 plus a sheet of extras

Monday, October 19, 2009

Answers to today's extra questions

1.  For the ellipse problem today (4x^2 + 9y^2 = 36) with the generic first quadrant point (p, q), you should find the following:

xT = 9/p
yT = 4/q
xN = 5p/9
yN = -5q/4

Given that p goes from 0 to 3 and q goes from 0 to 2, we can say the following about possible values of the tangent and normal intercepts:

xT = (3, infinity)
yT = (2, infinity)
xN = (0, 5/3)
yN = (-5/2, 0)

2.  For e^(2x) = k*sqrt(x) then it happens at x = 1/4 when k = 2/sqrt(e
(if you need a hint, you have two equations (original and slopes) for the two unknowns (k and x))

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

More with Derivatives

Here is the syllabus for the rest of the chapter.  

Please note that the homework after the Chain Rule class is slightly different from that posted on the board!

10/06  3.6 Chain Rule (some more)
            HW p.147-148/33-39 odd, 57, 58, 60-65, 68, 71
10/07  3.7 Implicit Differentiation
            HW p.155-156/3, 7, 11-37 odd, 40-45
10/08  3.7 Prove power rule for rational powers  HW p.156-157/46-51
            3.8 Derivatives of Inverse Trig Functions  
             HW p.162-163/1-19 by 3's,20,21-33 odd,34

10/12  Columbus Day, no school
10/13  3.9  Derivatives of Exp and Log Functions  
            HW p.170-171/1-41 alternating odds,42,47-50,52
10/14  Professional Development - no school
10/15  3.9 Logarithmic Differentiation   HW p.170/19,20,43-46; p.172/22
           3.6 Parametrics  CW p.147-148/50-58, 66, 68, 71

10/19  Review
10/20  Test of Chapter 3  Post-Test HW read 4.1, do p.184/1-25 odd

Monday, October 5, 2009

Post test homework - intro to the Chain Rule

You homework is to take a peak at the Chain Rule - the last of our derivative rules. Read section 3.6 and do p.146-147/1-27 odd.  I will prove it tomorrow.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Questions from today's handout

You may have already noticed but at the top of today's handout of problems it mentions that you can get worked solutions for the odd problems from www.CalcChat.com (though you may need to download Shockwave to use it).

I noticed also that problem 6 is really a Chain Rule problem (sneaky cx) so you can skip that one.

Here are my answers for the even problems:
2.  y - 4 = 4(x - 2)  and  y - 1 = -2(x + 1)
4.  a] tangent  y - 4 = 4(x - 2)
    b] normal   y - 4 = =0.25(x - 2)
    c]  y = 0
    d]  normal = curve:  y = (-1/2a)(x - a) + b = x^2 (where b = a^2)
         if you use the quadratic formula to solve for x you find the
          discriminant is positive so there are two solutions.
6.  skip it
14.a]  v = (-27/5)t + 27  and  a = -27/5
    b]  v = 27(1 - .2t) = 0  so  t = 5
    c]  a = 5.4 ft/sec^2 rather than 32 ft/sec^2, about 1/6th

Monday, September 21, 2009

The first half of Chapter 3

This the the syllabus up to the next test.  We will probably have a test after section 3.5.

9/21  Finish up the intro  HW p.102-104/16-18,20,22,23,25,26,28 plus nDeriv Worksheet
9/22  Continuity, Local Linearity, etc.  HW p.111-112/4-20 by 4's, 21-23,29,30 plus Smoothness Worksheet
9/23  Rules of Differentiation  HW  p.120/1-19 odd, 20-23, 25
9/24  Proofs of Rules  HW p.120-121/27-31 odd, 33-39

9/28  Yom Kippur (no school)
9/29  3.4 (Rates of Change)
          HW p.129-133/1-3,5,8,9,12,13,16,20,21,23-32,34,36
9/30  3.5 (Trig Differentiation)
          HW p.140-141/1-13 odd,17-21,23,27-29,31-33,35
10/1  Review of 3.1-3.5 (all questions answered)

10/5  Test of 3.1-3.5
          HW read 3.6, do p.146-147/1-27 odd

Upcoming "events"
10/01 Back to School Night
10/12 Columbus Day
10/14 Professional Development Day
11/06 Term 1 ends