AP Calculus BC

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HW due 5/3-5/6

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Your only homework for this interval is to study for the AP exam, which is on Wednesday 5/5 at 7:30 a.m. (Provided you are taking the exam, you will not have class on Wednesday.)

HW due Fri. 4/30

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Friday's class will be an open question-and-answer session. Please bring at least one good question to ask, related to anything in the AP curriculum.

Otherwise, you have tonight's homework time to do whatever studying you need in preparation for the AP exam.

HW due and Quiz on Thu. 4/29

2010-04-28T10:03:00.003-04:00

Homework: Do whatever you have left of these past AP problems on parametric and polar functions: 2009 BC 3, 2009 (Form B) BC 4, 2008 (Form B) BC 1.
Double-quiz on Thursday: (1) differential equation applications (see packets 11.6 and 11.10); (2) an AP problem.

HW due Wed. 4/28

2010-04-26T12:36:00.002-04:00

Do at least 4 of these 5 problems from past AP exams, focused on power series: 2009 BC 4, 2009 BC 6, 2008 (Form B) BC 6, 2007 (Form B) BC 5, 2006 BC 6.

Double-quiz upcoming on Thursday: (1) differential equation applications (see packets 11.6 and 11.10); (2) an AP problem.

No HW due Mon. 4/26

2010-04-16T09:50:00.000-04:00

There's no homework over the vacation, but sometime between now and the AP exam, you're encouraged to do the multiple choice problems from the 2003 AP exam (see me if you need a copy because you weren't in class on Fri. 4/16).

HW due Fri. 4/16

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In the handout "11.10 Second-order differential equations: oscillations" do problems 1-11 odd and 13-23 (all).

HW due Thu. 4/15

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In the handout packet "11.6 Applications and Modeling" do problems 1, 4-8, 12-14, 21-24.

HW due Wed. 4/14

2010-04-12T10:45:00.000-04:00

Finish the set of past AP problems focused on solving differential equations: 2006 (Form B) BC 5, 2006 AB 5, 2006 BC 5,2007 (Form B) BC 5, 2007 (Form B) AB 5.
Upcoming on Thursday, we will have a two-part quiz: (1) an AP problem relating to a topic we’ve reviewed; (2) integrals using trigonometric substitution.

HW due Mon. 4/12

2010-04-09T10:46:00.000-04:00

8.4 exercises 35-46: do the 3 problems you skipped in the last assignment, helped by the integral table.
8.4 exercises 49-53

HW due Fri. 4/9

2010-04-08T12:05:00.000-04:00

8.4 exercises 35-46 (choose any 9)
Bring textbooks to Friday’s class.

HW due Thu. 4/8

2010-04-07T09:08:00.001-04:00

Finish any leftovers from past sets of AP problems.
AP problems focusing on area and volume: 2006(Form B) BC 1, 2005(Form B) BC 6, 2007 BC 1.

Quiz and HW due Wed. 4/7

2010-04-05T09:07:00.000-04:00

We’ll have a double-quiz on Wednesday: (1) series convergence/divergence; (2) AP problem related to a topic we’ve reviewed.
AP problems focusing on integration (other than area and volume): do as many as you are able: 2007 AB 3, 2005 BC 3, 2006 BC 2, 2007 BC 2, 2005 BC 5, 2005(Form B) BC 4

Class work Thu. 4/1

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Review focus: related rates.

Past AP problems: 1996 BC 6, 2007 (Form B) BC 3, 1996 AB 6, 2007 BC 5. Finish these on the weekend if you can, but Monday night would be OK too.

HW due Thu. 4/1

2010-03-31T22:50:00.001-04:00

Review focusing on local extrema, global extrema, and linearization.

Past AP exam problems: 2002 BC 1, 2002 AB 6, 2006(Form B) BC 4, 2007(Form B) BC4.

No HW due Wed. 3/31

2010-03-29T12:01:00.002-04:00

Due to the holiday, there's no homework due Wednesday.

Monday in class, we checked all the answers for the 2008 AP Calculus BC exam. Wednesday, we will begin reviewing some of the major topic areas of the course.

Practice AP exam due Mon. 3/29

2010-03-24T15:45:00.002-04:00

Over the next few days, we'll complete the 2008 AP Calculus BC exam in its entirety, for practice. We'll spend classes Thu. 3/25 and Fri. 3/26 on completing the multiple-choice sections. Your homework for Wed. 3/24 through Sun. 3/28 is to complete the free-response sections (90 minutes total).

Test Wed. 3/24

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Test for series unit (Chapter 9, plus indefinite integrals from section 8.3).

Class Mon. 3/22

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We worked on past AP exam problems: 2006 BC 6, 2002 (Form B) BC 6, and 2005 (Form B) BC 3. These problems are available from the official AP site linked in the right-hand column.

HW due Mon. 3/22

2010-03-19T12:21:00.001-04:00

9.5 exercises 51-55 (all)
Past AP exam problems 2005 BC 6 and 2006 (Form B) BC 6. These problems are available from the official AP site linked in the right-hand column.

Hw due Fri. 3/19

2010-03-18T09:58:00.000-04:00

9.5 exercises 17-26 (all) and 27-41 odd.

HW due Thu. 3/18

2010-03-17T11:40:00.001-04:00

9.5 exercises 12-16, 28a-42a evens (part a’s only), 43, 47, 48, 50.

HW due Wed. 3/17

2010-03-15T14:07:00.000-04:00

9.4 exercises 30-34, 36, 38, 40, 52.
9.5 exercises 1-11 (all).

HW due Mon. 3/15

2010-03-12T10:45:00.000-05:00

9.4 exercises 1-29 odd
recommended but optional: Radio Test proof in 9.4 reading

HW due Fri. 3/12

2010-03-11T12:17:00.001-05:00

8.3 exercises 27-46 (except three of them already done), 51, 56.