MAT 16B: Short Calculus
Winter 2010

Instructor

James Bremer
Office: MSB 2230
Email: bremer (at) math (dot) ucdavis (dot) edu

Office Hours: MW 1:10-2:10 in MSB 2230. F 2:00-3:00 in MSB 2230.

Time and Place

Lectures:
MWF 12:10 - 1:00 PM, Young 198

Grading

Your scores on two midterms, weekly homework, and the final exam will be weighted as follows to determine your final grade:

Weekly Homework: 10%
Two Midterms: 25% each
Final: 40%

Textbooks

We will be using the textbook by Larson and Edwards.

Description

A syllabus for the course, which we will be following closely, can be found at http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/courses/syllabi/mat16b.pdf .

News

The first day of class is Jan 4. See you then.
The first midterm is scheduled for Mon Feb 1, 2010.
The second midterm is tentatively scheduled for Mon March 1, 2010.
Here is a practice midterm to help you prepare for the first exam.
Midterm one and solutions
Practice problems for midterm II
Sample Midterm II with solutions
Midterm two and solutions
Sample final
Sample final solutions
Final solutions

Homework Assignments

You are welcome to discuss the homework with your fellow students. However, each of you must produce your own written solutions.
Homework will be collected starting the second week of class.
Remember that the primary purpose of homework assignments is to test your knowledge of the course material without the pressure of an exam.
Late assignments will not be accepted.
Please make sure all the work you turn in is neat and legible.
This is a list of homework exercises which will be collected. You are encouraged to work other exercises in the book in addition to these problems.

Due Jan. 13:

Section 4.1 problems 4,12
Section 4.2 problems 2,4,22,32
Section 4.3 problems 6,8,14,18
Section 4.4 problems 24,26,34,42

Solutions for homework 1:

Solutions

Due Jan. 20:

Section 4.5 problems 11,48
Section 5.1 problems 6,8,14,24,30,34,42
Section 5.2 problems 2,6,8,12,18,36
Section 8.5 problems 10,13,20

Solutions for homework 2:

Due Jan. 27:

Section 5.3 problems 3,8,14,20
Section 5.4 problems 10,12,14,30,40,43,70,73

Solutions for homework 3: Solutions

Due Feb. 3:

Section 5.5 problems 2,4,9,15,20,30
Section 5.7 problems 8,9,18,28

Solutions for homework 4: Solutions

Due Feb. 10:

Section 5.7 problems 31
Section 6.1 problems 2,6,8,14,19,25,39,44,58

Solutions for HW 5

Due Feb. 17:

Section 6.2 problems 1,3,6,8,14,23,24,25,30,34,40,51

Solutions for HW 6

Due Feb. 24:

Midterm sample problem #1
CORRECTION: in midterm problem 1 the function s should be s(x)=(2x-2)/(x^2-2x-1)
Section 6.3 problems 14,27,29,33,40,41

Solutions

Due March 3:

Section 6.4 problems 9,10,20,53
Section 6.6 problems 1,4,11,15,16