Math 16A, Short Calculus
Homework Assignments

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# Assigned Due   Problems
1 W 1/4 F 1/6 Read Course Info Handout
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   4. What do you like to do when you're not studying?
2 F 1/6 F 1/13 §1.1 #8, 10, 26, 32
§1.2 #6, 14, 18, 64, 71
  M 1/9 F 1/13 §1.3 #12, 18, 22, 23, 30, 42, 81, 92
  W 1/11 F 1/13 §1.4 #1, 18, 22, 28, 33, 34, 38, 42, 50, 52, 60, 62, 76
3 F 1/13 F 1/20 §1.5 #4, 12, 20, 28, 36, 53, 57, 60, 67, 68
  M 1/16 - MLK Holiday
  W 1/18 F 1/20 §3.6 #7, 16, 17 (Now Shorter!)
#12, 24, 26, 28 will be on HW#4. If you've already finished them, please wait until next week to turn them in.
(Read Blue Box on p. 225. Work #24, 26, 28 without this shortcut technique, then check with shortcut.)
4 F 1/20 F 1/27 Practice (don't need to turn in): Rework §1.5 #60 and §3.6 #16, 17 using analytic methods.
Turn in: §3.6 #12, 24, 26, 28
  M 1/23 F 1/27 §1.6 #2, 12, 21, 24, 25, 29, 37, 43, 46, 54, 56, 60
  W 1/25 F 1/27 §2.1 #2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 17, 22, 26, 34, 39, 48, 50, 55, 66, 68-71
  F 1/27 - Practice: (covered on midterm, but not for a HW grade)
§8.1 #2, 6, 12, 26, 50
§8.2 #2, 8, 16, 20, 26, 42, 60, 64
§8.3 #1, 3, 9, 12, 38, 57, 60, 68
  M 1/30 - Review for Midterm
  W 2/1 - In-class Midterm Exam
Q3 F 2/3 M 2/6 Handout, due MONDAY for a quiz grade
5 F 2/3 F 2/10 §2.2 #2, 18, 34, 39, 53, 65, 66, (*)
§2.3 #6, 12, 15, 30
*This is a minimal assignment. If you have not seen derivatives before, or are weak on the rules, I strongly suggest working as many of the odd problems 1-45 as possible.
  M 2/6 F 2/10 §2.4 #2, 4, 6, 24, 26, 50, 60
  W 2/8 F 2/10 §2.4 #14, 19, 34, 48, 64
§8.4 #6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 38, 40, 42
6 F 2/10 F 2/17 §2.5 #20, 24, 28, 38, 48, 59
§8.4 #20, 23, 29, 36, 85, 86, 87
  M 2/13 F 2/17 §2.6 #10, 17, 24, 31, 33, 38, 41, 47, 48, 50, 51-56
  W 2/15 F 2/17 §2.7 #4, 9, 15, 18, 30, 32, 33, 42, 46
  F 2/17 - §2.8 #3, 9, 14, 17, 19, 21
(not turned in, check solutions online, in back of the book, or student solution manual)
  M 2/20 - Presidents' Day Holiday. No office hours; building closed Monday.
I will have special office hours before the midterm on Tuesday 2/21 from 11:00-12:00 am.
  W 2/22 - In-Class Midterm Exam
7 F 2/24 F 3/3 §3.1 #2, 3, 7, 13*, 16*, 18*, 30*, 33*, 40a
*Sketches: use x and y intercepts, increasing/decreasing behavior, critical points, etc.
  M 2/27 F 3/3 §3.2 #5, 6, 8, 11, 20, 23, 26, 37, 46*, 47
*For 46, you can assume that k>0. k & R are constants.
  W 3/1 F 3/3 Continue working on problems from §3.2.
Optional Assignment due M 3/13 (New Point Value!)
8 F 3/3 F 3/10 §3.3 #2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 16, 23-26, 27, 34, 47, 49, 50, 52
  M 3/6 F 3/10 Read ALL examples in section §3.4 !!
Suggested: §3.4 #1, 7, 13, 18, 23, 33; §3.5 #17, 24
Turn in: §3.4 #8, 21, 28, 37, 38, 39, 40; §3.5 #19, 20, 25
  W 3/8 F 3/10 Review §3.6 #7, 12, 16, 17, 24, 26, 28 from HW3 and HW4. (don't turn in)
9 F 3/10 W 3/15 §3.7 #3, 6, 13, 14, 35, 37, 41, 42, 47-52
  M 3/13 W 3/15 §3.8 #11, 13, 17,
Use Tangent Line Approximation to estimate:
a) the cube root of 26
b) cos(0.1)
c) (2.001)^4
  W 3/15 - Study for Final Exam, 3/21, 8 am


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