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Spring 2008 - 1142 Short Calculus - Lecture 010
In Spring semester 2008 I lecture 1142 Short Calculus. We meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30AM in ClaOff 143 in the St. Paul Campus. The TA for this lecture (both sections) is Joel Gomez.

Literature: "Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social and Life Sciences", L.D. Hoffmann, G.L. Bradley, 9th edition (available at the U Bookstore).

Syllabus

This is the syllabus for our lecture. Please be sure to read it and ask questions if some parts are not clear to you.

syllabus.pdf (74 KB) - contains also the semester schedule

Homework Assignments

These are the suggested problems for you to solve (section of text and problem numbers). Homeworks have not to be turned in and do not constitute part of your final grade, however I strongly encourage you to write up solutions to problems that you are not sure about.

1.116-21,23,25,27,29,30-33,54,55,57,61.
1.24,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,34,39,41-44.
1.31,3,5,11,13,15,19-35,41.
1.41-14,27,30-32.
1.51,3,5,8,10,12,13-26.
1.527-36,43-48.
1.61-14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,51,52,55,56.
Checkup1-3,5,6,8,9.
Review1-5,9,10,13,16,17,30-49.
2.11-30.
2.21-43.
2.31-30.
2.342-47,48,49,51,57-60,62,66,67.
2.41-48,51,53,55,57,58,62.
2.61-34.
2.637,39,42,43,45,48.
3.110-22 even, 24-34 even,36-44 even, 46,48,56,59,62,74,75.
3.26-12 even, 13-26,28-38 even, 43-46,58,59.
3.39-16,18-32 even.
3.41-16,18,20,22.
3.55-10,15,16,20-26.
4.15-26.
4.23-42.
4.31-34 even, 35-38,40,42,44,46,48,49-56,65,67,68.
4.41-4, 6-20 even.
5.11-40,47,60,61,63,65.
5.21-48,51,56,62-65.

Quizzes

There will be twelve quizzes during the semester given in you discussion session. Two worst scores will be dropped. Solutions to the quiz problems and section numbers relevant for the upcoming quiz will be available here.

1142Q1_solutions.pdf (29 KB) - problems and solutions from quiz 1.        Average: 12.1/12.3 Median: 12.0/12.5
1142Q2_solutions.pdf (47 KB) - problems and solutions from quiz 2.        Average: 15.3/15.3 Median: 17.0/17.0
1142Q3_solutions.pdf (42 KB) - problems and solutions from quiz 3.        Average: 12.3/11.5 Median: 13.5/12.0
1142Q4_solutions.pdf (48 KB) - problems and solutions from quiz 4.        Average: 10.6/8.5 Median: 11.5/8.0
1142Q5_solutions.pdf (36 KB) - problems and solutions from quiz 5.        Average: N/A Median: N/A

Midterm Exams

There will be three in class midterm exams in the semester. The midterms will be given as anounced in the syllabus. Review material and solutions of the problems from the exams will be avilable in this section.

Midterm_1-Review-Part_I.pdf (65 KB) - Review sheet for Midterm Exam 1 - Part 1.
Midterm_1-Review-Part_II.pdf (69 KB) - Review sheet for Midterm Exam 1 - Part 2.
Midterm_1-Review-Solutions.pdf (112 KB) - Solutions of the review problems for Midterm 1.
Midterm_1-Solutions.pdf (70 KB) - Solutions of the problems on Midterm 1.
Midterm_1-Comments.pdf (61 KB) - Statistical analysis and remarks on scores of Midterm 1.
Midterm_2-Review.pdf (71 KB) - Review sheet for Midterm Exam 2.
Midterm_2-Review-Solutions.pdf (80 KB) - Answers to the review sheet for Midterm Exam 2.
Midterm_2-Solutions.pdf (70 KB) - Solutions of the problems on Midterm 2.
Midterm_3-Review.pdf (72 KB) - Review sheet for Midterm Exam 3.
Midterm_3-Solutions.pdf (52 KB) - Solutions of the problems on Midterm 3.

Final Exam

There will be a three hour final exam on Mon May 12, 2008 from 1:30PM-4:30PM. Every week starting Monday, April 14 I'll post a review packet for the current week. It covers consequitive chapters covered in lecture throughout the semester.

Final-Review-Packet_1.pdf (53 KB) - Chapter 1 (sections 1-6).
Final-Review-Packet_2.pdf (50 KB) - Chapter 2 (sections 1-4,6).
Final-Review-Packet_3.pdf (44 KB) - Chapter 3 (sections 1-5).
Final-Review-Packet_4.pdf (56 KB) - Chapter 4 (sections 1-4).

Some past final exams:

Final_Spring_2003.pdf (370 KB) - Spring 2003.
Final_Fall_2004.pdf (432 KB) - Fall 2004.
Final_Spring_2005.pdf (429 KB) - Spring 2005.

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