FALL 2008 MTH 131 APPLIED CALCULUS I
SYLLABUS AND CALENDAR

The following calendar gives a timetable for the course and suggested practice problems from the text. These are suggested practice problems and not homework problems to be handed in. We will be using the WileyPlus online homework system for assigned homework. Your instructor will tell you about online assignmets you must complete. The dates and locations of the evening exams are as follows: Exam 1, Oct 2, 6-7:30 pm, BISC AUD; Exam 2, Oct 30, 6-7:30 pm, BISC AUD; Exam 3, Dec 4, 6-7:30 pm, EDWARDS AUD.

Week of
Events
Sections
Suggested Practice Problems from the Text
Sep 1 Classes start W 1.1, 1.2,
1.3
1.1: 1-5,7,9,10,16,17,18,19,22,23; 1.2: 1,3,5,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,19,23,27;
1.3: 1,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,17,19,21,27,28;
Sep 8   1.5, 1.6,
1.7
1.5: 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,11,13,17,18,19,21,23,and #59 page 75;
1.6: 1-15 odd,16,21,22,23,24,25,27,29,31,33,35,36;
1.7: 1,2,3,6,8,10,13,15,16,18,19,23,29 and #62,64 page 75;
Sep 15   1.10, 2.1,
2.2
1.10: 3,5,7,9,11,15,19,21,23,25;
2.1: 1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,15,17,19,20,25;
Sep 22   2.2 (cont'd),
Limits,
Definition of
the derivative
2.2: 3,7,9-12,13,17,19,21,29;
p.140: 3,4,5,7,25,27,31;
 
Sep 29 Exam 1, 10/2, R,
6-7:30 pm
 
Continuity
2.3
p.140: 9-12,15,17;
2.3: 1,3,4,7,9,10,17,20,21,23, and #2 page 130, #25 page 132;
Oct 6   2.4, 3.1,
3.2
2.4: 1,3,5,9,10,11,12,15,17,19,22,23, and #26,30 page 132;
3.1: 1-34 odd, 37,41,44,45,47,51,59;
3.2: 1-22 odd,25,27,29;
Oct 13 No classes M 3.3, 3.4,
3.5
3.3: 1-34 odd,37,39,41,44,49,51; 3.4: 1,3-33 odd,35,39,44;
3.5: 1-20 odd,21,23;
Oct 20   Differentiation,
4.1, 4.2
p.173: 1-64 odd;
4.1: 1,3,5,7,9,10,11,15,16,,18,19,21,23,27; 4.2: 1,3,5,7,9,12,13,15,17,19,24;
Oct 27 Exam 2, 10/30, R
6-7:30 pm
 
4.3,
4.7
4.3: 3,11,12,13,17,19,20,23,25,30,31,35,43, and #3,4 page 228;
4.7:1,2,4,7,9;
Nov 3 No classes T 4.8, 5.1,
5.2
4.8: 1,3,6; 5.1: 1,2,37,8,9,11,14,18 and #20 page 267;
5.2: 1,2,5,9,15,16,21-27;
Nov 10 No classes T;
T classes meet W
5.3, 5.4, 5.3: 1,3,6,7,9,11,16,19,22,25,27,29,32,and #16,19 page 266; 5.4: 1-5,7-9,13,22,23;
Nov 17   5.5, 7.1 5.5: 5,11,13, and #42 page 269;
Nov 24 No classes R, F 7.1 (cont'd), 7.3 7.1: 1-66 odd; 7.3: 1-20 odd,27,30,36;
Dec 1 Exam 3, 12/4, R,
6-7:30 pm
 
7.4, 6.1 7.4: 1,3,4,5,7,17,19 pages 317, 318; 6.1: 2,3,5,6,11,15,16,18 and #29,35 page 312;
Dec 8 Classes end T Review