Homework due 10/02/08

Read pages 88-91 and then do problems 1, 2, 11, 13 & 14 on pages 91-92.

Homework due 9/29/08

Read pages 66-70, 72-77 & 80-83. You will have a quiz on this reading so make sure to read, process and understand it. You can help each other with questions you have through this blog.

Homework due 9/26/08

Find expressions for the instantaneous rate of change (slope functions) for any input value for the given functions in the handout from class. A copy of the handout is attached to the conference folder message.

Reading for 9/25/08

Read the handout on the biographies of Newton and Leibniz and the interpretations of limits through history. The handout is attached to the conference folder message if you misplace your handout.

Homework due 9/23/08

Do problems on page 78 - 80; # 2 and 24.

Note:
Number 2 should seem familiar in that it deals with similar ideas to the previous homework assignment. Number 24, however, is now asking for estimates of two instantaneous rates of change on an exponential function. You will be using the difference quotient here and I suggest trying values of h (the change in t) that are closer and closer to zero. Don't just do one calculation, do a few, say h=0.1, 0.01, 0.0001, and see what the value is converging to in each case.

Homework due 9/22/08

Finish the problems on pages 71-72; # 1, 3, 5, 13, 14, 15 and 17. Make sure to show all your work and for many questions provide the reasons for you answers. Also, you can find solutions to the first test on the class conference folder.

Test on 9/15/08

You will have a test on everything we have covered in the review of functions.

Homework due 9/11/08

Do the following problems on pages 21-23:
#1-4, 8, 9-13, 17, 19, 21, 28, 29, 39, 40, 43 & 46

Homework due 9/9/08

Read pages 17-21 & 37-41 from the textbook. In your homework journal, take some notes on things that may be confusing for you or hard to understand and formulate questions that you can ask in class.

Quiz on Monday 9/8/08

Folks, your quiz will be on everything we have covered up to and including Friday's class. We have looked at functions as relationships that can be expressed in four different ways; verbal, visual, numerical and symbolic. A good review of function notation, the language of inputs and outputs and understanding the behavior of functions is recommended. In addition, keep in mind the key distinction between functions that are linear and ones that are not. We had a detailed review of exponential functions and a refresher on logarithms as inverse functions of exponential functions. You should be able to work with logarithms with ease. You will have the properties of logarithms available to you on the quiz.