Thursday, October 9, 2008

Take-Home Test due 10/17/08

Folks you can use this post to comment back and forth if you are consulting each other about questions on the test. This way I can monitor the conversations and/or intervene with my own comments if I feel compelled enough.

Remember, start early and do not wait for the last minute as you will surely suffer if you do. The questions are compelling and some are designed to make you think beyond the work done in class. I am testing what you have already understood and how you can extend your understanding to different situations. Please read the rubric carefully and check your solutions to see whether your work fulfills the criteria for evaluation.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey when finding the derivative of a function that is to a negative power, should you go about finding the derivative with the negative power function in the numerator or should you just switch everything to the denominator?

Anonymous said...

In the definition of the derivative, it would be hard to work with a negative power algebraically and so expressing it as a positive exponent in the denominator would be helpful. Then, the same strategy as employed in some of the problems in class can be used for the rest of the algebraic solution.
Also, next time please identify yourself with your actual name instead of a name like "bemis".