Homework
I will probably assign homework every day
(except exam days),
covering the material from the lecture given that day,
and due the next non-exam class day.
However, in case you have any questions about a homework assignment,
we can discuss it during the first quarter hour or so of the day that it's due.
During this time, I'll try to ensure that everybody knows how to do it.
So that you're not working on homework during the lecture,
you may always turn in a homework assignment up to one class day late.
Homework problems will come in two forms:
Practice Problems and Due Problems.
Generally, the Practice Problems will come from the textbook,
while I will write the Due Problems myself,
(although there may be exceptions in both cases).
Only the Due Problems actually need to be handed in.
You don't have to turn in the Practice Problems, but you should try them!
If you find them easy, then you can skip to the next batch,
but the Practice Problems will usually help you with the Due Problems.
In any case, you'll need to practise the material
if you want to remember it
for quizzes or exams,
a subsequent course, or the rest of your life.
As you do your homework,
I encourage you to talk with your fellow students.
In my class, this is not cheating!
However, the final result that you turn in to me
should be your own work, written by you in your own words;
you should understand (at least more or less) what you've written.
Don't turn in anything that you copied from another person,
and don't have other students copy from what you plan to turn in.
You can also look at other books and talk to other people,
but the same rules apply as if those books or people were your fellow students:
Understand what you turn in, and write your answers in your own words.
In case you miss the homework, you can download it here;
see the downloading help if you have trouble.
When I return each homework assignment, I'll post my solutions here too;
once that happens, I won't accept it late
unless you arrange something with me
ahead of time.
- Introduction:
- Lecture covered: April 1 Thursday;
- Date due: April 6 Tuesday (or the next class meeting after you add);
- Due Problem (essay):
Explain your background in mathematics
and how you ended up in this course.
- Review:
- Lecture covered: April 6 Tuesday;
- Date due: April 8 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From Chapter R (page 84): 1–11 (all) odd;
- From Chapter 1 (page 152): 1–13 (all) odd;
- Due Problems:
- From Chapter R (page 84): 2–10 (all) even;
- From Chapter 1 (page 152): 2–12 (all) even.
- Graphs:
- Lecture covered: April 8 Thursday;
- Sections of the textbook: 2.2&2.3;
- Date due: April 13 Tuesday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §2.2 (pages 171–173):
1–10, 11, 15, 21, 28, 29, 32, 39–43 odd,
46, 53, 59, 65, 69, 73, 77, 85;
- From §2.3 (pages 185–189):
1–10, 11–59 odd, 67–71 odd, 77–85 odd,
91, 103–105, 115, 121, 129;
- Due Problems (with my answers):
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- Functions:
- Lecture covered: April 13 Tuesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 3.1&3.2;
- Date due: April 15 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §3.1 (pages 219–222):
31, 36, 39, 45, 49, 51, 57, 61, 69, 73, 75, 83, 87, 91, 101;
- From §3.2 (pages 226–231):
9, 12–15, 23, 25, 39;
- Due Problems (with my answers):
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- More on functions:
- Lecture covered: April 15 Thursday;
- Sections of the textbook: 3.3&3.4;
- Date due: April 22 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §3.3 (pages 238–242):
1–21, 25, 27, 31, 33, 34, 39, 45, 53, 63;
- From §3.4 (pages 248–252):
1–24, 25–33 odd, 41, 43, 49, 55;
- Due Problems (with my answers):
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- Transformations:
- Lecture covered: April 20 Tuesday;
- Section of the textbook: 3.5;
- Date due: April 22 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §3.5 (pages 261–264):
1–26, 33, 35, 39–47 odd, 53, 57,
59, 65, 66, 69, 75, 81, 85;
- Due Problems:
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- Building functions, linear functions:
- Lectures covered: April 22&27;
- Sections of the textbook: 3.6, 4.1;
- Date due: May 4 Tuesday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §3.6 (pages 267–269): 1, 7, 8, 19, 22, 24;
- From §4.1 (pages 284–287):
1–12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 23, 31, 33, 37, 41, 47;
- Due Problems:
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- Quadratic functions:
- Lecture covered: May 4 Tuesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 4.3&4.4;
- Date due: May 6 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §4.3 (pages 302–305):
1–18, 19, 21, 27, 32, 35, 39, 43,
45, 47, 53, 55, 61, 64, 75, 81, 89;
- From §4.4 (pages 310–314):
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 19;
- Due Problems:
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- Analysing factored polynomial functions:
- Lecture covered: May 6 Thursday;
- Section of the textbook: 5.1;
- Date due: May 6 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
From §5.1 (pages 339–344):
1–10, 11–17 odd, 23, 25, 32, 34, 37, 43,
45, 47, 51, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64, 67, 78, 81, 87;
- Due Problems:
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- Analysing and graphing rational functions:
- Lecture covered: May 11 Thursday;
- Sections of the textbook: 5.2&5.3;
- Date due: May 13 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §5.2 (pages 352–354):
1–19, 23–27 odd, 29, 37, 41, 43, 45, 46;
- From §5.3 (pages 366–369):
1–10, 13, 15, 25, 33, 45, 47, 51.a&b, 55.a;
- Due Problems:
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- Rational inequalities and rational zeroes:
- Lecture covered: May 11 Thursday;
- Sections of the textbook: 5.4&5.5;
- Date due: May 18 Tuesday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §5.4 (pages 373&374):
1, 2, 3, 5, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 43, 45, 51, 57;
- From §5.5 (pages 386–389):
1–10, 11, 15, 19, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40,
45, 51, 53, 57, 59, 65, 67, 69, 103, 117;
- Due Problems:
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- Complex zeroes and Descartes's rule:
- Lecture covered: May 18 Tuesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 5.5&5.6;
- Date due: May 20 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §5.5 (pages 386–389): 21, 25, 30, 75, 77;
- From §5.6 (pages 393&394):
1–6, 7, 11, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 27, 33, 37, 41;
- Due Problems:
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- Composition and inverses of functions:
- Lecture covered: May 20 Thursday;
- Sections of the textbook: 6.1&6.2;
- Date due: May 25 Tuesday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §6.1 (pages 407–409):
1–6, 9, 11, 18, 19, 21, 23, 31, 33, 35, 39, 72;
- From §6.2 (pages 419–423):
1–8, 17–22, 31, 35, 39, 41–45 odd,
49–53 odd, 63, 65, 71, 73, 75, 85;
- Due Problems:
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- Exponential and logarithmic functions:
- Lecture covered: May 25 Tuesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 6.3&6.4;
- Date due: May 27 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §6.3 (pages 432–437):
1–10, 11, 14, 17, 29–36, 37, 39, 43, 46,
49, 52, 53, 59, 63, 65, 75, 77, 83, 87, 95, 99;
- From §6.4 (pages 446–450):
1–8, 9–24, 25–45 odd, 55, 63–71,
77, 81, 83, 87–109 odd, 117, 126;
- Due Problems:
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- Exponential and logarithmic expressions and equations:
- Lecture covered: May 27 Thursday;
- Sections of the textbook: 6.5&6.6;
- Date due: June 1 Tuesday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §6.5 (pages 457&458):
1–21, 23, 25, 29, 31–63 odd, 71, 75, 81, 85, 91;
- From §6.6 (pages 463–465):
1–4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 15, 19, 25, 31, 33,
35, 39, 41, 45, 49, 55, 89;
- Due Problems:
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- Exponential and logarithmic applications:
- Lecture covered: June 1 Tuesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 6.7&6.8;
- Date due: June 3 Thursday;
- Practice Problems:
- From §6.7 (pages 472–475):
1&2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 19, 23, 27, 31, 36, 41, 43, 53;
- From §6.8 (pages 484–486):
1, 3, 11, 13, 16, 21, 23, 26;
- Due Problems:
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- Systems of equations:
- Lecture covered: June 3 Thursday;
- Sections of the textbook: 12.1;
- Date due: June 8 Tuesday;
- Practice Problems:
From §12.1 (pages 847–850):
1–6, 7, 8, 15, 19, 25, 26, 29, 35, 43, 45, 59, 60;
- Due Problems:
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