Readings and homework

I will assign readings listed below. Most readings will have associated exercises due in class the next day. Unless otherwise specified, all readings and exercises are from the 10th Edition of Algebra and Trigonometry written by Sullivan and published by Prentice-Hall (Pearson).

Here are the assigned readings and exercises (Reading 1, Reading 2, Reading 3, Reading 4, Reading 5, Reading 6, Reading 7, Reading 8, Reading 9, Reading 10, Reading 11, Reading 12, Reading 13, Reading 14); but anything whose assigned date is in the future is subject to change!

Circles:
- Date assigned: October 4 Tuesday.
- Date due: October 6 Thursday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 150–154 (§2.1);
  - Pages 182–185 (§2.4).
- Problems due:
  - From §2.1 (page 154): 3;
  - From §2.4 (page 186): 4, 5.
Angles:
- Date assigned: October 6 Thursday.
- Date due: October 11 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook: Pages 506–514 (§7.1).
- Problems due: From §7.1 (page 515): 5, 6, 8.
Acute angles:
- Date assigned: October 11 Tuesday.
- Date due: October 13 Thursday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 519–527 (§7.2);
  - Pages 531–537 (§7.3).
- Problems due:
  - From §7.2 (page 527): 4, 6;
  - From §7.3 (page 538): 5.
The trigonometric operations:
- Date assigned: October 13 Thursday.
- Date due: October 18 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 543–550 (§7.4);
  - Pages 531–555 (§7.5.1);
  - Pages 559–561 (§§7.5.3&7.5.4).
- Problems due:
  - From §7.4 (page 551): 1;
  - From §7.5 (pages 561&562): 5, 6.
The trigonometric functions:
- Date assigned: October 20 Thursday.
- Date due: October 25 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 557–559 (§7.5.2);
  - Pages 564&565 (§7.6: The Graph of the Sine Function);
  - Pages 566&567 (§7.6: The Graph of the Cosine Function);
  - Pages 579–581 (§7.7: The Graph of the Tangent Function);
  - Pages 582&583 (§7.7: The Graph of the Cotangent Function, The Graphs of the Cosecant Function and the Secant Function).
- Problems due:
  - From §7.5 (page 562): 9;
  - From §7.6 (page 574): 3, 8;
  - From §7.7 (page 584): 3, 6.
Transformations of trigonometric functions:
- Date assigned: October 25 Tuesday.
- Date due: October 27 Thursday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Optional: Review §3.5 (but you can ignore horizontal shifts);
  - Pages 565&566 (§7.6.1);
  - Pages 567–574 (§§7.6.2–7.6.5);
  - Pages 581&582 (§7.7.1);
  - Pages 583&584 (§7.7.2);
  - Optional: Pages 587–590 (§7.8.1).
- My handout on sinusoidal functions.
- Problems due:
  - From §3.5 (pages 256–260): 2, 6;
  - From §7.6 (page 574): 4, 5.
Inverse trigonometric operations:
- Date assigned: October 27 Thursday.
- Date due: November 1 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 607–616 (§8.1);
  - Pages 620–623 (§8.2).
- Problems due:
  - From §8.1 (pages 616&617): 7, 13;
  - From §8.2 (page 623): 4, 7.
Expanding trigonometric expressions:
- Date assigned: November 3 Thursday.
- Date due: November 8 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 643–647 (§8.5.1);
  - The top half of page 648 (formulas for the tangent function);
  - Page 649 (§8.5.3);
  - Pages 655–657 (§8.6 through the first half of §8.6.2);
  - Pages 659–661 (§8.6.3).
- Problems due:
  - From §8.5 (page 652): 5, 6, 11;
  - From §8.6 (page 662): 1, 2, 3.
Simplifying expressions and solving equations:
- Date assigned: November 8 Tuesday.
- Date due: November 10 Thursday.
- My handout on simplifying trigonometric expressions.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 635–640 (§8.4);
  - The Examples on pages 647&648 (§8.5.2);
  - Pages 625–630 (§8.3);
  - Pages 650&651 (§8.5.4);
  - Pages 658&659 (the second half of §8.6.2);
  - Optional: pages 665–667 (§8.7).
- Problems due:
  - From §8.4 (page 640): 4, 5;
  - From §8.3 (page 631): 7, 10, 11.
Solving right triangles:
- Date assigned: November 10 Thursday.
- Date due: November 15 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook: Pages 676–678 (§9.1).
- Problems due: From §9.1 (page 679): 5, 7, 8.
Solving triangles:
- Date assigned: November 17 Thursday.
- Date due: November 22 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 682–688 (§9.2);
  - Pages 692–695 (§9.3).
- Problems due:
  - From §9.2 (page 688): 4, 5;
  - From §9.3 (page 695): 3, 4, 5.
Area of triangles:
- Date assigned: November 22 Tuesday.
- Date due: November 29 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 699–701 (§9.4);
  - Optional: Pages 705–711 (§9.5).
- Problems due: From §9.4 (page 701): 1, 2, 5.
Polar coordinates:
- Date assigned: November 29 Tuesday.
- Date due: December 1 Thursday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Pages 720–727 (§ 10.1);
  - Pages 729–732 (§10.2.1);
  - Optional: Page 733 (§10.2.2);
  - Pages 734–741 (§10.2.3).
- Problems due:
  - From §10.1 (page 727): 6, 10;
  - From §10.2 (page 741): 12.
Vectors:
- Date assigned: December 1 Thursday.
- Date due: December 6 Tuesday.
- Reading from the textbook:
  - Optional: Pages 744–749 (§10.3);
  - Pages 752–761 (§10.4);
  - Pages 766–771 (§10.5).
- Problems due:
  - From §10.4 (page 762): 1, 3;
  - From §10.5 (page 771): 2, 3, 7.

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