MTH 103X Applied Precalculus - All Sections Spring 2017

Topics and Practice Problems

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                Topics

           Suggested Practice Problems

Jan 23

Sec 1.1: What is a Function?
Sec 1.2: Functions and Expressions
Sec 1.3: Functions and Equations

Section 1.1: #1,2,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,25,27,31,32,33,37,39
Section 1.2: #1,5,9,11,15,17,19,20,21,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39
Section 1.3: #1,3,5,7,11,17,19,21,27,29,33,35(a),37,39,45,47,49,51,53,63,67

Jan 30

Sec 1.4: Functions and Change
Sec 2.1: Introduction to Linear Functions
Sec 2.2: Linear Expressions

Section 1.4: #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19,21,23,24,27,31,34,35,37,39
Section 2.1: #1,5,7,9,11,15,16,17,19,21,25,27,37,41,43,45,47,49
Section 2.2: #3,5,9,11,12,13,15,17,23,25,26,27,29,31,33,34,37,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,59,61,67

Feb 6

Sec 2.3: Linear Equations
Sec 2.4: Equations for Lines in the Plane
Sec 2.6: Systems of Linear Equations

Section 2.3: #1,2,3,4,5,7,9,11,13,14,19,23,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,51,61,63,65,67
Section 2.4: #1,3,5,7,9,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,31,33,35,37,38,39,40,41,43,45,46,47,48,49,59,61,62,63,65,67,71,73
Section 2.6: #1,3,5,6,7,8,11,13,18,19,20,21,23,25,27,29,30,37,39,45,51,52,53,55,58,60
From review problems for Chapter 2: page 92-93: 77,78,79,80,81,82. In the latter six problems, if a function is linear, find a formula.

Feb 13

Sec 3.1: Introduction to Quadratic Functions
Sec 3.2: Quadratic Expressions
Sec 3.3: Converting to Factored and Vertex Form

Section 3.1: #1,3,5,6,9,11,13,15,17,18,21,23,25,27,33
Section 3.2: #1,3,4,5,7,9,11,13,15,16,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,38,41,42,44,46,57
Section 3.3: #3,5,6,7,9,13,15,16,17,19,21,25,27,31,33,35,36,37,39,41,43,45,47

Feb 20

No classes M
Exam I, Feb 21, Tue 6-7:30pm, Chafee 271
Sec 3.4: Quadratic Equations
Sec 4.1: Power Functions: Positive Exponents
Sec 4.2: Power Functions: Negative and Fractional Exponents

Section 3.4: #3,5,9,10,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,59,61,63,65,66,67,71
Section 4.1: #1,5,13,15,17,21,23,24,25,28,29,30,31
Section 4.2: #1,4,5,7,9,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21,23,25,27,29,31

Feb 27

Sec 4.3: Power Functions and Expressions
Sec 4.4: Power Functions and Equations
Sec 5.1: Domain and Range

Section 4.3: #1-9,11,13,15,17,19,20,21,23,25,27,29,31,33-40,50,51,53,54,55,57,59,65,70,71,72
Section 4.4: #1-5,7,13,15,23,25,27,31,33,35,37,38,41,43,45,47,49,55,57,79;
From review problems for Chapter 4: page 172: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,14,15,17,20,21,27; page 175: 1,9,17,19.
Section 5.1: #1,5,6,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,25,27,29,32,35,37,39,41,43,45,51,55,57,59,60

Mar 6

Sec 5.2: Composing and Decomposing Functions
Sec 5.3: Shifting and Scaling
Sec 5.4: Inverse Functions

Section 5.2: #1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,20,22,24,25,30,31,33,35,37,38,41
Section 5.3: #1,2,3,4,7,,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,29,31,35,37,41,43,45,47
Section 5.4: #1,3,5,7-11,13,17,19,33,35

Mar 13

Spring Break

Spring Break

Mar 20

Exam II, Tue, Mar 21, 6-7:30pm, Chafee 271
Sec 6.1: Exponential Functions
Sec 6.2: Exponential Expressions: Growth Rates

Section 6.1: #1,3,5,7,8,9,13,14,15,19-23,25,29,31,32,34,43-45,47,49
Section 6.2: #1,3,5,7,9,11,21,23,25,33,36,37,40-45,50,51,53,57-59

Mar 27

Sec 6.3: Exponential Expressions: Half-Life and Doubling Time
Sec 6.6: Exponential Functions and base e

Section 6.3: #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,19,21,23,25,27,39,41,43,48,51,53
Section 6.6: #1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,19,24,25,27,29,33,37

Apr 3

Sec 7.1: : Introduction to Logarithms
Sec 7.2: Solving Equations Using Logarithms

Section 7.1: #1,2,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,33,35,36,37,39,41,43,45,46,47,49,51,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,61,63,65,73,74,76,77,79,81
Section 7.2: #9,11,13,15,17,19,25,27,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,51,53,55,57,58-61,63

Apr 10

Sec 7.3: Applications of Logarithms to Modeling
Sec 7.4: Natural Logarithms and Other Bases

Section 7.3: #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,19,21,26,27,28,29,31,33,37,39,45,49,51,54
Section 7.4: #1,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,15,20,24,21,23,25,26,27,29,31,33,36,37,39,41,49,50,51,53

Apr 17

Handout on Trigonometry Section H1: Periodic Functions
Handout on Trigonometry Section H2: Angles on the Unit Circle. Radian Measure
Handout on Trigonometry Section H3: Sine and Cosine on the Unit Circle

Section H1: #1-6
Section H2: #1-21
Section H3: #1-11

Apr 24

Exam III, Tue, Apr 25, 6-7:30pm, Chafee 271
Handout on Trigonometry Section H4: Trigonometric Functions. Modelling

Section H4: #1-13

May 1

Classes end M
Review