FALL 2009 MTH 131 APPLIED CALCULUS I
SYLLABUS AND CALENDAR

The following calendar gives a timetable for the course and suggested practice problems from the text. These are suggested practice problems and not homework problems to be handed in. We will be using the WileyPlus online homework system for assigned homework. Your instructor will tell you about online assignmets you must complete. The dates and locations of the evening exams are as follows: Exam 1: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6-7:30, Edwards Aud.; Exam 2: Thursday, 6-7:30, Nov. 5, Chafee 271; Exam 3: Thursday, Dec. 10, 6-7:30, Edwards Aud.

Week of
Events
Sections
Suggested Practice Problems from the Text
Sep 7 Classes start W 1.1, 1.2,
1.3
1.1: 1-5,7,9,10,16,17,18,19,22,23; 1.2: 1,3,5,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,19,23,27;
1.3: 1,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,17,19,21,27,28;
Sep 14   1.5, 1.6,
1.7
1.5: 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,11,13,17,18,19,21,23,and #59 page 75;
1.6: 1-15 odd,16,21,22,23,24,25,27,29,31,33,35,36;
1.7: 1,2,3,6,8,10,13,15,16,18,19,23,29 and #62,64 page 75;
Sep 21   1.10, 2.1,
2.2
1.10: 3,5,7,9,11,15,19,21,23,25;
2.1: 1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,15,17,19,20,25;
Sep 28   2.2 (cont'd),
Limits,
Definition of
the derivative
2.2: 3,7,9-12,13,17,19,21,29;
p.140: 3,4,5,7,25,27,31;
 
Oct 5 Exam 1, 10/6, Tue,
6-7:30 pm
 
Continuity
2.3
p.140: 9-12,15,17;
2.3: 1,3,4,7,9,10,17,20,21,23, and #2 page 130, #25 page 132;
Oct 12   2.4, 3.1,
3.2
2.4: 1,3,5,9,10,11,12,15,17,19,22,23, and #26,30 page 132;
3.1: 1-34 odd, 37,41,44,45,47,51,59;
3.2: 1-22 odd,25,27,29;
Oct 19   3.3, 3.4,
3.5
3.3: 1-34 odd,37,39,41,44,49,51; 3.4: 1,3-33 odd,35,39,44;
3.5: 1-20 odd,21,23;
Oct 26   Differentiation,
4.1, 4.2
p.173: 1-64 odd;
4.1: 1,3,5,7,9,10,11,15,16,,18,19,21,23,27; 4.2: 1,3,5,7,9,12,13,15,17,19,24;
Nov 2 Exam 2, 11/5, Thur
6-7:30 pm
 
4.3,
4.7
4.3: 3,11,12,13,17,19,20,23,25,30,31,35,43, and #3,4 page 228;
4.7:1,2,4,7,9;
Nov 9 No classes W 4.8, 5.1,
5.2
4.8: 1,3,6; 5.1: 1,2,37,8,9,11,14,18 and #20 page 267;
5.2: 1,2,5,9,15,16,21-27;
Nov 16   5.3, 5.4, 5.3: 1,3,6,7,9,11,16,19,22,25,27,29,32,and #16,19 page 266; 5.4: 1-5,7-9,13,22,23;
Nov 23 No classes R, F 5.5, 7.1 5.5: 5,11,13, and #42 page 269;
Nov 30   7.1 (cont'd), 7.3 7.1: 1-66 odd; 7.3: 1-20 odd,27,30,36;
Dec 7 Exam 3, 12/10, Thur,
6-7:30 pm
 
7.4, 6.1 7.4: 1,3,4,5,7,17,19 pages 317, 318; 6.1: 2,3,5,6,11,15,16,18 and #29,35 page 312;
Dec 14 No class; Reading day M