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Math 124 Materials Website (Autumn 2008)
A note to the student.
Final Exam: Date, Ground Rules and Rooms.
Text: Calculus, by Stewart. This is a custom edition available in the University
Bookstore. There are two volumes: Vol. 1 covers Math 124/5; Vol. 2 covers Math 126/324.
| Week |
Outline/Study Guide |
Quiz/Exam Archive |
Topics and Textbook Sections |
| 1 |
Outline 1
| Week 1 Quizzes
| Precalculus (Sec. 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6) |
| 2 |
Outline 2
| Week 2 Quizzes
| Parametric equations;
introduce tangent lines, rates of change, average velocity,
instantaneous velocity. (Sec. 10.1 or supplement reading, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3). |
| 3 |
Outline 3
| Week 3 Quizzes
| Limits and their calculation, continuity, asymptotes.
Back to velocity and rates of change. Definition of the derivative. (Sec 2.5, 2.6, 2.7).
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| 4 |
Outline 4
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| More on the derivative function, graphical differentiation,
beginning of differentiation rules.
(Sec. 2.8, 3.1, 3.2). |
| 5 |
Outline 5
| MIDTERM #1 |
Midterm Review, Midterm #1, more basic differentiation rules (Sec. 3.3, 3.4) |
| 6 |
Outline 6
| Week 6 Quizzes
| More chain rule, implicit differentiation, logarithmic derivatives, tangents to parametrized curves. (Sec. 10.2(Tangents), 3.4, 3.5, 3.6). |
| 7 |
Outline 7
| Week 7 Quizzes
| Related rates, tangent line approximation, more parametrized motion.(Sec. 3.9, 3.10). |
| 8 |
Outline 8
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| More tangent line approximation, introduction to min/max theory. (Sec. 3.10, 4.1, 4.3). |
| 9 |
Outline 9
| MIDTERM #2
| Midterm Review, Midterm #2, more on derivative tests (Sec. 4.3) |
| 10 |
Outline 10
| Week 10
| L'Hôpital's Rule, curve sketching, optimization problems (Sec. 4.4, 4.5, 4.7) |
| 11 |
Outline 11
| Week 11-OLD FINAL EXAMS
| Finish the course, Final Exam Review.
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