Math 120: Applied Calculus II

Spring 2014

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: TWF 10-11, 12-12:30, TF 1:30-2, W 12-1 or by appointment

Textbook: Calculus with Applications by Lial, Greenwell, Ritchey, 10^th edition

Class Meetings: TWF 11:00 -- 11:50, BNW 340

Final Exam: Friday, May 2, 3:00 PM

Other Materials

• Syllabus (pdf) LaTeX source
• Check my grades

Coming Attractions

1/29: Homework #1 due

Section 6.2: 2, 3, 9, 11, 13
Section 6.3: 27, 28, 30, 31ab
Selected solutions pdf

2/5: Homework #2 due

Section 6.3: 23, 31c
Section 6.4: 7, 9, 14, 21 (just find the slope), 34 (just find the slope), 44a
Section 6.5: 2, 9, 17, 23, 25, 27
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2/12: Homework #3 due

Section 6.6: 9, 10, 13, 16, 36, 39, 41
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2/19: Homework #4 due

Section 13.1: 7, 8, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 47, 48 (show work for all these by drawing triangles or something), 76
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2/21: Exam I

 

2/26: Homework #5 due

Section 13.1: 64, 65, 70, 71
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3/5: Homework #6 due

Section 13.2: 2, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 34, 47, 48
Section 13.3: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9
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3/12: Homework #7 due

Section 13.3: 14, 15, 27, 29, 34
Section 8.1: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 40
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3/19: Homework #8 due

Section 8.2: 3, 8, 11, 24, 29, 30
Section 8.3: 5a, 10a, 18, 19 (just present value for 18 & 19)
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4/2: Homework #9 due

Section 8.3: 5b, 10b, 18 (just acc. amt.)
Section 8.4: 2, 7, 8, 14, 15, 20, 42, 52
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4/4: Exam II

 

4/16: Homework #10 due

Section 12.1: 2, 4, 7, 10, 15, 23, 26, 44
Section 12.2: 1, 4, 7, 12 (in #7 and later problems, the rates given are annual interest rates), 15, 21, 23, 25

4/23: Homework #11 due

Section 12.3: 2, 7, 11, 22, 27, 31
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4/30: Homework #12 due

Section 12.4: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 22
Section 12.5: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 20

Last homework assignment (not to be collected)

Section 12.6: 1, 11, 15 (each time, compute 3 iterations of Newton's method)

5/2: Final Exam, 3:00 PM