Math 1121: Applied Calculus I
Fall 2020
General Information
Class meetings Section 9: TWF 11-11:50, NHS 410 Section 10: TF 12:30-1:20, W 1-1:50, BNW 138
Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal
Homepage)
Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu
Textbook:
Calculus with Applications by Lial, Greenwell, Ritchey, 10th or 11th edition
Office Hours:
TF 10-11, 1:30-2, W 10-11, 12-1, 2-3.
All office hours by Zoom! Zoom link: https://fairfield.zoom.us/j/5514910533
Final Exam: Section 9: Tuesday Dec 15, 11:30AM Section 10: Friday Dec 18, 11:30AM
Links
Schedule
Here is a YouTube playlist.
- Episode 1: Limits graphically
Homework: Section 2.1 #38, 39, Section 3.1 #3, 6, 7, 8, 10
- Episode 2: Limits algebraically
Homework: Section 3.1 #32, 33, 35, 36, 42,
- Episode 3: Limits at infinity
Homework: Section 3.1 43-52, (old book 87, new book 89)
- Episode 4: Continuity
Homework: Section 3.2 #2, 6, 7, 10
- Episode 5: Piecewise functions
Homework: Section 3.2 #20bc, 23bc, 37 (just write a formula for F(x), don't do their questions), 41ab
- Episode 6: Average rate of change
Homework: Section 3.3 #2, 5, 27a, 28ab, 31a, 40ab
- Episode 7: Instantaneous rate of change
Homework: Section 3.3 #10, 17, 27c, 44c
- Episode 8: The derivative
Homework: Section 3.4 #13, 14, 50
- Episode 9: Derivatives on graphs
Homework: Section 3.5 #7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17
- Episode 10: Derivatives of polynomials
- Exam 1 Section 9 group W
- Exam 1 Section 10 group W
- Exam 1 Section 9 group F
- Exam 1 Section 10 group F
Week of 10/5
Homework: Section 4.1 #4, 7, 13, 20, 34, 38, 60
- Episode 11: Product rule and quotient rule
Homework: Section 4.2 #1, 7, 12, 25, 27, 28, (new book 45, old book 43), 52a
- Episode 12: The chain rule
Homework: Section 4.3 #22, 23, 30, 33, 39, 49, 56
Week of 10/12: Homework #6
- Episode 13: Exponential functions
Homework: Section 4.4 #4, 12, 19, 24, 27, 33, 45
- Episode 14: Logarithms
Homework: Section 2.5 #2, 8, 14, 17, 22, 60, 61, (old book 87, new book 89)
- Episode 15: Derivative of logs
Homework: Section 4.5 #8, 9, 11, 16, 33, 39, (old book 62ab, new book 64ab)
Week of 11/2: Homework #9
- Episode 20: Higher derivatives
Homework: Section 5.3 #7, 16, 21, (old book 26, 27, 29, new book 27, 29, 31)
- Episode 21: Second derivative test
Homework: Section 5.3 (old book #36, 37, 59, 61, 87, new book #38, 39, 61, 63, 89)
- Episode 22: Curve sketching
Homework: Section 5.4 #6, 8, 9 (for these, just graph the function- show enough work so that I know how you did it)
- Week 9 Tuesday Zoom, section 09
- Week 9 Tuesday Zoom, section 10
Week of 11/9: Homework #10
Everybody is on F schedule from now on
- Episode 23: Curve sketching with asymptotes
Homework: Section 5.4 #13, 19 (for these, just graph the function- show enough work so that I know how you did it)
- Episode 24: Absolute extrema
Homework: Section 6.1 #12, 16, 17, 42, (old book 51, new book 53)
- Episode 25: The antiderivative
Homework: Section 7.1 #9, 15, 21, 30, 33, 37, 42
- Week 10 Tuesday Zoom, section 09
- Week 10 Tuesday Zoom, section 10
- Week 10 Wednesday Zoom, section 09
- Week 10 Wednesday Zoom, section 10
Week of 11/16: Homework #11
Everybody on F schedule
Exam #3 this week
- Episode 26: Initial value problems
Homework: Section 7.1 #45, 51, 58, 60, 66, 67
- Episode 27: Integration by substitution
Homework: Section 7.2 #7, 10, 17, 20, 29
- Week 11 Tuesday Zoom, section 09
- Week 11 Tuesday Zoom, section 10
- Week 11 Wednesday Zoom, section 09
- Week 11 Wednesday Zoom, section 10
- Professor's homework answers
- Section 09 Exam 3 questions Professor's answers
- Section 10 Exam 3 questions Professor's answers
Week of 11/30: Homework #12
Everybody on F schedule
- Episode 28: Area estimates with rectangles
Homework: Section 7.3 #6, 7, 9, 11 (no part c for any of these)
- Episode 29: Trapezoid and Simpson's rules
Homework: Section 7.6 #3, 8, 11, 12 (no part c for any of these)
- Episode 30: Total Change Theorem
Homework: Section 7.3 #25, (old book 26, new book 28), (old book 37, new book 39),
Section 7.6 #32, 33 (use n=6)
- Week 12 Tuesday Zoom, section 09
- Week 12 Tuesday Zoom, section 10
- Week 12 Wednesday Zoom, section 09
- Week 12 Wednesday Zoom, section 10
- Professor's homework answers
W (Wednesday) cohort calendar
- 9/1: Class by zoom! All students connect to https://fairfield.zoom.us/j/5514910533
- 9/9: HW & quiz covering Episodes 1, 2
Professor's answers (sorry it's blurry! I'll do better next time)
- 9/16: HW & quiz covering Episodes 3, 4
- 9/23: HW & quiz covering Episodes 5, 6, 7
Professor's answers
- 9/30: HW covering Episodes 8, 9, 10
Professor's answers
Exam 1 covering Episodes 1-10
Professor's answers (Section 9)
Professor's answers (Section 10)
- 10/7: HW & quiz covering Episodes 11, 12
- 10/14: HW & quiz covering Episodes 13, 14, 15
- 10/21: HW covering Episodes 16, 17
Exam 2 covering Episodes 11-17
- 10/28: HW & quiz covering Episodes 18, 19
- 11/4: HW & quiz covering Episodes 20, 21, 22
- 11/11: HW & quiz covering Episodes 23, 24, 25
- 11/18: HW covering Episodes 26, 27
Exam 3 covering Episodes 18-27
- Friday 12/4: HW & quiz covering Episodes 28, 29, 30
- Friday 12/11: HW & quiz covering Episodes 31, 32
F (Friday) cohort calendar
- 9/1: Class by zoom! All students connect to https://fairfield.zoom.us/j/5514910533
- 9/11: HW & quiz covering Episodes 1, 2, 3
Professor's answers (sorry it's blurry! I'll do better next time)
- 9/18: HW & quiz covering Episodes 4, 5, 6
Professor's answers
- 9/25: HW & quiz covering Episodes 7, 8
Professor's answers
- 10/2: HW covering Episode 9, 10
Professor's answers
Exam 1 covering Episodes 1-10
Professor's answers (Section 9)
Professor's answers (Section 10)
- 10/9: HW & quiz covering Episodes 11, 12
- 10/16: HW & quiz covering Episodes 13, 14, 15
- 10/23: HW covering Episode 16, 17
Exam 2 covering Episodes 11-17
- 10/30: HW & quiz covering Episodes 18, 19
- 11/6: HW & quiz covering Episodes 20, 21, 22
- 11/13: HW & quiz covering Episodes 23, 24, 25
- 11/20: HW covering Episode 26, 27
Exam 3 covering Episodes 18-27
- 12/4: HW & quiz covering Episodes 28, 29, 30
- 12/11: HW & quiz covering Episodes 31, 32