Math 103B-1                College Algebra (Part II)                                    Spring 2004

 

Instructor:                              Paul Tieslau
Phone:                         530–541– 4660 ext 581
Email:                                     paultieslau@hotmail.com
Office Hours:                         I tutor in the GMC.  Hours:  Mondays/Wednesdays 9 – 4pm

Required Text:              Precalculus 3rd Edition by Sullivan & Sullivan III

Optional Text:              Students’ Solutions Manual for Precalculus

Class:                                      Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00 to 5:50pm, room E106

Course Description:  This course covers exponential and logarithmic functions, conic sections including circles, parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas.  We will study linear systems, matrices, linear programming, sequences and series, mathematical induction and the Binomial Theorem.  Special emphasis will be placed on application problems and the use of the Texas Instrument 89 (TI89) graphing calculators.

 

Grading Policy:                   Quarter grades are based on the following:  
   Homework       20%                       A        90  – 100%                                     
   Midterm           30%                        B       80  –   89%                                       
   Quizzes            20%                       C       70  –   79%                                       
   Final                 30%                       D      60  –   69%                                       
                                                          F          0  –   59%                                       
                                                          

Quizzes:  There will be four quizzes.  The lowest quiz will be dropped. 

Make-ups:   If you must miss a test or quiz, let me know ahead of time and we’ll make arrangements.

         Otherwise you can take a make-up-quiz one class day late for a 20% penalty.

 

Homework:  This will be due the following class session. You must show your work to get credit. The process is more important than the answer.  Each assignment is worth 10 points: 5 for completion and 5 for selected  problems.  Late homework is worth half credit and will not be accepted after one week.

Note:  If you know you’re going to miss class, you can turn in your homework early.  Do this on campus in the main lobby, there is a Student Drop Box outside the mailroom.

Tutoring:   The Gateway Math Center (GMC) hosts free tutoring on a drop-in basis, Mon-Fri 9-6.

Learning Disabilities:   If you have a learning disability, be sure to discuss it with me.
                                       Learning disabilities will be accommodated.

 

 

 

 

 

Class Schedule:

Dates   Section             Topic                                                   Homework                                          

April

         

5          4.1            Introduction, Syllabus, One-to-One & Inverse Functions         

                                                                                                #15, 16, 19, 29, 37, 41, 44, 51, 55, 61

 

7          4.2             Exponential Functions                           #13, 17, 20, 27, 39, 45, 51, 61, 66, 67ab

            4.3            Logarithmic Functions                          #29, 41, 51, 69, 87, 88, 107, 110, 113ab123

 

12        4.4            Properties of Logarithms                               #7, 35, 38, 41, 51, 65, 73, 78, 81, 85

 

14        4.5            Logarithmic and Exponential Equations                 #7, 13, 16, 23, 31, 33, 34, 41, 45

 

19        4.6            Compound Interest                                          #3, 9, 13, 25, 30

            4.7            Growth and Decay                                            #3, 9, 12a, 15a, 19

           

21        quiz 1 (study sections:4.1 –  4.5)

9.1              Conics

9.2              Parabolas                                                            #19, 23, 24, 35, 36, 49, 51, 57, 61, 67

 

26        1.3            Circles                                                              #41, 45, 55, 58, 64, 67, 77, 79

            9.3            Ellipses                                                 #13, 21, 24, 35, 36, 45, 52, 59, 65, 75

 

28        quiz 2 (study sections 4.6, 4.7, 9.1, 9.2)

            9.4            Hyperbolas                                                      #13, 15, 23, 26, 29, 33, 45, 46, 57, 61

 

May                                                                   

 

3            Review

 

5            Midterm       (study all material covered so far)

 

10        10.1            Systems of Linear Equations containing two variables      #11, 15, 17, 20, 21, 31, 39, 41, 44, 47

            10.2            Systems of Linear Equations containing three variables    #5, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21, 22

 

12        10.3            Systems of Linear Equations:  Matrices            #9, 15, 16, 23, 27, 35, 48, 63, 77

 

17        10.4            Systems of Linear Equations:  Determinants            #5, 7, 10, 17, 24, 33, 41, 42

 

19        quiz 3 (study sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3)

10.5            Matrix Algebra                                                #5, 16, 19, 23, 29, 37, 47, 53, 65ab

 

24        10.8            Systems of Inequalities                         #17, 23, 24, 25, 35, 38, 45, 47, 51

 

26        12.2            Permutations and Combinations               #17, 18, 25, 31, 35, 37, 43, 44, 51, 53

           

                                               

31            Memorial Day Holiday

 

June

 

2          quiz 4 (study sections 10.4, 10.5, 10.8)

            11.1            Sequences and Series                                      #7, 13, 23, 26, 35, 41, 47, 61, 67, 76ab

 

7          11.2            Arithmetic Sequences            and Series               #5, 15, 16, 27, 31, 35, 40, 47, 49

            11.3            Geometric Sequences            and Series               #9, 21, 23, 27, 33, 34, 39, 42, 51, 57, 61, 66

 

9          11.4            Mathematical Induction                                  #3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19, 27

            11.5            The Binomial Theorem                                   #15, 16, 17, 19, 29, 30, 39, 43

 

14            Review

 

16            Review

 

21        Final               (66% of this will be on material since the midterm,

                                      the other 34% will be on material before the midterm)

 

 

Review for Midterm: 

Section            Pages              Practice Problems                                                     

4.1       285 – 286      #3 – 17 Odd, 25, 29, 35, 41, 49, 53, 57, 59

4.2       297 – 299      #3, 7, 13, 17, 21, 31, 37, 43, 49, 63

4.3       310 – 312      #5 – 39 Odd, 49, 53, 55, 71, 89, 121

4.4       321 – 322      #1 – 19 Odd, 33, 41, 53, 57, 65, 67, 71, 79, 83

4.5       327                  #1, 5, 7, 9, 19, 29, 37, 45

4.6       335 – 336      #3, 9, 27

4.7       347 – 348      #1, 5, 11

9.2       672 – 673      #1 – 15, 21, 39, 41, 59

1.3       31 – 32            #39, 47, 53, 57, 65

9.3       684 – 685      #1 – 15 Odd, 23, 29, 39, 47, 51

9.4       699 – 701      #3 – 15 Odd, 25, 35, 47

 

 

Review for Final:

Section            Pages              Practice Problems                                                     

10.1     748 – 750      #1 – 23 Odd, 43

10.2     755 – 756      #3, 7

10.3     771 – 773      #7, 13, 17, 25, 37, 49

10.4     785 – 786      #1, 3, 45

10.5     803 – 804      #3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 31, 43

10.8     832 – 833      #1 – 15 Odd, 19, 23, 37

10.9     840                  #1, 3, 9, 15 

11.1     864 – 865      #1 – 11 Odd, 19, 21, 37, 45, 49, 59

11.2     872 – 873      #1 – 17 Odd, 21, 25, 33

11.3     882 – 883      #3 – 19 Odd, 25, 37, 39, 53, 55

11.4     887                  #1, 5, 11

11.5     895                  #3 – 13 Odd, 25, 31 

12.2     916 – 917      #1 – 15 Odd