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COLLEGE ALGEBRA
(PART II) Math
103B
Winter 2001
4 Units Tue-Thur
6:00 -7:50 PM
Room E 106 Instructor:
Wayne Logan; School Phone: 541-4660
ext 453; Home (775) 588 9830
Required
Text:
College Algebra and Trigonometry with Graphing Technology
by David Stevens. Recommended
Text: College Algebra and
Trigonometry with Graphing Technology
Students’ Solution Manual, by David Stevens. Graphing
Calculator: You will need a
graphing calculator for this class. Texas
Instruments 85 (TI-85) graphing calculators can be rented
from the Learning Assistance Center (B107).
The instructors at this college demonstrate on the TI-85.
The graphing calculator is required to solve or to validate the
homework problems; it will not be required for exams. Course
Description: This
course covers the following topics: properties
of
logarithms
and exponentials, conic sections in depth, which
include ellipses, circles, hyperbolas and parabolas.
It also
covers systems of equations and their solution with Gaussian
Elimination. The course
gives a brief introduction into linear
programming and finishes with a discussion of sequences,
series, permutations and combinations. Prerequisites:
There are two prerequisites: 1) A grade of “C” or better in Math 103A (College algebra
part I) taken within the last 2 years or 2)
a satisfactory
score on an assessment test is required. Grading
Policy:
There will be three 2-hour
exams, plus a final examination.
Also, even numbered problems are assigned in the syllabus whose
accumulated total will constitute
another exam – a take-home exam
if you will.
This accumulated total will be 200 points at quarters end.
Each exam will contribute 200 points, the final exam will
count as 200 points and the homework will be worth 100
points. The
total is 1100 points.
Your final grade will be
as
follows: 990-1100=A; 880-989=B;
770-879=C;
660-769=D and we won’t
talk about the rest (but I’m sure
you can guess). Registration:
1. You
must register for this class at the Office of Admissions. 2.
The
last day to drop the class with no record is Friday, 26 January 3.
The
last day to drop for a “W” grade is Friday, 2 March 4.
After
2 March you will receive an A, B, C, D, F or, in very
special circumstances, an I for incomplete. 5.
As
a general rule, this instructor will not drop you from the class.
The student must accept
responsibility for this odious task. Make
up exams: For exams and the final exam a make-up test is
possible. However,
there will be a 10% penalty in the
resulting grade unless there
is a written medical excuse or prior permission from the instructor.
Tutoring:
Individual
tutoring is available in the LAC (Learning Assistance .
Center - Room G6, in the trailers).
Tutors are usually available
from 8 to 5 pm and on Sat. Specific
hours will be announced in
class. Your instructor has
no office hours. As a consequence
any
additional help required by the instructor will be by
request and
the subsequent arrangement of a time
and place. Learning
Disabled Students: It is important
that your needs be communicated to the
instructor in order that accommodations can be made.
SCHEDULE FOR
MATH 103B
Date
Section
Topic
2 Jan
5.1
Exponential Functions & Their Graphs
4 Jan
5.2
Logarithmic Functions & Their Graphs
9 Jan
5.3
Properties of Logarithms
11 Jan
5.4
Exponential & Logarithmic Equations
16 Jan
6.1
The Circle (and review of Chapter 5)
18 Jan -----------------------------------Exam
#1 (Chapter 5)
23 Jan
6.2
The Parabola
25 Jan
6.3
The Ellipse
30 Jan
6.4
The Hyperbola
1 Feb
10.1 `
Linear Systems and Matrices
6 Feb
10.2
Matrices and their properties
8 Feb
-----------------------------------Exam #2 (Chapter 6)
13 Feb
10.3
Determinants and Inverses of Matrices
15 Feb
10.4
Systems of Linear Inequalities/Programming
20 Feb
11.1
Introduction to Sequences and Series
22 Feb
11.2
The sum of a series, Mathematical Induction
27 Feb
11.3
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
1
Mar
11.4
Geometric Sequences and Series
6
Mar-----------------------------------Exam #3 (Chapter 10 through 11.3)
8
Mar
11.5
Infinite Geometric Series
13 Mar
11.6
Factorials and Their Applications
15 Mar
Review for the Final Exam.
20 Mar------------------------------------Cumulative
Final Exam in Room E 106
6:00 to 8:00 pm HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT and TESTS It is advisable
to do the homework SINCE THE MAJOR PART OF EACH EXAM will be based on
homework problems previously assigned. Homework will
consist of the problems indicated in the following schedule.
If you have difficulty with any problem please put a visible question
mark near the problem and the instructor will comment, either on your paper or
in class. Remember, tutoring is available in the LAC (see
Tutoring, above). And, in
cases of absolute, panicky
desperation there is always the
text book to which you can refer (no, not joking).
However,
assigned problems will be graded for accuracy and with penalties for messy,
illegible development. Most
errors occur when the student cannot follow his/her own solution development
because they cannot decipher their own handwriting. In the following:
ODD means ‘do the odd numbered problems beginning with the number indicated’, e.g., #3 - 17 ODD means start with # 3,
then #5, #7, etc. The acronym EOO
means ‘do every other odd
problem beginning with the number indicated, e.g., #3 - 15 EOO means start with
#3, then #7, #11, etc. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
SECTION PAGES
PROBLEMS 5.1
1/2
302-303
ODD: 1-29; EOO: #31-43; plus 38, 45
5.2 1/4
313-314
ODD: 1-29; EOO: 45-73; ODD: 77-87; plus 30, 43,
48, & 74
EVEN PROBLEMS DUE 1/9: pg 302+: #48 & 52
5.3 1/9
324-325
ODD: 1-49; plus
55, & 60
5.4 1/11
335-337
EOO: 1-73; plus 38, 50, 76,
79, 83, 86, 87, & 90
EVEN PROBLEMS DUE 1/16: pg 313+: #30,
48, 74
pg
324+: #18, 42, 54
6.1 1/16
351-353
ODD: 1-31; ODD: 39-53; plus 48.
1/18-----------------------------EXAM #1 (Chapter 5)
6.2 1/23
363-365
ODD: 1-31 and 37-49; plus 38,
6.3 1/25
375-377
ODD: 1-31; ODD: 37-41; plus
12, 30, 40, 45, 47
EVEN PROBLEMS DUE 1/30: pg 351+: #46, 50
pg
363+: #44. 46
6.4 1/30
387-389
ODD: 1-31; ODD: 37-49; plus 38, 44, 10.1
2/1
646-648
ODD: 1-13; ODD: 17-21; ODD: 33 - 41
2/6------------------------------EXAM
#2 (Chapter 6) 10.2
2/8
660-662
EOO: 1-17; ODD: 19-53; plus 61,62,63,64
EVEN PROBLEMS DUE 2/13: pg 375+: #38, 48
pg 387+: #42, 50
pg
646+: #40 10.3
2/13
673-675
ODD: 1-49 (skip #21); plus 50, 55, 56 10.4
2/15
683-685
EOO: 1-17; ODD: 21-47; plus 50, 54
EVEN PROBLEMS DUE 2/20: pg 660+: #66, 68
pg
673+: #50 11.1
2/20
701-703
EOO: 1-17; ODD: 21-61; plus 44, 65 11.2
2/22
712-714
EOO: 1-9; ODD: 11-53; plus 44, 64, 66
EVEN PROBLEMS DUE 2/27: pg 683+: #50, 54 pg 701+: #56, 64 11.3
2/27
722-724
EOO: 1-25; ODD: 27-45, 55-63;
plus 62,66 & 68
11.4 3/1
733-735
ODD: 1-45 and 55-63: plus 60, 64
& 66
3/6------------------------------EXAM #3 (CHAPTER 10 THROUGH
11.3)
11.5 3/8
741-743
ODD: 1-53 plus 36, 44, 54 & 59
EVEN PROBLEMS DUE 3/13: pg 712+: #50, 61
pg
722+: #44, 58 11.6 3/13 753-755 ODD 1-23; EOO: 29-65; plus 46 and 66
3/15
Review for the final exam.
3/20---------------------------Cumulative Final Exam in Room E-106
6:00
to 8:00 p |