MAT 103B

College Algebra (Part II)

Spring 2007

 

Instructor: S.N. Bagchi, Personal Cell Phone: 775-233-9494 (use discretion).

email: rkpally@hotmail.com,

 

Office Hours: Room A204,   Mon.    3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

                        Wed.   3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

 

Textbook: Precalculus, Michael Sullivan and Michael Sullivan, IV.

 

Please make sure that you have satisfied the prerequisites/corequisites for this course.

 

Calculators: A graphing calculator is required for this class.  I will be demonstrating with the Texas Instruments-89. 

 

Course Grade: Your final letter grade will be based on the grading scale:

A 90-100%, B 80-89%, C 70-79%, D 60-69%, F 0-59%

The following items will make up the course grade:

 

Homework:                              100 points      

Quizzes:                                   50 points      

Exams                                     300 points

Final Exam (June 22):             150 points

 

Homework: Homeworks will be assigned every Wednesday and collected the next Wednesday.  A few problems will be chosen and graded. NO LATE HOMEWORKS.

 

Quizzes: Missed quizzes can be made up on the next class period for half credit.

 

Exams: A missed test can be made up on the next class period provided (i) I am notified about this ahead of time and (ii) you have evidence of a valid excuse for missing the test.  No make-up for a missed final exam.

 

Check for the last day to drop the class.

 

Special Assistance: If you need any kind of special assistance (e.g., for learning disabilities), please see me well ahead of time to make alternate arrangements for the tests.  I will grant you reasonable accommodations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Schedule:

The following is a tentative schedule.  If things change, I will let you know.

 

April                                                    May                                                     June

2          4.1, 4.2                                    2          10.1, 10.2                                4          11.4

4          4.3, 4.4                                    7          10.3                                         6          11.5

9          4.5, 4.6                                    9          10.4, 10.7                                11        12.2

11        4.7, 4.8                                    14        10.7, 10.8                                13        Review

16        4.9, 9.1, 9.2                             16        11.1                                         18        Final Exam

18        9.2, 1.5                                    21        11.2, Review for Exam 2

23        9.3, Review for Exam 1          23        Exam II

25        Exam I                                     28        11.3

30        9.4, 10.1                                  30        11.3

 

 


 

The following is a list of all homework assignments for this course.  The due dates for the various sections will be given in class.

 

Section

Assignment

4.1

7, 9, 10, 17, 27, 37, 41, 51, 55, 65

4.2

34,35,37,38,42,43,47,48,57-60,71-78,84,91,96,97,114,117,120,123

4.3

23, 31, 37, 42, 47, 67, 73, 77, 78, 91

4.4

27, 40, 51, 53, 61, 65, 76, 89, 101, 115

4.5

15, 27, 39, 47, 57, 60, 69, 81, 82, 95

4.6

5, 11, 14, 25, 35, 39, 40, 45, 61, 65

4.7

5, 9, 15, 22, 29, 31, 35, 39, 47

4.8

5, 9, 12, 15, 19

4.9

3, 7, 10

9.2

19, 23, 24, 35, 39, 48, 51, 57, 61, 67

1.5

7, 13, 2, 29, 33, 41, 45, 53

9.3

17, 21, 31, 36, 45, 51, 59, 65, 75

9.4

21, 23, 27, 30, 45, 46, 57, 65

10.1

15, 17, 25, 35, 39, 41, 42, 47, 61

10.2

13, 21, 29, 31, 32, 47, 55, 65, 79

10.3

9, 11, 14, 43, 47, 51, 48, 59

10.4

5, 7, 9, 10, 41, 42, 43, 47

10.7

17, 23, 35, 40, 45, 51, 53, 59

10.8

5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 19, 21, 27

11.1

7, 21, 29, 35, 41, 44, 55, 67, 77, 87

11.2

5, 15, 19, 23, 31, 35, 40, 49, 51

11.3

9, 21, 23, 39, 43, 57, 61, 65, 70

11.4

3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 19, 27

11.5

13, 19, 22, 23, 29, 31, 37, 43

12.2

13, 17, 31, 36, 37, 43, 45, 57, 59