MAT 104

Trigonometry

Spring 2007

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

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

2 5.1 Angles and their Measurements

4 5.2 The Trigonometric Functions

9 5.3 Properties of the Trigonometric Functions

11 5.4, 5.5 Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions

16 5.6 Phase Shifts and Curve Fitting

18 Exam I

23 6.1,6.2 The Inverse Trigonometric Functions

25 6.3 Trigonometric Identities

30 6.4 Sum and Difference Identities

May

2 6.5,6.6 Double-Angle, Half-Angle, and other Identities

7 6.7 Trigonometric Equations

9 Exam II

14 6.8 More Trigonometric Equations

16 7.1 Solving Right Triangles

21 7.2 Law of Sines

23 7.3,7.4 Law of Cosines and Areas of Triangles

28 8.1,8.2 Polar Coordinates, Equations, and Graphs

30 Exam III

June

4 8.3 Trigonometric Form of Complex Numbers

6 8.4 Vectors

11 8.5 The Dot Product

13 9.7 Parametric Equations

20 Final Exam Time and Place will be announced later.

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
5.1	14,15,18,19,26,27,33,34,37-40,48-51,88,89,91,96,102,107,111,114
5.2	34,35,37,38,42,43,47,48,57-60,71-78,84,91,96,97,114,117,120,123
5.3	38,41,44,45,53,54,82-85,101-112,115-118,120
5.4	9,10,15-20,39-44,48-51,77-82,90,93
5.5	7-20,45
5.6	6-9,15-18,20,23,25,30
6.1	29,32,33,36,39-41,47-50,53,55,58,61
6.2	13-16,21-24,30-33,40,41,43,60
6.3	26,29,35,43,48,58,69,76,81,92,99,102
6.4	24,26,27,30,47,50,56,61,80,81,90,93
6.5	36,39,44,45,52,53,61,68,73,76,84
6.6	7,10,12,17,21,25,30,36
6.7	7,12,23,26,28,29,57,60,62,65
6.8	11,19,24,28,35,45,58,63,65,70
7.1	13-16,36-37,52,59,65,66,71,72
7.2	10,14-18,23,30-33,42,43,47,48,51,54
7.3	9,10,15-17,30,33,36,39,41,44
7.4	7-9,16,22,23,35,38,40,43
8.1	11-18,32-35,43-46,59-62,69-72,76-79
8.2	14,15,17,18,23-26,29-36,61,75-78
8.3	15-18,27-30,35-38,47-50,55,56
8.4	15-22,26-29,34-37,40,41,43,53,54,62,67
8.5	9-12,17,18,26,33,37,44
9.7	7,10,13,16,23,26,52,53,60,61

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.

April

30 6.4 Sum and Difference Identities

May

June

Section

Assignment