CALCULUS & VECTORS (Term 2)
SPRING TERM
Unit 7:  Lines, Planes and their Intersections (Chapters 8 & 9)
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK and RESOURCES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Vectors exam prep
Calculus exam prep
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Fri, May 18
9.4 Intersections of 3 planes, Part II
Page 533: # 5 - 15 (do enough)
Mini-test next class
69
Thurs, May 17
9.4 Intersections of 3 planes, Part I
Page 533: # 5 - 15 (do enough)
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Wed, May 16
9.3 Intersections of 2 planes
Page 508: # 5c; 6; 8a; 9; 12; 14 (repeated)
Page 516: # 4 - 12
Test on Thurs, May 24
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Tues, May 15
9.2 Systems of linear equations and intersections of 2 planes
Page 508: # 5c; 6; 8a; 9; 12; 14 (repeated)
Page 516: # 4 - 12
KhanAcademy: An example of RREF
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Mon, May 14
9.1 Intersections of line with line and line with plane, Part II
Page 497: # 4 - 17
Mini-test next class
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Fri, May 11
9.1 Intersections of line with line and line with plane
Page 497: # 4 - 17
YouTube: Line-plane: Part 1 and Part 2
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Thurs, May 10
Take up questions and Mini-Test
Page 497: # 4 - 17
YouTube: Line-line in 2-D: Part 1 and Part 2
YouTube: Line-line in 3-D: Part 3 and Part 4
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Wed, May 9
Page 469: # 6 - 15
Mini-test next class
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Tues, May 8
8.4 Vector & parametric equations of a plane
Page 459: # 6 - 15
Java app: Planes
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Mon, May 7
Page 443: # 6 - 9; 10a,d,f; 11
Page 449: # 3 - 12
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Fri, May 4
Page 433: # 4; 5; 8; 10a; 11; 12
Grad skip day!
Unit 6:  Applications of Vectors (Chapter 7)
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK and RESOURCES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

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Thurs, May 3
Test on applications of vectors
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Wed, May 2
Review and consolidation class
Page 419: # All, except 31; 33; 37
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Tues, May 1
7.7 Applications of dot and cross products
Page 415: # 3 - 9
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Mon, Apr 30
7.6 Cross product, Part II
7.7 Applications of dot and cross products
Page 407: # 3; 4e,f; 5; 7; 8b; 9; 11
Page 415: # 3 - 9
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Fri, Apr 27
Page 407: # 3; 4e,f; 5; 7; 8b; 9; 11
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Thurs, Apr 26
Page 398: # 6 - 9; 11; 12; 13a; 14
Mini-test next class
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Wed, Apr 25
7.3/7.4 Dot product of vectors
Page 386: # 6a,d; 7a; 9b; 10 - 19
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Tues, Apr 24
7.3/7.4 Dot product of vectors
Page 377: # 6a,e,f; 7b; 8; 9; 11 - 13; 15; 16; 17
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Mon, Apr 23
7.2 Velocity as a vector quantity
Page 369: # 3 - 14
YouTube: Relative velocity: Part I, Part II
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Fri, Apr 20
Engineering statics, Part III
Engineering statics handout: Page 124: find tensions and compressions in all cables and beams where angles are given: # 4-14 to 4-25 (do enough to understand the various scenarios)
Mini-test next class (force and statics)
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Thurs, Apr 19
Engineering statics, Part II
Engineering statics handout: Page 124: find tensions and compressions in all cables and beams where angles are given: # 4-14 to 4-25 (do enough to understand the various scenarios)
YouTube: The Arch
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Wed, Apr 18
Tension and compression; engineering statics
Engineering statics handout: Page 124: find tensions and compressions in all cables and beams where angles are given: # 4-14 to 4-25 (do enough to understand the various scenarios)
This material is not in our textbook, so take copious notes!
Unit 5:  Introduction to Vectors (Chapter 6)
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK and RESOURCES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Tues, Apr 17
Test on Chapter 6 material
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Mon, Apr 16
7.1 Force as a vector quantity
Page 363: # 5; 6; 10 - 14a; 16; 17; 19a
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Fri, Apr 13
Consolidation and review class
Page 344: # 2 - 16; 18 - 26
Chapter Test: p. 348: # 1 - 7
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Thurs, Apr 12
Page 340: # 7 - 11; 13; 14; 17
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Wed, Apr 11
6.6/6.7 Operations with vectors in 2- and 3-space
Page 324: # 6b; 7b; 8c; 10
Page 333: # 5d; 6c; 7c; 8; 10; 11
Mini-test next class
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Tues, Apr 10
6.5 Algebraic vectors in 2- and 3-space
6.6/6.7 Operations with vectors in 2- and 3-space
Page 316: # 5 - 10; 14 - 18
Page 324: # 6b; 7b; 8c; 10
Page 333: # 5d; 6c; 7c; 8; 10; 11
A good understanding of 3-space is very important
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Thurs, Apr 5
6.5 Algebraic vectors in 2- and 3-space

Page 316: # 5 - 10; 14 - 18
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Wed, Apr 4
6.4 Properties of vectors; mid-chapter review
Page 307: # 6; 7 - 9; 11
Page 308: # 1 - 3; 6; 7; 13; 14
Mini-test next class
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Tues, Apr 3
6.3 Scalar multiplication; unit vectors
Page 299: # 5; 6d,e; 7a; 8 - 10; 13 - 15; 21
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Mon, Apr 2
Page 290: # 1 - 14; 16
Learn addition & subtraction well !
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Fri, Mar 30
Page 279: # 4; 5; 7 - 11
KhanAcademy: Vector vs scalar
Learn the definition of a vector well !!
WINTER TERM
Unit 4:  Optimization and Exponentials & Logarithms (Chapters 3 & 5)
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK and RESOURCES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Thurs, Mar 29
Retest on Chapters 3, 4 and 5
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Wed, Mar 28
Review for test next class!
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Tues, Mar 27
Review of entire calculus course!
Prepare for Thursday's retest!
Mar 10 - 26
March Break!  Have a great holiday!!
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Fri, Mar 9
5.3 Optimization with exponential functions

Page 245: # 6; 8; 11; 12; 13
Mid-chapter review: Page 248: # 1 - 13
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Thurs, Mar 8
Test on Chapters 3, 4 and 5
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Wed, Mar 7
5.5 Derivative of tan(x)
Page 256: # 1 - 11 (do enough)
Page 260: # 1 - 8
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Tues, Mar 6
5.2 Derivative of b^x and logarithm functions
Page 240: # 1a,c,e,f; 2c,d; 4; 6; 8
Handout: p.526: # 2b,f,h; 7f,j; 13c,d
p.534: # 3b,h; 5e,j
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Mon, Mar 5
5.1 Crazy "e", e^x and its derivative
Read Section 5.1
Page 232: # 2 - 13 (do as many as you can!)
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Fri, Mar 2
Mini-Test Day!
Italy trip - Curve sketching
Everyone else: Optimization & 1-D motion
27
Thurs, Mar 1
3.3 Optimization, Part II
Page 152: # 2 - 7; 9; 10; 12; 14
Mini-test next class
26
Wed, Feb 29
Page 145: # 1; 3 - 8; 10 - 12
YouTube: More problems: I and II
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Tues, Feb 28
Page 136: # 3c,d; 4b,e,f; 5; 7; 9; 11
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Mon, Feb 27
3.1 Velocity, acceleration and 1-D motion
Page 127:# 2; 3a,e,f; 5; 8; 10; 12; 14; 15
Unit 3:  Curve Sketching (Chapter 4)
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Fri, Feb 24
Mini-Test on Curve Sketching
Due: Wed, Feb 29
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Thurs, Feb 23
Curve sketching, Part II
Page 212: # 3; 4; 7; 9; 10
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Wed, Feb 22
Page 212: # 3; 4; 7; 9; 10
YouTube: Full curve sketching example: Pt I and Pt II
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Tues, Feb 21
4.4 Concavity and shape
Page 205: # 2b,d; 4c; 5b; 8; 9; 11
Feb 17 - 20
Winter Mid-Term Break!  Have a great holiday!!
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Thurs, Feb 16
Page 169: # 3; 4d; 5; 6; 8; 10; 11
Page 178: # 3b,c; 5c; 6c; 7c,e,f; 9; 13; 14c,d
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Wed, Feb 15
Graphical relationship between f(x) and f '(x)
Page 73: # 1; 15
Page 114: # 2
Page 127: # 2
Unit 2:  The Derivative (Chapter 2)
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Tues, Feb 14
Test on Chapter 2
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Mon, Feb 13
Consolidation and review class
15
Fri, Feb 10
Test on Chapter 2

Test postponed to Tuesday, Feb 14 !!
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Thurs, Feb 9
Consolidation and review class
Review Exercises, P.110: # All
Chapter 2 Test, P.114: # All
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Wed, Feb 8
2.5 The chain rule, Part II
Page 110: # 4c; 5 - 8; 11a
Do lots of chain rule questions!
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Tues, Feb 7
Page 105: # 1a,c,e,f; 2b; 4; 5; 8; 9; 11; 13a; 15
Mini-test next class
11
Mon, Feb 6
Page 97: # 4 - 6; 9b; 10; 11; 14
10
Fri, Feb 3
Page 91: # 5; 6; 7b; 9; 10
Mini-test next class
9
Thurs, Feb 2
Page 82: # 3 - 9; 15; 17; 24
8
Wed, Feb 1
Page 74: # 9; 11; 12d; 14; 15; 18
The most important idea of the course!!
Unit 1:  Introduction to Calculus
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Tues, Jan 31
Half-test on Chapter 1 material
Page 74: # 5 - 8
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Mon, Jan 30
Consolidation and review class
Review Exercises: p. 56: # All
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Fri, Jan 27
Page 52: # 4; 5; 8; 10; 13; 16
Page 58: # 13; 15; 17; 18e
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Thurs, Jan 26
Page 45: # 4c; 7 - 9; 10c; 12; 13
Lots of practice is required at this stage
Mini-test next class
3
Wed, Jan 25
1.2 Slope of a tangent, II
Page 38: # 4 - 8; 10 - 12
Learn limits well
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Tues, Jan 24
1.3 Reviewing rates of change
1.2 Slope of a tangent line
Page 29: # 2 - 4; 7; 9; 12; 16
Page 18: # 1b, 2b; 3; 4d,e; 5c; 6c; 8b; 9c; 10b; 11b,c,f; 18

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Mon, Jan 23
An Introduction to Calculus
1.1 Working with rational expressions
Page 9: # 1c,d; 2b; 3d; 4b; 5b; 6f; 7a,c
Welcome to Calculus & Vectors!
You are about to embark on a great intellectual journey