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Precalculus College Mathematics
Summer 2009

General Information

Instructor Tejas Gandhi
Class Time MTWTh 8:00-10:40
Room ATG 113
Course Info Course Information
Text College Algebra and Trigonometry, 2nd edition, John R. Durbin, John Wiley and sons.
Please send me email if you have any questions and we can set up a time to meet.

Calendar

This calendar will be updated as the semester progresses. I will post the readings and the homeworks soon after every lecture. The 'D' in the columns stands for the text book by Durbin.

Lec Date Topics Reading Homework
1. Tue, May 26 Introduction, Basic Algebra D(1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5) Problems 1, 17, 21, 23, 33, 42, 45, 49, 51, 53, 61, 64, 73, 76, 80, 82 (pages 50-52)
2. Wed, May 27 Rational Expressions, Linear and Quadratic Equations D(1.6, 2.7, 2.8) Problems 5, 17, 25, 35, 41 (page 49), Problems 4, 7, 23, 34, 41, 63, 67, 71 (pages 62, 63), Problems 9, 23, 29, 35, 47, 51, 55, 59, 71 (pages 72, 73)
3. Thu, May 28 Miscellaneous equations, Linear and absolute value inequalities, Nonlinear inequalities D(2.9, 2.10, 2.11) Problems 3, 6, 16, 17, 22, 35, 37 (pages 79, 80), Problems 5, 14, 17, 23, 26, 37, 41, 49 (page 87), Problems 2, 11, 15, 17, 25, 27 (page 91)
4. Mon, June 01 Cartesian coordinates - circles, Exam 1 D(3.12) Problems 5, 14, 20, 27, 32, 35, 41, 45, 53, 55, 57, 59 (pages 101 and 102)
5. Tue, June 02 Lines, Introduction to functions D(3.13, 3.14) Problems 4, 11, 14, 19, 23, 27, 35, 37, 45, 58 (pages 110-111), Problems 3, 9, 15, 21, 23, 29, 33, 41, 43, 45 (pages 118-119)
6. Wed, June 03 Graphs, Linear and Quadratic functions. D(3.15, 3.16) Problems 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 25, 29, 33, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51 (pages 126, 127), Problems 3, 5, 11, 15, 23, 29, 31, 37 (page 136)
7. Thu, June 04 Exponential and logarithmic functions, properties of logarithmic functions D(5.24, 5.25, 5.26) Problem 52 (page 127), Problem 43 (page 136), Problems 1, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19 (page 220), Problems 3, 5, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 29, 33, 39, 41, 43, 47 (page 203), Problems 3, 5, 11, 13, 18, 20, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 41 (pages 207, 208)
Exam 2 Review exercises D(3.Review, 5.Review) Problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 32, 35, 37, 40, 42, 51 (pages 144-145), Problems 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22 (page 225)
8. Mon, June 08 Common logarithms. Exponential and logarithmic equations, Exam 2 D(5.27) Problem 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 (page 208), Problems 1, 5, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29 (pages 215-216)
9. Tue, June 09 Angles, trigonometric funtions of angles D(5.29, D.30) Problem 5, 8, 11, 13, 17, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 33, 38, 39, 49 (page 233), Problems 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, 29, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51 (pages 241-242)
10. Wed, June 11 Tables and applications, Definitions & basic identities, Proving identities D(5.31, 5.32, 5.33) Problems 1, 3, 5, 9, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 59, 62, 65, 71 (pages 248-249), Problems 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 26, 29, 32, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47 (page 259), Problems 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 32, 35, 41, 44, 47, 49, 53 (pages 263-264)
11. Thu, June 12 Addition and subtraction formulas, double and half angle formulas, product, sum and difference formulas D(5.34, 5.35, 5.36) Problems 1, 5, 7, 11, 14, 17, 19, 23, 26, 32, 35, 41, 44, 47 (5.34, pages 248-249), Problems 1, 5, 9, 15, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, (5.35, page 276), Problems 2, 5, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29 (5.36, page 280)
Exam 3 sections covered (27, 29-34), Review exercises D(5.Review, 6.Review, 7.Review) Problems 14, 15, 16, 17 (5.review, p 225), Problems 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 22, 23, 26, 29 (6.review, pages 250-251), Problems 1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 31, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44 (7.review, pages 287-288),
12. Mon, June 15 Review, Exam 3
13. Tue, June 16 Trigonometric functions, Graphs involving the sine and cosine D(5.37, 5.38) Problems 2, 5, 7, 11, 14, 17, 21, 23, 26, 32, 41, 44, 47, 50, 53 (5.37, pages 285) Problems 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 34 (5.38, pages 297)
14. Wed, June 17 Graphs involving the tangent, Translations D(5.39, 5.40) Problems 14, 19 (5.39, page 304) Problems 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 25, 26 (5.40, page 310)
Comprehensive final exam additional review D(7.Review, 8.Review) Problems 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 (7.review, page 288), Problems 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 (8.Review, page 318)