Math 129Mathematics
Immersion for
Freshman
Engineers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Pascal Bedrossian                                                                                 Cathy W. Carter     

Cooper-Wilson 305  Ext. 3441                                                                    Cooper-Wilson 301  Ext. 3456

pbedross@cbu.edu                                                                                         ccarter@cbu.edu

http://www.cbu.edu/~pbedross                                                                       http://www.cbu.edu/~ccarter

 

 

 

 

M129 Syllabus

 

Course Calendar

 

 

Assignments

 

 

MIFE 117 Assignments

 

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

 

Math Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcements

 

 

MIFE 117 Test 6  Fall 2006

 

MIFE 129 Test 6  Fall 2006

 

 

 

 

Test 5 Fall 2007

 

Test 4 (Part 2)  Fall 2006

 

Test 4 (Part I)  Fall 2006

 

Test 3  Fall 2006

 

 


 


 

Test 1  Fall 2006

Test 2  Fall 2006

 

Test 1  Fall 2008

Test 2  Fall 2008

Retest Fall 2008

 

Test 4 (Part I) 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Math 129 Course Calendar

 

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

 

8/25

1.1, 1.2  functions

 

Functions, linear fns

2.1, 1.3

Quadratic functions, transformations

 

Inverse functions

1.4, 1.5       quiz

Combining functions, composite fns, inverse functions

Week 2

 

9/1

Labor Day

2.2

End behavior

2.3

Roots/factors/zeros of polynomials

 

2.4 /2.5

complex numbers

Week 3

 

9/8  quiz

Problem session 4:30

CW 324

 

 

Test postponed – bring questions to class.

Test 1

1.1-1.5; 2.1-2.5

 

Week 4

 

9/15

 

 

 

 

 

Week 5

 

9/22

 

 

 

 

 

Week 6

 

9/29

 

 

Test 2

2.6;ch. 7, 3; 4.1

Power rule

Product & quotient rules

Week 7

 

10/6

Chain rule

 

Derivative of exponential fns

Derivative of logs

 

Week 8

10/13

Logarithmic differentiation

4.5 Implicit differentiation

Rates of change

Problem session

 

Test 3

4.1- 4.5, 8.1, 8.2

 

Fall Break

 

Week 9

 

10/27

Related rates; Curve sketching 1st derivative

2nd derivative & rational fns

Curve sketching of fns involving logs & exponentials

More curve sketching, absolute max & mins, & interpretation of derivative

Applied optimization

Week 10

 

11/3

Newton’s method / linearization

L’Hopital’s Rule

 Review Ch. 5

 

6.1

 

Test 4

Ch. 5, rest of 8.1, 8.3;

Week 11

 

11/10

 

 

 

 

 

Week 12

 

11/17

9.1-9.3

Test 4 – Part II

6.1 – 6.4

 

9.4 begin graphs

Trig graphs /inverses

9.8

Week 13

 

11/24

10.1 – 10.3

 

Test 5

ch 9 & 10.1-10.3

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

Week 14

 

12/1

Trig eqn/ trig id’s

 

Calculus w/ trig

 

 

Week 15

 

12/8

Laws of sines & cosines

 

Test 6

ch 10.4-10.5, 11.1-11.4, & 13.1-13.2

 

Last day of class

 

 

Comprehensive Final Exam during the week of December 15-19.

 

 

 

 

MIFE 117 Course Calendar

yellow dates meet with MIFE 129, gray dates meet separately.

 

Week 10

 

 

 

 

Algebra review

Review T1 & T2

 

 

Week 11

 

11/10

 

 

 

 

 

Week 12

 

11/17   Trig

9.1-9.3

Retest Tests 1&2

 

9.4 begin graphs

 

Trig graphs /inverses

 

9.8

Week 13

 

11/24

10.1 – 10.3

 

CW 324

Trig test I

Trig ch. 9

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

Week 14

 

11/30      

Trig id

 

Trig identities

10.4, 10.5

 

Law of Sines & Cosines

HW Due

Week 15

 

12/8

 

Review for test

HW due

Test II

10.1 – 10.5,

13.1-13.2

???

Last day of class

 

MIFE 117 Assignments Chapters 10 & 13

                                                                                                                                             Collected & graded

 

10.1    1, 5,9,11,13,15-20,37,43, 47,49,53,59,61-64
10.2    1-41 odd, 64
10.3    5-28 odd

 

10.4    1, 3, 9, 23, 30, 33, 40, 57                                               10.4  4 (do 4a 2 different ways), 45, 53, 58
10.5    3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 23, 25, 35-40, 41, 47, 49, 53, 103            10.5  14, 26, 45, 54

13.1    1, 6, 7, 13, 15, 19, 21, 39, 41, 43, 45                             13.1   14, 20, 42
13.2    1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 38,                              13.2    6, 12, 32

 

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