Elementary Applied Mathematics
Math 118 - Fall 2007
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Review questions for Ch 7 and 11 here and here Answers here. |
Tentative Semester Calendar
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9/4 - Introduction Start chapter 3.3 - applications of linear functions |
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9/6 - Finish chapter 3.3 - applications of linear functions Start chapter 3.5 - applications of polynomial functions |
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9/11 - Online Homework # 1 due - Homework from Ch. 3.3 Finish chapter 3.5 Do chapter 5.1 - simple interest Start chapter 5.2 - compound interest |
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9/13 - Online HW # 2 due - Homework from Ch. 3.5 Do chapter 5.1 - simple interest Start chapter 5.2 - compound interest Finish chapter 5.2 |
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9/18 HW #3 due - Ch 5.1 Start Ch. 5.3 - Annuities and sinking funds Earn at least 50 points on Test Zero, or suffer 10 point penalty |
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9/20 - Start 5.4 - annuities and amortization HW #4 due - from Ch. 5.2 Finish Ch 5.3 |
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9/25 - HW # 5 due - from Ch. 5.3 Test Zero due AT CLASS TIME. - Review for test |
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9/27 - HW # 6 due - from Ch. 5.4 Practice sheet available here |
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10/2 - Test - Chapter 3 sections 3 and 5 and Chapter 5 sections 1 to 4 |
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10/4 - Return test - Continue chapter 6, section 1 |
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10/9 - Finish Ch 6. 1 |
10/10 | 10/11 -HW # 7 - Ch 6.1 due | ||
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10/16 - HW # 8 - more on Ch 6.1 due |
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10/18 - HW #9 - Ch 6.2 due - Matrix codes |
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10/23 - Practice test available here |
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10/25 - HW #10 - Ch 6.3 due
Input-Output analysis |
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10/30 - 30-minute 35 point "test" on Gauss-Jordan elimination HW # 11 - Ch 6.4 due |
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11/1- Return test Continue Input-Output analysis |
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11/6 - HW # 12 - Ch 6.5 due. |
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11/8 - 65 point test on the rest of Chapter 6 |
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11/13 - Return test Start Chapter 7 - linear programming |
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11/15 - HW # 13, Ch 7.1 due Practice LP problems available here |
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11/20 - HW # 14 - Ch 7.2 due |
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11/22 - Thanksgiving - no class |
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11/27 - HW # 15 - Ch 7.3 Begin Chapter 11, starting with section 3 |
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11/29 - HW # 17 - Ch. 11.3 Rates of Change due Practice test available here |
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December x=3, y=2, z=1 |
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12/4 - HW # 18 - 11.4 + 11.5 - tangents and derivatives |
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12/6 - Test - chapters 7 and 11
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12/11 - Return test Review for final |
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12/13 - Review for final Friday is our only reading day this semester |
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Exams week |
2:00 section - Final exam Monday, December 17 - exam period 2 11:00 am to 1:30 pm |
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8:00 section - Final exam Friday, December 21 - exam period 2 11:00 am to 1:30 pm |
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An interesting article by Daniel Bernoulli on marginal utility is Bernoulli, Daniel; “Specimen theoriae novae de mensura sortis” in Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 5 (1738); reprinted in translation as “Exposition of a new theory on the measurement of risk” in Econometrica 22 (1954), available on JSTOR.
When the Clinic
Opens
!!MATH CLINIC HOURSMonday through Thursday 9:00AM - 8:30PM Friday 9:00AM - 3:00PM Saturday 9:00AM - 12:00PM Clinic is located in Berkshire 106 Be there! Take a friend! |
calendar updated December 2, 2007
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
- Jonas Salk
Fall 2007
This course uses MyMathLab
If you bought a NEW book, then the connection password came with your textbook.
If you bought a USED book, then the password is available through CourseCompass at http://www.coursecompass.com
Your Course ID is: sandifer24533
A little more information is here
Test Zero
Test Zero is a 65-problem online test to help you review the things you should know before the course begins. The test is worth 100 points for 50 problems (2 points per problem). Any problems you do beyond 50 count as extra credit. This may be your only opportunity for extra credit all semester.
You must have earned 50 (25 problems) points by September 18, or I will deduct 10 points from your total.
The whole test must be finished by class time on September 25.
This page
This page is very important to you. You are responsible for knowing what is on it all the time, and for doing what it says.
Formula sheet - available here -
all the formulas you'll need for test on Chapter 5.
Spring 2007
Test Zero due 11am Tuesday February 27.
No class for us Thursday March 1.
This page
This page is very important to you. You are responsible for knowing what is on it all the time, and for doing what it says.
Test - Sections 3.1, 3.5 and all of Chapter 5
Thursday, February 22
Test Zero due date moved to Tuesday, February 27
Formula sheet - available here -
all the formulas you'll need for test on Chapter 5.
This course uses MyMathLab
If you bought a NEW book, then the connection password came with your textbook.
If you bought a USED book, then the password is available through CourseCompass at http://www.coursecompass.com
Your Course ID is: sandifer86760
A little more information is here
Test Zero
Test Zero is a 65-problem online test to help you review the things you should know before the course begins. The test is worth 100 points for 50 problems (2 points per problem). Any problems you do beyond 50 count as extra credit. This may be your only opportunity for extra credit all semester.
You must have earned 50 (25 problems) points by February 8, or I will deduct 10 points from your total.
New Homework
All homework for the remainder of the semester is on line now.
Homework
Most homework assignments are worth ten points online.
You must ALSO hand in paper copies on the day the homework is due (clearly identifying the assignment, and with your name and section on it.)
If you have Special Needs
Make sure I know about it. Give me your forms early. Work due before you do your paperwork can't be made up.
Fall 2006
This course uses WebCT Vista.
You must make sure you know how to use it. You will have an on-line quiz using WebCT almost every week.
Use the Quiz 00 to make sure you know how to use WebCT. Be sure you SUBMIT the quiz before you exit.
Homework
Homework is graded online by MyMathLab. The due time is during class. You must also hand in paper copy of the homework in class on the day it is due for me to review.
Review test - due Saturday evening
You should already know most of the material in chapters 2 and 3. Rather than waste your time going over it in class, you should review it on your own and do the first nine homework assignments on MyMathLab. Those nine assignments will together count as a test.
Make sure you understand the rules. You finished at least half of it by September 20 or you were penalized 10 points.
You must finish the whole thing by September 30.
Review quiz available
Review for Chapter 5: There is a WebCT Vista review quiz available, identifying finance problems. Take it as many times as you want. Earn up to 10 extra credit points.
In class test - Date Fixed
The first in-class test will cover Chapter 3 sections 3 and 5 and all of Chapter 5. Thursday, October 12.
Test results on the Chapter 3 and 5 test:
median: 51
median if you'd handed in all the homework: 60
high score: 96
high score if you didn't hand in all the homework: 85
low score: 23
low score if you handed in all the homework: 37
Chapter 6 review test available
click here.
On November 14, we began Chapter 7 section 1, linear inequalities in two variables, aiming for Linear Programming. We will do sections 1, 2 and 3
Homework for the rest of the semester has been posted.
Some Linear Programming practice problems are available here.
Practice test available here