Applied Calculus I (AMS 151.2) Course Material, Fall 2009
The course meets Tues/Thurs, 3:50 -- 5:10, in Library W0512.
Joe's Office Hours:
Tues (1:00-2:30) and Wed (3:00-4:00),
and please drop by any time, or send email or call
Adam Falk (our TA) will office extra help on Tuesday, Dec 15, 12:00-2:00 in
the AMS help room.
The final exam is in the time slot assigned to us (Tuesday, Dec 15, 5:15-7:45),
in our usual classroom (Melville 0512).
12/10/09: I corrected the practice-final solutions (problems 4(a) and 17(a)).
I will give an extra help review session for the final exam on Monday, Dec 14, in Math P-131, 12:00-1:30. I will also be available before 12:00 for office hours.
REMINDER: As stated on the course information sheet/syllabus (below),
"Your total homework score on WeBWorK must be at least 50% to pass the
course, regardless of your performance on quizes and the final." Please be certain
to do the WeBWork homework! It will also be very important for doing well on quizes and the final.
Our TA is Adam Falk (afalk@ams.sunysb.edu). Office hours: 1:00-2:00 (Mon),
12:00-1:00 (Thurs), in Harriman 010.
Main Course Information
Course Information (AMS 151), Fall 2009 This is the main
course information sheet with details about exams, homeworks, grading, etc.
WeBWorK
Recommended textbook readings:
Week 1 of Sept 1: Section 1.1
Week 2 of Sept 8: Section 1.2, 1.3 (WebWorK 0 due)
Week 3 of Sept 15: Section 1.4, 1.5 (WebWorK 1 due)
Week 4 of Sept 22: Section 1.6 (WebWorK 2 due)
Week 5 of Sept 29: Section 1.7 (WebWorK 3 due)
Week 6 of Oct 6: Section 2.1-2.3 (WebWorK 4 due)
Week 7 of Oct 13: Section 2.4-2.6 (WebWorK 5 due)
Week 8 of Oct 20: Section 1.8, 3.1-3.2 (WebWorK 6 due)
Week 9 of Oct 27: Section 3.3-3.6 (WebWorK 7 due)
Week 10 of Nov 3: Section 3.7, 4.1, 4.6, 4.7 (WebWorK 8 due)
Week 11 of Nov 10: Section 4.2, 4.3 (WebWorK 9 due)
Week 12 of Nov 17: Section 4.4, 4.5 (WebWorK 10 due)
Week 13 of Nov 24 (Thanksgiving)
Week 14 of Dec 1: Section 3.8, 5.1 (WebWorK 11 due)
Week 15 of Dec 8: Section 5.2, 5.3, Review (WebWorK 12 due)
Practice Prereq Exam 1
Practice Prereq Exam 2
Practice Prereq Exam 3
Solutions to Prereq Exam (Quiz1), Sept 10.
On Tues, Sept 8, we mentioned in class the computation of the area of a triangle
from the lengths of its 3 sides. See the discussion (and 2 proofs) of
Heron's Formula,
which was mentioned briefly in class.
Practice Problems for Quiz 2 (In addition, all of WeBWorK sets 1 and 2
are practice problems!). Quiz 2 is Sept 24.
Solutions to Practice Quiz 2 problems
Solutions to Quiz2, Sept 24.
Practice Problems for Quiz 3 (In addition, all of WeBWorK sets 3 and 4
are practice problems!). Quiz 3 is Oct 8.
Solutions to Practice Quiz 3 problems
Solutions to Quiz3, Oct 8.
Practice Problems for Quiz 4 (In addition, all of WeBWorK sets 5 and 6
are practice problems!). Quiz 4 is Oct 22.
Solutions to Practice Quiz 4 problems
Solutions to Quiz4, Oct 22.
Practice Problems for Quiz 5 (In addition, all of WeBWorK sets 7 and 8
are practice problems!). Quiz 5 is Nov 5.
Solutions to Practice Quiz 5 problems
Solutions to Quiz5, Nov 5
Practice Problems for Quiz 6 (In addition, all of WeBWorK sets 9 and 10
are practice problems!). Quiz 6 is Nov 19.
Solutions to Practice Quiz 6 problems
Solutions to Quiz6, Nov 19
Practice Final Exam (In addition, all of WeBWorK sets 1 through 12
are practice problems!). The Final Exam is 5:15-7:45pm, Tuesday, Dec 15.
Solutions to Practice Final