Precalculus
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Third Midterm
On Thursday 12/9. Look at Practice tests:
chapter 6 #1,2,4,11,12, chapter 7 #1,2,3,4,6,7,8,11a)b)d),13, chapter
8 #1,2,3
- Thu 9/2: sections 1.8,1.9: quadratic inequalities
- Homework: section 1.9: #1,5,11,23,25
- Tue 9/7: section 2.1: equation of line, inequality of rational
functions
- Homework: section 1.9: #27,31,41, section 2.1 #1,7,15,19,25,29.
- Thu 9/9: section 2.2,2.3: equation of line, circle, slope
- Homework: section 2.1: #63,65,67,71,73, section 2.2 #
1,5,17,19,21,23, 33,35,39,43, section 2.3 # 1,5,7,11,13,19,25,27,31,33
- Tue 9/14: section 2.4: function, domain, range
- Homework: section 2.4: #7,9,11,15,19,27,35,43,45,47,49,51,53
- Thu 9/16: section 2.5: function notation
- Homework: section 2.5: # 1,3,7,11,13,17,23,27,53,59,61,63,73
- Tue 9/21: section 2.6: information from graph
- Homework: section 2.6: #1,3,11,13,15,19,21,23,25
- Thu 9/23: section 2.7: symmetry of graph
- Homework: section 2.7: #1,5,13,15,17,19,23,31,33
- Tue 9/28: section 3.1, 3.2: relation between graphs
- Homework: section 3.1: #1,3,7,39,41, section 3.2: #1,7,8
- Tue 10/5: section 3.4: graph of quadratic polynomial
- Homework: section 3.4: #1,5,7,21,25
- Thu 10/7: section 3.5: operation on functions, composition.
- Homework: section 3.4: #33,37,39, section 3.5: #
3,7,17,19,21,23,25,27,33,37,39,42
- Tue 10/12: section 3.6: inverse functions
- Homework: section 3.6: #1,3,5,17,19,23,27,41,44,47,49,50
- Thu 10/14: section 5.1: exponential functions
- Homework: section 5.1 #1,5,9,17,19,25,29,31,35,37,39
- Tue 10/19: section 5.2,5.3: log functions and properties
- Homework: section 5.2 # 21,,25,29,33,37,43,45,47,51,55,59,
section 5.3 #1,3,5,7,11,19,21,25
- Thu 10/21: section 5.4: change of base, equations with log and
exponential functions
- Homework: section 5.3: #41,43,47,49, section 5.4 #
1,3,5,25,27,29,31,33,35,39
- Tue 10/26: section 5.5: applications of exponential functions
- Homework: section 5.5 #3,5,9,11,13,15,19,23
- Thu 10/28: section 6.1: angle measurement in radian
- Homework: section 6.1 # 1,3,7,15,17,19,25,29,31,47,49,55,57
- Tue 11/9: section 6.2: some values of sine and cosine
- Homework: section 6.2: # 17,21,27,33,37,47
- Thu 11/11: section 6.3, 6.4: some relations for trig function,
algebra for trig function
- Homework: section 6.3: #1,5,11,15,49,51,53, section 6.4
#1,5,9,15,19,23,27,37,39,43,45
- Tue 11/16: section 7.1: graph of sine and cosine function;
amplitude, period, frequency, phase shift
- Homework: section 7.1: # 1,3,5,9,11,13,15,21,33
- Thu 11/18: section 7.2, 7.3: graph of tan(x) and cot(x), sec(x)
and csc(x); basic identities
- Homework: section 7.2 # 1,5,7,15, section 7.3 # 1,3,9,11,13
- Tue 11/23: section 7.3, 7.4: verify identity, solve trignometric
equations
- Homework: section 7.3: # 19,21,35,40,53, section 7.4 # 1,3,5,7,17
- Tue 11/30: section 7.5: inverse trignometric function
- Homework: section 7.5: #1,3,15,17,23,25
- Thu 12/2: section 8.1, 8.2: addition formula, double and half
angle formula
- Homework: section 8.1 #17,21,23,27, section 8.2 #1,2,7,13,15,23