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Monday, January 9 Today:  Section 1.1 Functions

For Wednesday, January 11:
Read: General Course Information, the Syllabus, and Sections 1.1 and 1.2
Do:     Section 1.1 -- 3-4, 8-10, 15, 20-25, 28-29, 33, 41 and Chapter 1 Review -- #3 (for practice, not for hand in)
            Get a TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus or equivalent and purchase an eHW access code.
Prepare for QUIZ 1 on Friday, January 11 over prerequisite skills.
Due Wednesday, January 18, 11:59 pm: E-HW 0 General Course Information and Using eHW.   
Wednesday, January 11 Today:  Section 1.2 Average Rate of Change

For Friday, January 13:
Read: Section 1.3
Do:    Section 1.2 --  S1-S10, 1-7, 9-14, 17-20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30 for practice
Prepare for QUIZ 1 on Friday, January 11 over prerequisite skills.
Due Wednesday, January 18, 11:59 pm: E-HW 0 General Course Information and Using eHW.    
Friday, January 13 Today:  Section 1.3 Linear Functions - Tables and Graphs
            Quiz 1 over prerequisite skills.

For Wednesday, January 18:
Read: Section 1.4
Do:     Section 1.3 --  #10-14, 17-18, 22, 25, 28, 32 - 36 (for practice) and Reading Questions for 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 to be handed in Wednesday, January 18

Due Wednesday, January 18, 11:59 pm: E-HW 0 General Course Information and Using eHW.  
Monday, January 16   No class meeting.
Wednesday, January 18 Today:  Section 1.3 and 1.4 Formulas of Linear Functions

For Friday, January 20:
Read: Section 1.5
Do:     Section 1.3 --  #26-30 and Section 1.4 -- #4 - 15, 31 - 36, 41, 42, 46, 47, 52, 53, 57, 61  (for practice)
and Reading Questions for 1.5 due Friday, Jan 20(for hand-in) 

Prepare for QUIZ 2 on Friday, Jan 20 over Section 1.1 and 1.2

Due Wednesday, January 18, 11:59 pm: E-HW 0 General Course Information and Using eHW.   
Due Wednesday, January 25, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Section 1.1 - 1.5
Friday, January 20 Today:  Section 1.5 Understanding the m and the b in the Linear Function y = b + mx and Modeling with Linear Functions

For Monday, Jan. 23:
Read: Section 2.1 and come to class with Reading Questions for Section 2.1 completed.
(Note: Go to Blackboard and print your copy. Reading Questions for 2.1 will be a total of 2 pages.)
Do: Section 1.5 --  #S1-S8, 1-4, 7-9, 11, 16, 18, 19, 28 (for practice) and Chapter 1 Review -- 29, 35, 38, 42, 46-50 (for practice) and Reading Questions for 2.1 (hand-in)

Due Wednesday, January 25, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Section 1.1 - 1.5
Monday, January 23 Today:  Section 2.1 Input/Output
See Miss Gulch take her iconic ride to Dorothy's farm and the graph.

For Wednesday, Jan. 25:
Read: Section 2.2
Do: Section 2.1 -- 4-5, 9-12, 17-18, 27-29, 32, 34, 44 and Reading Questions for Section 2.2 ready at the start of next class.
(Note: Go to Blackboard and print your copy. Reading Questions for 2.2 will be 1 page.)

Also due Wednesday, January 25, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Section 1.1 - 1.5
 Due Monday, January 30, 11:59 pm: E-HW 2 Section 2.1
Wednesday, January 25 Today:  Section 2.2 Domain and Range

For Friday, January 27:
Read: Section 2.5 and 2.6 (we will skip 2.3 and do 2.4 later)
Do: Section 2.2 -- S1-S8, 1-4, 9-18, 29, 31 and Chapter 2 Review --  3, 4, 7,8, 12, 36, 53, 72
       and Reading Questions for 2.5/2.6 ready at the start of next class.
(Note: Go to Blackboard and print your copy. Reading Questions for 2.5/2.6 will be 1 page.)

 Prepare for QUIZ 3 on Friday, Jan. 27 over Section 1.3-1.5

Due Wednesday, January 25, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Section 1.1 - 1.5
 Due Monday, January 30, 11:59 pm: E-HW 2 Section 2.1
 Due Wednesday, February 1, 11:59 pm: E-HW 03 Section 2.2
Friday, January 27 Today: Section 2.5 Inverse Functions and QUIZ 3 over Section 1.3 to 1.5

For Monday, January 30:
Read: Section 2.6
Do: Section 2.5 -- 1-4, 16-24, 32 - 39, 45 - 50, 57 and Chapter 2 Review -- 41, 42, 56, 58, 62, 65 

Due Monday, January 30, 11:59 pm: E-HW 2 Section 2.1
 Due Wednesday, February 1, 11:59 pm: E-HW 03 Section 2.2

Test 1 covers Sections 1.1-1.5, 2.1 and 2.2.
See information below and the review materials on BB in the folder Reviews for Exams.
Monday, January 30 Today: Inverse Functions cont'd and Concavity

 For Wednesday, February 1:
Read: Section 4.1 (We will do Chapter 3 later)
Do:  Section 2.5 --13-26, 35-38 and Section 2.6 -- 1-23, 26 and Ch 2 Review # 55, 59, 60, 68 and Reading Questions for 4.1
 (Note: Go to Blackboard and print your copy. Reading Questions for 4.1 will be 1 page.)

Prepare for QUIZ 4 on Wednesday, February 1 over Section 2.1 and 2.2
Due tonight, January 30, 11:59 pm: E-HW 2 Section 2.1
 Due Wednesday, February 1, 11:59 pm: E-HW 03 Section 2.2
Due Monday, Feb. 6, 11:59 pm: E-HW 4 Section 2.5, 2.6

Test 1 covers Sections 1.1-1.5, 2.1 and 2.2.
See information below and the review materials on BB in the folder Reviews for Exams.
Wednesday, February 1

Today: Growing, Growing, Growing and QUIZ 4 over Section 2.1 and 2.2

For Monday, February 6:
Read: Section 4.1 (We will do Chapter 3 later)
Do: Section 4.1 --  S1-S4, 1-10, 12, 14, 15, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 32, 39, 40, 50, 55

Due tonight, Wednesday, February 1, 11:59 pm: E-HW 03 Section 2.2
Due Monday, Feb. 6, 11:59 pm: E-HW 04 Section 2.5, 2.6

Test 1 covers Sections 1.1-1.5, 2.1 and 2.2 See review materials on BB in the folder Reviews for Exams.
Walk in with any kind of photo ID and your graphing calculator to take the test. Math Test Center (KT G18)  is open:

  • Wednesday, February 1,  After class - 7:00 PM (it closes at 8:00 pm)
  • Thursday, February 2  9:00 AM - 7:00 PM (it closes at 8:00 pm)
  • Friday, February 3,  9:00 AM - 3:30 PM (it closes at 4:30 pm)

You will not be allowed to take the test if you arrive 1 hour or less before Math Test Center (KT G18) closes. You will have unlimited time to take it, constrained only by the hours of the test center. You can only take the test in one sitting. For more information about the Math Test Center, see http://ipfw.edu/offices/casa/math/ .

Friday, February 3 No class meeting. Take Test 1 in the Math Test Center (if you have not yet done so.)
Monday, February 6 Today: Exponential Decay

 For Wednesday, February 8:
Read: Section 4.2
Do:  Section 4.1 --11, 16-40, 52, 56 and Chapter 4 Review 1-7, 9,10, 15, 16, 26-28 and have Reading Questions for 4.2 ready at the start of class.
(Note: Go to Blackboard and print your copy. Reading Questions for 4.2 will be 1 page.) 

Due tonight, Monday, Feb. 6, 11:59 pm: E-HW 04 Section 2.5, 2.6
Due Wednesday, February 15, 11:59 pm: E-HW 05 Section 4.1 and 4.2
Wednesday, February 8 Today: What Makes a Function Exponential?
For Friday, February 10
Read: Section 4.3
Do:  Section 4.2 --S1-S10, 1-36, 38, 46-49 and Chapter 4 Review --   11-14, 31, 35, 60

Due Wednesday, February 15, 11:59 pm: E-HW 05 Section 4.1 and 4.2

Prepare for QUIZ 5 on Friday, Feb. 10 over Section 2.5, 2.6, and 4.1
Friday, February 10 Today: Finding Formulas of Exponential Functions
Read: Section 4.3
Do: Section 4.2 - 10, 20, 32- 39, 46-49 and Chapter 4 Review -- 1-16, 26-31 60
Have Reading Questions for 4.3 ready at the start of class.
 (Note: Go to Blackboard and print your copy. Reading Questions for 4.2 will be 1 page.) 

Due Wednesday, February 15, 11:59 pm: E-HW 05 Section 4.1 and 4.2

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