MA 154 Fall 2002

Syllabus

Important Notices, Handouts, and Assignments
NOTE: Some of the links below will be handouts that can be viewed and printed with your web browser. Others will be PDF documents that must be read with Adobe™ Acrobat™ Reader software. This software is free and available from Adobe's Web Site. 
Monday, August 26: Welcome to MA 154!
  • Introduction to the course and discussion of course policies. 
  • Announcement that this course uses the Connally text (shown at the right), while other sections of MA 154 are using the Larson text. In Spring 2003 all sections of MA 154 will use Connally. Our section is just getting a jump start on this initiative.
  • Section 7.1

For Friday, August 30
Read: Sections 6.1 and 6.2
Do: Section 7.1 -- 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and be prepared for our first quiz over Section 7.1
For Wednesday, September 4
Read: Section 6.3 
Do: Section 6.1 -- 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15 and Section 6.2 -- 1
For Friday, September 6
Read: Section 5.4 and 6.4 
Do: Section 6.2 -- 3, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17, 18 and Section 6.3 -- 1 through 8
For Monday, September 9
Read: Section 6.4 and 6.5
Do: Section 6.3 --12, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24 and Find Theta handout (Here's the KEY). 
For Wednesday, September 11: Be prepared for QUIZ 2 over 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Read: Section 6.4 and 6.5
Do: Section 6.4 --1 through 3, 10, 12, 14, 15, 24 and Section 6.5 -- 5, 7
For Friday, September 13: 
Read: Section 6.6
Do: Section 6.5 --12 through 20, 24, 28, 35, 49
For Monday, September 16: 
Read: Section 6.6
Do: Assignment from 6.5
For Wednesday, September 18: 
Read:  Section 6.7
Do:  Section 6.6 -- 1 through 15, 24, 25
For Friday, September 20:  Get ready for Test 1 over Chapter 6 and 7.1. Here's a review.
For Wednesday, September 25: 
Read:  Section 6.7
Do:  Section 6.7 -- 1 through 12, 17 through 19, 22, 23, 24
For Friday, September 27: 
Read:  Section 7.2
Do:  Section 6.7 -- 21, 26, 27, 29-34, 36 and QUIZ 3 over 6.7
For Monday, September 30:  Law of Sines
Do: Section 7.2 -- 1, 3, 4, 5, 17, 21, and 23
For Wednesday, October 2: The Ambiguous Case
Do:  Rescue the Princess handout. (Here's the KEY)
For Friday, October 4: Law of Cosines  
Read:  Section 7.3
Do:  Section 7.2 -- 2, 6, 7, 8 through 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27 and Law of Sines and Cosines to the Rescue handout.  Also be prepared for QUIZ 4 over 6.7 and 7.2 (Law of Sines)
For Monday, October 7:  Identities
Do: Section 7.3 -- 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 23, 25, 28  and Wilbur handout and KEY
For Friday, October 18:  Inverses and Combinations of Functions
Read: Section 10.1
Do: Section 8.2 -- 1 through 13 odd, 19 through 39 odd, 45 through 51 odd, 63 and Section 8.3 -- 1 through 9, 13, 16
For Monday, Oct. 21: Vectors
Read: Section 10.2
Do: Section 10.1 -- 1 through 11 and QUIZ 5 on Law of Cosines and 7.3 and  7.4
For Wednesday, Oct. 23: Vectors
Read: Section 10.3
Do: Section 10.2 -- 1 through 5, 7 through 9, 15, 17 and prepare for QUIZ 6 on 7.5, 7.6, 8.1, and 8.2
For Friday, Oct. 25: Vectors cont'd (3-dimensional)
Read: Section 10.3
Do: Section 10.2 -- 10-13, 20 and QUIZ 7 on 8.3, 10.1 and 10.2
Prepare for Test 2 on Monday, October 28.  Here's a review with the answers. Also look at the following
Chapter 7 Review -- 1-7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 22
Chapter 8 Review -- 1e, 5, 51, 53
Chapter 10 Review -- 1, 2, 18, 19, 20

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