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MATH 117: Precalculus for Scientists & Engineers

Fall 2020

Section 11

MSLL Tutoring Schedule (more free tutoring via Zoom!)

REVIEW

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1.1  Real Numbers,

1.2  Exponents & Radicals,

Week 1

Sep. 1 - Sep. 4

Week

Sections Covered

Helpful Resources

Practice Problems

Section 1.1:   49,51,55-60,63,65,79-82

Section 1.2:  49, 53, 55, 57, 69, 77

WebAssign HW due

on Sunday, Sep. 6 at

11:59 PM:

Getting Started with WebAssign,

Sections 1.1, 1.2

Week 2

Sep. 7 - Sep. 11

REVIEW

 

1.3  Algebraic Expressions

12.6  Binomial Expansion Using Pascal's Triangle

1.4  Rational Expressions

Practice Problems

Section 1.3:     27,35,41,43,53,57,61,66,71,77,79,85,91,95,101,113,123,125,

                          127,129

Section 12.6:   9,11,13

Section 1.4:     43,45,47,51,55,57,59,63,65,69,73-76,79,81,83,87,93

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WebAssign HW due

on Sunday, Sep. 13 at

11:59 PM:

Sections 1.3, 12.6, 1.4

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QUIZ 1 is on Friday, Sep. 11

It covers 1.1, 1.2

WebAssign HW due

on Sunday, Sep. 20 at

11:59 PM:

Section 1.5

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QUIZ 2 is on Friday, Sep. 18

It covers sections 1.3, 12.6, 1.4

Practice Problems

Section 1.5:     19,25,29,31,35,41,47,49,51,53,59,61,65,6975,81,89,91,97,

                          103,107,113,133,135

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Week 3

Sep. 14 - Sep. 18

1.4  Rational Expressions (continued)

1.5  Equations

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Important Dates

Don't Forget to

Complete

Pre-Class Assignment 1

on WebAssign

on Friday before lecture.

Complete

Pre-Class Assignment 2

on WebAssign

on Wednesday before lecture.

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Take the Practice Quiz on Canvas in order to download LockDown Browser.

Complete

Pre-Class Assignment 3

on WebAssign

on Friday before lecture.

Week 4

Sep. 21- Sep. 25

1.5  Equations (continued)

1.8  Inequalities

1.9  The Coordinate Plane, Graphs of Equations, and Circles

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Practice Problems

Section 1.8:     3, 31, 33, 35, 39, 43, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, 59, 61, 71, 79, 83,                               85, 89, 101 – 103, 113, 119

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Section 1.9:    2, 3, 5, 7, 37, 39, 45, 48, 71, 73, 83, 93, 95, 99, 105, 107,
                        111, 113, 117

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WebAssign HW:

Sunday, Sep. 27 at 11:59 PM:

Section 1.8

Tuesday, Sep. 29 at 11:59 PM:

Section 1.9

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QUIZ 3 is on Friday, Sep. 25

It covers section 1.5

(see Canvas announcement)

Week 5

Sep. 28- Oct. 2

Week 6

Oct. 5- Oct. 9

Week 7

Oct. 12- Oct. 16

1.9  The Coordinate Plane, Graphs of Equations, and Circles (cont.)

1.10: Lines

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Practice Problems

Section 1.10:     5, 6, 29, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 47, 49, 67, 71, 83, 84, 86,
                           89, 92, 93

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Section 2.1:    2, 3, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 53, 54, 55– 71

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WebAssign HW:

Tuesday, Sep. 29 at 11:59 PM:

Section 1.9

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EXAM 1 is on Friday, Oct. 2

It covers sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 12.6, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, and part of 1.9

(see Canvas announcement)

Complete

Lecture 16 Assignment

on WebAssign

on Tuesday, 9/29, before lecture.

Practice Problems

Section 2.2:   4, 35, 37, 43, 45, 49, 50, 55 – 56, 57, 59, 61, 65

Section 2.3:   1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 31, 34, 43, 45, 59

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2.1: Functions

2.2: Graphs of Function

2.3: Getting Information from the Graph of a Function

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WebAssign HW:

Sunday, Oct. 11 at 11:59 PM:

Sections 2.1 and 2.2

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Wed., Oct. 14 at 11:59 PM:

Section 2.3

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No quiz this Friday, yay!

Complete

Lecture 22 Assignment

on WebAssign

on Saturday, 10/10, by 11:59 PM

(It will be available on Friday, 10/9, 12:00 AM)

2.3: Getting Information from the Graph of a Function (cont)

2.4: Average Rate of Change of a Function

2.5: Linear Functions and Models

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Practice Problems

Section 2.4:    2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33

Section 2.5:    9, 11, 13, 17, 23, 33, 39, 40, 49, 50

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WebAssign HW:

Wed., Oct. 14 at 11:59 PM:

Section 2.3

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Sunday, Oct. 18 at 11:59 PM:

Section 2.4

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QUIZ 4 is on Friday, Oct. 16

Sections 1.10, 2.1, and 2.2

(see Canvas announcement)

Week 8

Oct. 19- Oct. 23

2.5: Linear Functions and Models (cont)

2.6: Transformations of Functions

2.7: Combining Functions

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Practice Problems
Section 2.6:    1 – 6, 9, 11, 13 – 15, 17, 24 – 28, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 47,
                        51, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 70, 71, 73, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91.

Section 2.7:    1, 11, 13 – 15, 17 – 19, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45,
                        49, 52, 53, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 71

 

WebAssign HW:

Wed., Oct. 21 at 11:59 PM:

Section 2.5

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Sunday, Oct. 25 at 11:59 PM:

Section 2.6

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QUIZ 5 is on Friday, Oct. 16

Sections 2.3 and 2.4

(see Canvas announcement)

Complete

Lecture 29 Assignment

on WebAssign

on Saturday, 10/24, by 11:59 PM

(Will be available on Friday, 10/23, 12:00AM)

Week 9

Oct. 26- Oct. 30

2.7: Combining Functions (cont.)

2.8: One-to-One Functions and their Inverses

3.1: Quadratic Functions and Models

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Practice Problems

Section 2.8:    1, 4, 5, 9, 17, 20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35, 51, 53, 55,
                         57, 61, 65, 67, 72, 73, 87, 89, 95

Section 3.1:    2, 3, 4, 11, 17, 35, 39, 47, 53, 54, 56, 59, 60, 63, 65

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WebAssign HW:

Wed., Oct. 28 at 11:59 PM:

Section 2.7

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Sunday, Nov. 1 at 11:59 PM:

Section 2.8

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QUIZ 6 is on Friday, Oct. 30:

Sections 2.5 and 2.6

(see Canvas announcement)

Week 10

Nov. 2 - Nov. 6

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NO CLASS on Tuesday, Nov. 3

(Election Day)

3.1: Quadratic Functions and Models (cont.)

3.2: Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs

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Practice Problems

Section 3.2:    1 – 3, 7, 9 – 14, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 37, 39, 41, 79, 89(a)(b)

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EXAM 2 is on Friday, Nov. 6

It covers sections 1.10, 2.1-2.8

(see Canvas announcement)

Week 11

Nov. 9 - Nov. 13

3.6: Rational Functions

6.1: Angle Measure

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Practice Problems

Section 3.6:    1 – 6, 13, 15, 21, 23, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 43, 49, 51, 53, 57,                          58, 59, 63, 65, 87(b)

Section 6.1:    1,2, 5, 11, 31, 33, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 83

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Complete

Pre-Class Assignment 5

on WebAssign

on Wednesday before lecture.

WebAssign HW:

Wednesday, Nov 11, 11:59 PM:

Sections 3.1

 

Sunday, Nov 15, 11:59 PM:

Section 3.2

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No quiz this Friday, yay!

Week 12

Nov. 16 - Nov. 20

6.1: Angle Measure (cont.)

6.2: Trigonometry of Right Triangles

6.3: Trigonometric Functions of Angles

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Practice Problems

Section 6.2:    7, 9, 23, 25, 39, 47, 48, 56 – 58, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66

Section 6.3:    1, 2, 9, 11, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 49, 51, 53, 55

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WebAssign HW:

Wednesday, Nov 18, 11:59 PM:

Section 3.6

 

Sunday, Nov 15, 11:59 PM:

Sections 6.1 and 6.2

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QUIZ 7 is on Friday, Nov 20.

It covers sections 3.1, 3.2, 2.6

(see Canvas announcement)

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Complete

Pre-Class Assignment 6

on WebAssign

on Friday before lecture.

Week 13

Nov. 30 - Dec. 4

6.3: Trigonometric Functions of Angles (cont.)

5.3: Trigonometric Graphs

5.5: Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Their Graphs

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Practice Problems

Section 6.3:    1, 2, 9, 11, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 49, 51, 53, 55

Section 5.3:    1 – 3, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29, 35, 37, 38, 40, 49, 50, 51,
                         54, 83

Section 5.4 (some of this section will be included in the lecture for 5.3):

                         1, 2, 3 - 8

Section 5.5:    1 – 6, 9, 10, 23, 27, 29, 31, 39, 41, 45

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WebAssign HW:

Sunday, Dec 6, 11:59 PM:

Sections 6.3, 5.3, 5.5

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No quiz this week.

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Complete

Pre-Class Assignment 8

on WebAssign

on Friday before lecture.

Complete

Pre-Class Assignment 7

on WebAssign

on Friday before lecture.

Week 14

Dec. 7 - Dec. 10

4.1 & 4.2: Exponential Functions

4.3: Logarithmic Functions

4.4: Laws of Logarithms

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Practice Problems

Section 4.1:    1 – 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 33, 35, 37,
                          39, 53

Section 4.2:   1, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17b, 18b, 24, 27, 30.

Section 4.3:    3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31 – 33, 37, 39,
                          41, 43, 49, 51, 53 – 55, 57 – 59, 63, 69, 73, 74, 75, 77,
                         85, 87, 100

Section 4.4:    1 – 5, 13, 17, 19, 31, 35, 37, 43, 53, 55, 56, 59, 61, 76

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WebAssign HW:

Sunday, Dec 13, 11:59 PM:

Sections 4.1 and 4.2

Monday, Dec 14, 11:59 PM:

Sections 4.3 and 4.4

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No quiz this week.

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EXAM 3 is on Wednesday,

Dec 9 (you can also take it on Dec 10).

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Final Exam: cumulative (will cover all of the sections mentioned above)

                           Will be available on Canvas from

                           Tuesday, Dec. 15 (12 AM) - Friday, Dec. 18., (11:59 PM)

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