Math 125  Spring '12 Course Homepage


Handouts

Office Hours: Mon 1-2 and 7:40pm-8:40pm, and Wed 2-3 in ILB 426.

Course Handout

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Old exam papers

Exam papers from Fall 2011: exam 1, exam 2, final.

Exam papers from Fall 2010: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, final.

More old exams can be found here.



Schedule


Schedule (on the fly)

Week  class
Date Topic Chapter
Homework
1
1
Jan 18
Rates of change
2.1
S2.1 Q 1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 33
2
2
Jan 23
The idea of a limit
2.2
S2.2 Q 1,3,5,7,8, 21-29(odd), 37-47.

3
Jan 25
Basic limit laws & Limits and Continuity
2.3 & 2.4
S2.3 Q 9-31(odd), 32. 

S2.4 Q 86, 1, 3, 5, 6, 17-23(odd),  79-85(odd)
3
4
Jan 30
Limits and Continuity & Evaluating limits algebraically 2.4 & 2.5
S2.4 Q 9, 11, 13, 37, 39.

S2.5 Q 5-31(odd) 43-51(odd).

5
Feb 1
Trig limits
1.4 & 2.6
S1.4 Q7, 9, 13, 19, 27, 30

S2.6
(on squeeze theorem) Q1,3,5,6,7;
(on trig limits) Q9-35(odd), 42
4
6
Feb 6
definition of the derivative, review
3.1
S3.1 Q1, 19-39(odd)

7
Feb 8
exam (solutions)


5
8
Feb 13
the derivative as a function,  and the product and quotient rules
3.2 & 3.3
S3.2 Q9-45(odd)
 S3.3 Q7-37(odd)

9
Feb 15
tangent lines, rates of change  parts of 3.1 & 3.4
S3.1 Q23-29(odd), 41 but find derivatives the fast way, rather  than using limits.
S3.4 Q13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 30-36.
6
10
Feb 20
higher order derivatives and trig derivatives 3.5 & 3.6
S3.5 Q13, 15, 17, 23, 25, 37, 39, 43, 44, 49. 
S3.6 Q  5, 13, 15, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 49, 52.

11
Feb 22
the chain rule
3.7
S3.7 Q 1-7(odd), 21-51(odd), 73,79, 83, 93, 95.
7
12
Feb 27
Shortcuts for the chain rule,  exponentials and logarithms.
3.10
S1.6 Q 7, 21, 23, 24, 29
S3.10 Q3, 5, 7, 9, 25,27, 29, 34, 35-40, 41-46.

13
Feb 29
related rates
3.11
S3.11 Q  1-21(odd).
8
14
Mar 5
derivatives of inverse functions, review
3.9
S3.8 Q9-37(odd), 38,39

15
Mar 7
exam (solutions)


9
16
Mar 19
Graph sketching
4.5
S4.5 Q9, 13,15, 19,23,29,31,33,35,77,79,83

17
Mar 21 max/min values
4.2
S4.2 Q 1, 3, 11, 15, 17, 19, 25, 27, 37, 39, 41, 51.
10
18
Mar 26
max/min values, the second derivative test.
4.4
S4.4 Q1,2,5, 23-36(odd)

19
Mar 28
Optimization
4.6
S4.6 Q1,2,5,9,13,16,36,59
11
20
April 2
antiderivatives

4.9

S4.9 Q 1-41(odd)


21
April 4
Area and The definite integral
5.1 & 5.2
S5.1 Q 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 52-55
S5.2 1, 3,13, 15, 17, 19, 51-61 (odd)
12
22
April 9
The definite integral and FTC, part1  5.3
S5.1 Q17, 19, 57
S5.2 Q11,12
S5.3 Q  11-19(odd), 27-37(odd) ,41,43,45,53,55,57

23
April 11
FTC part 2, review.

S5.4 Q7, 9, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 39,
13
24
April 16
exam


25
April 18
implicit differentiation
3.8
S3.8 Q1, 9, 13, 25, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 49, 51
14
26
April 23
L'Hopital's rule
4.7
S4.7 Q 9-21, 35, 38,40, 46, 63, 64

27
April 25



15
28
April 30




29
May 2