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Office Hours:
Greg: Tuesdays 2-3 and Thursdays 11-12 in Altgeld 110
Katie: Mondays and Wednesdays 11-12 in Coble B1
Add: Thursdays 10-11 and Fridays 1-2 in Illini 341

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Please note that the date and time for the final exam in the syllabus are INCORRECT. The final exam will be 8:00 am - 11:00 am on Monday, December 14.

11/30/09: (7.1-7.2) Multivariate Functions and Partial Derivatives

11/25/09: Fall Break
NO CLASS

11/23/09: Fall Break
NO CLASS

11/18/09: (Chapters 5 and 6) Midterm Exam II
Bonus Homework (due in class on Thursday, November 19):
Chapter 5 Review: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 29, 30, 35, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 49, 50, 59, 60
Chapter 6 Review: 1, 2, 19, 20, 37, 38

11/16/09: (6.3) Finish Continuous Probability
No Homework
Add's Mock Midterm

11/11/09: (6.3) Improper Integrals and Continuous Probability
Homework (due Friday, November 13):
Section 6.3: 1, 4, 11, 12, 17, 18, 31, 32, 39, 40

11/9/09: (6.1) Integration by Parts
Homework (due Friday, November 13):
Section 6.1: 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 21, 22

11/4/09: (5.4-5.5) Area Between Curves; Consumers' and Producers' Surplus
Homework (due Friday, November 6):
Section 5.4: 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 19, 20
Section 5.5: 15, 16
Your applied problem this week may also come from Section 5.6. As usual, you may not choose one of the assigned problems as your applied problem.

11/2/09: (5.3) The Definite Integral
Homework (due Friday, November 6):
Section 5.3: 1, 2, 5, 6, 15, 16, 23, 24

10/28/09: (5.2) u-Substitution
Homework (due Friday, October 30):
Section 5.2: 3, 4, 15, 16, 23, 24, 37, 38

10/26/09: (5.1) Antidifferentiation
Homework (due Friday, October 30):
Section 5.1: 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 33, 34

10/21/09: (Chapters 3 and 4) Midterm Exam II
Bonus Homework (due Thursday, October 22):
Section 3.4: 19, 20
Chapter 3 Review: 1, 2, 6, 7, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41
Chapter 4 Review: 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 26, 49, 50

10/19/09: (4.4) Exponential Models
If you wish to drop this course, do so by 5pm on this date.
No Homework

10/14/09: (4.2-4.3) Logarithmic Functions and their Derivatives
Homework (due Friday, October 16):
Section 4.2: 7, 8, 19, 20
Section 4.3: 15, 16, 31, 32

10/12/09: (4.1, 4.3) Exponential Functions and their Derivatives
Homework (due Friday, October 16):
Section 4.1: 35, 36
Section 4.3: 7, 8, 27, 28
As usual, you may not use any of the assigned problems as your applied problem of the week.

10/7/09: (3.4-3.5) More Optimization
Homework (due Friday, October 9):
Section 3.5: 5, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18
Again, none of these problems may be used as your applied problem for this week.

10/5/09: (3.4) Optimization and Elasticity of Demand
Homework (due Friday, October 9):
Section 3.4: 9, 10, 17, 18, 23, 24
None of the above problems may be used as your applied problem for the week.

9/30/09: (3.3) More Curve Sketching
Homework (due Friday, October 2):
Section 3.3: 11, 12, 15, 16, 23, 24, 27, 28

9/28/09: (3.1-3.2) Curve Sketching
Homework (due Friday, October 2):
Section 3.1: 5, 6, 7, 8, 25, 26, 31, 32
Section 3.2: 13, 14, 23, 24

9/23/09: (Chapters 1 and 2) Midterm Exam I
Bonus Homework (due Thursday, September 24):
Chapter 1 Review: 7, 8, 19, 20, 27, 28, 35, 36, 49, 50
Chapter 2 Review: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 56

9/21/09: (2.5) Marginal Analysis
No Homework

9/16/09: (2.6) Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates
Homework (due Friday, September 18):
Section 2.6: 9, 10, 19, 20, 41, 42
Note that 41 and 42 above may NOT be used as your applied problem this week.

9/14/09: (2.3-2.4) More Techniques of Differentiation
Homework (due Friday, September 18):
Section 2.3: 13, 14, 17, 18, 38, 39
Section 2.4: 23, 24, 35, 36, 39, 40

9/9/09: (2.2-2.3) Basic Techniques of Differentiation
Homework (due Friday, September 11):
Section 2.2: 5, 6, 23, 24, 27, 28
Section 2.3: 43, 44
Your Applied Problem may come from either of these sections or Section 2.1.

9/7/09: Labor Day
NO CLASS

9/2/09: (2.1) The Derivative
Homework (due Friday, Spetember 4):
Section 2.1: 17, 18, 19, 20

8/31/09: (1.5-1.6) Limits and Continuity
Homework (due Friday, September 4):
Section 1.5: 1, 3, 6, 14, 15, 31, 32
Section 1.6: 15, 16, 19, 22, 35, 40

8/26/09: (1.1-1.4) Finish Review of Functions.
Syllabus Correction: The first Midterm Exam will be on Wednesday, September 23.
Homework (due Friday, September 4):
Section 1.1: 28, 51, 56
Section 1.2: 7, 8, 26, 31
Section 1.3: 4, 20, 25, 34
In addition to these sections, your applied problem may also come from Section 1.4.

8/24/09: First Class.
Please review the syllabus and fill out the (very short) survey linked above.