Math 230: Log of Assigned Readings, Daily Homework and in-class group work


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Reading assignments are to be completed by the specified date. Homework is assigned on the specified date; all homework is due by the beginning of class on the following class day (labs excluded).

Week DateReadingHomeworkIn-class group workLab
1/17 - 1/21 1/19 Chapter 5 (review) none 5.1 #31
5.3 #55,56,57
Extra Credit 5.3 #66
5.4 #5,6,10,14,27,28,20,22
5.5 #4,7,19,26,33
1/21 5.6, 5.7 5.6 #9,10 What's your best guess for the exact value of this integral?
5.7 #3,29,30
5.6 #7,8,31,33
5.7 #41
1/24 - 1/28 1/24 6.1 6.1 #5a,b (don't have to compute S_20),17,20: due Friday 6.1 #2,6,16
1/26 6.2 6.1 #2,6,16 (continued) Handout on Simpson's Rule
1/28 6.2 6.2 #7,9,12,16 (midpoint rule for the integral in #12) 6.2 #1(a),6,8,10
1/31 - 2/4 1/31 7.1 7.1 #16,23,35,2 (problem 35 asks you to redo problem 23 by integrating in y instead of x) 7.1 #15,additional problem,1
Extra credit: #24
2/2 7.2 7.1 #6,50
7.2 #8,12
7.1 43,12,8,47 (most groups didn't finish #47) 7.2 1,5,6(b),20,17,18,36
2/4 7.2 #38,46 (use the region in Quadrant I),55
Hint for #55: use an integral to compute the total population--the set-up should be as in the method of cylindrical shells. Note that the answer in the back of the book is WRONG!
7.2 #43,44,45 (use the method of cylindrical shells)
Extra credit: redo #45 using the method of washers
2/7 - 2/11 2/7 Handout #1 on surface area Handout #2 on surface area Handout #2 on surface area
2/9 Chapter 7 Interlude (pp. 454-457) pp. 454-457 #4,5,center of mass for the wire in Problem 1 on p. 454,9 pp. 454-457 #1,3,7 7.1 #19,45
7.2 #38,48
additional problems on surface area and mass/center of mass
2/11 7.3 7.3 #3,11,18 (due 2/18) 7.3#2,4,6,10
2/14 - 2/18 2/14 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2/16 2.5, 4.1 4.1 #11,12,13,14,31, two additional problems (due 2/21) 7.3 #2,4,6,10 (continued) Handout on differential equations
2/18 6.3 6.3 #9(a)(b)(c),16 6.3 #4,8
2/21 - 2/25 2/21 7.4 6.3 #15 (Hint for part c: Plot the solution y(t). What happens at t=1?)
7.4 #5,6
6.3 #14
7.4 #1,2
2/23 8.1 7.4 #9,21,30, one additional problem 7.4 #17,22,23,27 8.1 #2,7,10,19,26,30
Extra credit #62
2/25 PRACTICE MASTERY EXAM 8.1 #11,17,23,42
2/28 - 3/4 2/28 8.2 8.2 #8,10,11,15 8.2 #5,6,9,13
3/2 8.2 #18,37 (due Monday) 8.2 #16,26,31,22 8.2 #34,36,29
8.4 #62,56,61,71
Extra credit #79
3/3 MIDTERM EXAM II (MASTERY EXAM) 6-7 PM 245 ALTGELD HALL
3/4 8.3 8.3 #4,24 8.3 #13,17,25
3/7 - 3/11 3/7 8.4 8.3 #27
8.4 #60,64
8.3 #30,37
8.4 #58,66
3/9 10.1 8.4 #27,56,67,68
10.1 #36,40 (due Monday)
10.1 #10,16,34,45 Handout on improper integrals
3/11 NO CLASS
3/14 - 3/18 3/14 10.2 10.2 #10,12,28 10.2 #4,7,27
3/16 9.1,9.2 10.2 #18
9.1 #18,21
10.2 #19,15 9.1 #1,3,7,8,9,17,26,27
3/18 9.2 #4,10,14,15 9.2 #3,13,16 plus additional parts
3/21 - 3/25 SPRING BREAK
3/28 - 4/1 3/28 9.2 #17,18,20 9.2 #19ab
3/30 11.1 11.1 #6,8,18 11.1 #2,3,7,27,32,one additional problem 11.1 #26,30,38,41,44
4/1 11.2 No HW assignment No in-class work
4/4 - 4/8 4/4 MIDTERM EXAM III 11.2 #22,44,49
4/6 11.2,11.3 11.2 Extra credit #64
11.3 #10,22,48,28
11.2 #31,23,53,62 11.3 #7,9,21,24,30,16
4/8 11.4 11.4 #10,24,26,8 (continued) 11.4 #19,22,8
4/11 - 4/15 4/11 11.5 11.5 #6,10,12 11.4 #31
11.5 #3,8
4/13 11.5, 11.6 11.5 #47,48
11.6 #20,16 (Hint: use power series)
11.5 #15,20,33,34,35
Extra credit #14
11.5 #40,41
11.6 #4 (see example 5 on p. 594),5,8,19,10
4/15 11.6 11.6 #37,50,52 11.6 #14,26,48
4/18 - 4/22 4/18 11.7 11.7 #4,10
11.Review #62
11.7 #2,3,5
4/20 11.7 no homework (exam on Friday) 11.7 #11
11.Review #71.72
11.7 #
4/22 MIDTERM EXAM IV
4/25 - 4/29 4/25 4.4 Handout on parametric equations Handout on parametric equations
4/27 V.2 V.2 #51,54 V.2 #17,18,23,24,49 V.2 #29,38,39,42,52,one additional problem
Three versions of #52:
r = 1/(1+cos(theta)),
r = 1/(1-0.5cos(theta)),
r = 1/(1+2cos(theta))
4/29 V.3 V.3 #32 + find speed and give an integral for the total arclength (theta = 0 to theta = 2 pi) V.3 #3: use the function r=e^(theta) in place of the given function
in part (d): find the tangent line at the polar point (e^(pi/6),pi/6)
5/2 - 5/4 5/2 V.3 V.3 #6,15,10 V.3 #18,8
5/4 V.3 V.3 #13,22,one additional problem review for final exam