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Calendar of Readings and Assignments

PLEASE DO THE ASSIGNED READING FROM THE SYLLABUS BEFORE LECTURE.

The schedule for topics covered in lecture is as follows.

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• Week 1, January 26th — January 30th
  Section 1.1 Functions, p. 42
  Section 1.3 Function Transformations and Graphs, p. 55
  Section 1.4 Composition of Function, p. 90

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• Week 2, February 2nd — February 6th
  Section 1.5 Inverse Function, p. 104
  Section 1.6 A Graphical Approach to Inverse Functions, p. 119
  Due to the cancelled classes, WebAssign Assignment 1 has been postponed to Wednesday, February 11th, 11am.

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• Week 3, February 9th — February 13th
  Section 2.1 Lines and Linear Functions, p. 134
  Section 2.2 Quadratic Functions and Conics, p. 150
  Section 2.3 Exponents, p. 174
  WebAssign Assignment 1 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 4, February 15th — February 20th
  Section 2.4 Polynomials, p. 193
  Review
  Core Competency Exam A. In-Lecture: Wed 2/18 for Lec 01 & 03. Thu 2/19 for Lec 02.
  WebAssign Assignment 2 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 5, February 23rd — February 27th
  Section 3.1 Logarithms as Inverses of Exponential Functions, p. 226
  Section 3.2 Applications of the Power Rule for Logarithms, p. 237
  WebAssign Assignment 3 due, Wednesday, 11am
  Midterm 1. Thu 2/26, 8:30pm.

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• Week 6, March 2nd — March 6th
  Section 3.3 Applications of the Product and Quotient Rules for Logarithms, p. 247
  Section 3.4 Exponential Growth, p. 260
  Section 3.5 e and the Natural Logarithm, p. 278
  WebAssign Assignment 4 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 7, March 9th — March 13th
  Section 3.7 Exponential Growth Revisited, p. 302
  Section 4.1 The Unit Circle, p. 314
  WebAssign Assignment 5 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 8, March 23rd — March 27th
  Section 4.2 Radians, p. 329
  Review
  Core Competency Exam B. In-Lecture: Wed 3/25 for Lec 01 & 03. Thu 3/26 for Lec 02.
  WebAssign Assignment 6 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 9, March 30th — April 3rd
  Section 4.3 Cosine and Sine, p. 343
  Section 4.4 More Trigonometric Functions
  Midterm 2. Tu 3/31, 8:30pm.

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• Week 10, April 6th — April 10th
  Section 4.5 Trigonmetry in Right Angles, p. 367
  Section 4.6 Trigonometric Identities, p. 377
  Section 6.1 Transformations of Trigonometric Functions, p. 476
  WebAssign Assignment 7 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 11, April 13th — April 17th
  Section 5.1 Inverse Trigonometric Functions, p. 394
  Section 5.5 Double-Angle and Half-Angle Formulas, p. 448
  WebAssign Assignment 8 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 12, April 19th — April 24th
  Section 5.2 Inverse Trigonometric Identities, p. 408
  Section 5.6 Addition and Subtraction Formulas, p. 462
  WebAssign Assignment 9 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 13, April 27th — May 1st
  Section 2.5 Rational Functions, p. 208
  WebAssign Assignment 10 due, Wednesday, 11am

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• Week 14, May 4th — May 8th
  Review
  Core Competency Exam C. In-Lecture: Wed 5/6 for Lec 01 & 03. Thu 5/7 for Lec 02.
  WebAssign Assignment 11 due, Wednesday, 11am

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WebAssign Assignments

Problem sets this semester will be handled through the WebAssign online homework system. All students must have a valid WebAssign access code for the semester. The following webpage has useful information for using WebAssign.

WebAssign assignments will be due on Wednesday at 11am. There will be 11 WebAssign assignments. The lowest score from among those 11 will be dropped in computing final course points.

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