Precalculus MAT 170 Syllabus

Spring 2010
This course will run from January 19 to May 6, 2010.

Tentative Topics and Assignment Schedule:

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
1/18-1/23
18
MLK Day
19
Today's Study Topic: 
Introduction
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21
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 1.2:  Basic Functions and Graphs
and
Section 1.3:  More Functions and Graphs

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 1:  Introduction to WeBWorK due by 8 pm
22

23
2
1/25-1/30
25

26
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 1.6:  Transformation of Functions

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 2: Sec 1.2 & 1.3 WeBWorK due by 8 pm


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28
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 1.7:  Combinations of Functions

What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 1

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 3: Sec 1.6 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

TI Calculator Workshop
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm (NEEB 105)

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TI Calculator Workshop
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm (NEEB 105)

30
3
2/1-2/6
Feb 1





2
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 1.8:  Inverse Functions

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 4: Sec 1.7 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
3


4
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 2.1:  Complex Numbers
and
Section 2.2:  Quadratic Functions


What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 2

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 5:  Sec 1.8 WeBWorK due by 8 pm


5

6
4
2/8-2/13
8

9
Exam 1 can be taken today in the Math Department Testing Center (PSA 21) between 9 am and 8 pm with the last test handed out at 6:25 pm.  You must have your SunCard.

Today's Study Topic: 
Section 2.3:  Polynomial Functions
and
Review for Test 1

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 6:  Sec 2.1 and 2.2 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

10
Exam 1 can be taken today in the Math Department Testing Center (PSA 21) between 9 am and 8 pm with the last test handed out at 6:25 pm.  You must have your SunCard.





11
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 2.3:  Polynomial Functions
and
Section 2.4:  Dividing Polynomials


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13
5
2/15-2/20
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16
Today's Study Topic: 
Sections 2.5:  Zeros of Polynomial Functions


What to Complete Today:
Assignment 7:  Sec 2.3 and 2.4 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

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18
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 2.6:  Rational Functions

What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 3

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 8:  Sec 2.5 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
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20
6
2/22-2/27
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23
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 3.1:  Exponential Functions
and
Section 3.2:  Logarithmic Functions

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 9:  Sec 2.6 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
24

25
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 3.2:  Logarithmic Functions
and
Section 3.3:  Properties of Logarithms

What to Turn in Today:

Written Work 4

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 10:  Sec 3.1 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
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27
7
3/1-3/6
Mar 1


2
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 3.4:  Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 11:  Sec 3.2 and 3.3 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
3

4
<>Today's Study Topic: 
Review for Test 2

What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 5

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 12:  Sec 3.4 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
5

6
8
3/8-3/13
8

9
Exam 2 can be taken today in the Math Department Testing Center (PSA 21) between 9 am and 8 pm with the last test handed out at 6:25 pm.  You must have your SunCard.

Today's Study Topic: 
Section 3.5:  Expoential Growth and Decay




10
Exam 2 can be taken today in the Math Department Testing Center (PSA 21) between 9 am and 8 pm with the last test handed out at 6:25 pm.  You must have your SunCard.
11
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 4.1:  Angles and Radian Measure


What to Complete Today:
Assignment 13:  Sec 3.5 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
12

13
9
3/16-3/21
15
Spring Break
16
Spring Break
17
Spring Break
18
Spring Break
19
Spring Break
20
10
3/22-3/27
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23
Today's Study Topic:
Section 4.2:  Trigonometric Functions:  The Unit Circle

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 14:  Sec 4.1 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
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25
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 4.3:  Right Triangle Trigonometry

What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 6

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 15:  Sec 4.2 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
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27
11
3/29-4/3
29

30
Today's Study Topic:
Section 4.4:  Trigonometric Funtions 

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 16:  Sec 4.3 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

31

Apr 1
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 4.5:  Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions
and
Section 4.6:  Graphs of Other Trigonometric Functions

What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 7

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 17:  Sec 4.4  WeBWorK due by 8 pm
2

3
12
4/5-4/10
5

6
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 4.7:  Inverse Trigonometric Functions

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 18:  Sec 4.5 and 4.6 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

7

8
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 5.1:  Verifying Trigonometric Identities

What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 8

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 19:  Sec 4.7 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
9

10
13
4/12-4/17
12

13
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 5.2:  Sum/Difference Formulas

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 20:  Sec 5.1 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

14

15
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 5.3:  Double/Half Angle Formulas
and
Review for Test 3

What to Turn in Today:

Written Work 9

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 21:  Sec 5.2 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
16 17
14
4/19-4/24
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20
Exam 3 can be taken today in the Math Department Testing Center (PSA 21) between 9 am and 8 pm with the last test handed out at 6:25 pm.  You must have your SunCard.

Today's Study Topic: 
Section 5.5:  Trigonometric Equations

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 22:  Sec 5.3 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

21
Exam 3 can be taken today in the Math Department Testing Center (PSA 21) between 9 am and 8 pm with the last test handed out at 6:25 pm.  You must have your SunCard.






22
Today's Study Topic:
Section 6.1:  Law of Sines
and
Section 6.2: Law of Cosines

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 23:  Sec 5.5 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
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24
15
4/26-5/1
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27
Today's Study Topic: 
Section 6.6:  Vectors

What to Turn in Today:
Written Work 10

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 24  Sec 6.1 & 6.2 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
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29
Today's Study Topic:
Section 6.7:  The Dot Product

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 25:  Sec 6.6 WeBWorK due by 8 pm
30

May 1
16
5/3-5/8
3


4
Last Day of Classes at ASU

Today's Study Topic: 
Review for Final

What to Complete Today:
Assignment 26:  Sec 6.7 WeBWorK due by 8 pm

5
Reading Day
6
Comprehensive Final Exam
on
Thursday,
May 6 at
7:10 pm to 9 pm
in room TBA
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