Homework and announcements
Homework is generally posted on the day it is assigned. Assignments are due at the next class, unless otherwise stated. If an assignment is given in class but isn't posted here for whatever reason, you're still responsible for it.
HW due Thu. 4/1
Review focusing on local extrema, global extrema, and linearization.
Past AP exam problems: 2002 BC 1, 2002 AB 6, 2006(Form B) BC 4, 2007(Form B) BC4.
No HW due Wed. 3/31
Due to the holiday, there's no homework due Wednesday.
Monday in class, we checked all the answers for the 2008 AP Calculus BC exam. Wednesday, we will begin reviewing some of the major topic areas of the course.
Practice AP exam due Mon. 3/29
Over the next few days, we'll complete the 2008 AP Calculus BC exam in its entirety, for practice. We'll spend classes Thu. 3/25 and Fri. 3/26 on completing the multiple-choice sections. Your homework for Wed. 3/24 through Sun. 3/28 is to complete the free-response sections (90 minutes total).
Test Wed. 3/24
Test for series unit (Chapter 9, plus indefinite integrals from section 8.3).
Class Mon. 3/22
We worked on past AP exam problems: 2006 BC 6, 2002 (Form B) BC 6, and 2005 (Form B) BC 3. These problems are available from the official AP site linked in the right-hand column.
HW due Mon. 3/22
- 9.5 exercises 51-55 (all)
- Past AP exam problems 2005 BC 6 and 2006 (Form B) BC 6. These problems are available from the official AP site linked in the right-hand column.
Hw due Fri. 3/19
9.5 exercises 17-26 (all) and 27-41 odd.
HW due Thu. 3/18
9.5 exercises 12-16, 28a-42a evens (part a’s only), 43, 47, 48, 50.
HW due Wed. 3/17
- 9.4 exercises 30-34, 36, 38, 40, 52.
- 9.5 exercises 1-11 (all).
HW due Mon. 3/15
- 9.4 exercises 1-29 odd
- recommended but optional: Ratio Test proof in 9.4 reading
HW due Fri. 3/12
8.3 exercises 27-46 (except three of them already done), 51, 56.
HW due Thu. 3/11
8.3 exercises:
- 3, 5, 9-19 odd
- 33, 37, and 43 using the Direct Comparison Test
- 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 57.
HW due Wed. 3/10
- Read pp. 433-435.
- Do 8.3 exercises 1, 4, 7, 12-14, 20, 21, 23-25.
Test Mon. 3/8
Test on series unit so far (textbook 9.1-9.3 and handouts 10.3-10.4).
HW due Fri. 3/5
Handout problem set "Extra problems on Taylor series, approximations, and errors."
HW due Thu. 3/4
In the handout packet "10.4 The Error in Taylor Polynomial Approximations": problems 1, 2, and 4-14 (all).
HW due Wed. 3/3
If you were absent from Monday's class, during class we did problem 6 from the 2007 (Form B) AP Calculus BC exam. You can get this problem from the AP site linked in the right-hand column.
Monday night’s homework is:
- 9.2 Exploration 3 (within the reading);
- 9.2 exercises 22-25, 28, 29, 32-34;
- 9.3 exercises 1-10.
For your planning: We will have a test on Monday 3/8.