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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.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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.
Monday, March 29, 2010

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.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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).
Monday, March 22, 2010

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.
Friday, March 19, 2010

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.
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Hw due Fri. 3/19

9.5 exercises 17-26 (all) and 27-41 odd.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

HW due Thu. 3/18

9.5 exercises 12-16, 28a-42a evens (part a’s only), 43, 47, 48, 50.
Monday, March 15, 2010

HW due Wed. 3/17


  • 9.4 exercises 30-34, 36, 38, 40, 52.
  • 9.5 exercises 1-11 (all).
Friday, March 12, 2010

HW due Mon. 3/15

  • 9.4 exercises 1-29 odd
  • recommended but optional: Ratio Test proof in 9.4 reading
Thursday, March 11, 2010

HW due Fri. 3/12

8.3 exercises 27-46 (except three of them already done), 51, 56.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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.
Monday, March 8, 2010

HW due Wed. 3/10

  • Read pp. 433-435.
  • Do 8.3 exercises 1, 4, 7, 12-14, 20, 21, 23-25.
Friday, March 5, 2010

Test Mon. 3/8

Test on series unit so far (textbook 9.1-9.3 and handouts 10.3-10.4).
Thursday, March 4, 2010

HW due Fri. 3/5

Handout problem set "Extra problems on Taylor series, approximations, and errors."
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

HW due Thu. 3/4

In the handout packet "10.4 The Error in Taylor Polynomial Approximations": problems 1, 2, and 4-14 (all).
Monday, March 1, 2010

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.