Class Thu. 3/31 and Test Fri. 4/1

During Thursday's class we worked on past AP exam problems 2005 (Form B) BC3, 2007 (Form B) BC6, and 2008 (Form B) BC6. These can be downloaded from the AP site.

Friday 4/1, we will have our end-of-unit test on series (Chapter 9, plus section 8.3, plus handout packets 10.3-10.4).

HW due Thu. 3/31

• In class we did this past AP problem: 2006 (Form B) BC 6. If you were absent, you can get it from the official AP site.
  
• Homework: In the Chapter 9 Review Exercises on page 509, do at least two-thirds of the problems 1-51 odd.
  

HW due Wed. 3/30

Problems from past AP exams: 2006 BC 6, 2002 BC 6, 2002 (Form B) BC 6, and 2005 BC 6. We did the first of these in class already; the others are homework. If you were absent, you can download the problems from the official AP site linked in the right column.

HW due Tue. 3/29

9.5 exercises 17-26, 27-41 odd, and 51-55.

Upcoming: End-of-Ch.9 test on Fri. 4/1.

HW due Fri. 3/25

9.5 exercises 12-16, 28a-42a evens (part a's only), 43, 47, 48, 50.

HW due Thu. 3/24

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

HW due Tue. 3/22

• 9.4 exercises 1-29 odd
  
• recommended but optional: Ratio Test proof in 9.4 reading
  

HW due Fri. 3/18

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

Announcement of future test: Our end-of-Chapter-9 test will be on Friday 4/1.

HW due Thu. 3/17

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. 3/16

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

Class Fri. 3/11 and Test Tue. 3/15

Friday in class, we tried these problems from past AP exams: 2004 BC6, 2004B BC2, and 2007 BC6. If you were absent, you can get copies from the official AP site linked in the right column.

Tuesday we'll have a test on the series unit so far (textbook 9.1-9.3, handouts 10.3-10.4, and extra problem set).

HW due Fri. 3/11

Handout problem set "Extra problems on Taylor series, approximations, and errors."

HW due Thu. 3/10

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

HW due Wed. 3/9

If you were absent from class, you missed problem 6 from the 2007 (Form B) AP Calculus BC exam, which you can get from the AP site linked in the right-hand column.

The 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 Tuesday 3/15.

HW due Tue. 3/8

In the handout packet "10.3 Finding and using Taylor series," problems 1-22.

HW due Fri. 3/4

9.2 exercises 1-18, 20, 21, 26, 27, 30, 31.

HW due Thu. 3/3

• Do 9.1 exercises 42-53.
  
• Read section 9.2 through page 472, and do Explorations 1 and 2 found in this reading.
  

HW due Wed. 3/2

9.1 exercises 1, 2, 3-15 odd, 17-23 (all), 36-41.