MATH 102 SECTION 105, Fall 2010

Math 102 common site (includes course notes, homework solutions, and other relevant information)

Instructor Information

Instructor: David Steinberg

Email: dsteinbe at math dot ubc dot ca

Office Hours: Monday 5-6 in Auditorium Annex A room 147 (AA 147), Tuesday 11-12 in AA 127,Wednesday 12-1 in AA 127, and by appointment.

EXTRA BONUS HAPPY FUN EXAM-WEEK OFFICE HOURS:

• December 6th, 8th, 10th, and 13th, 11AM-12PM in AA 127
• December 14th 4PM-late (at least 6, but later depending on demand) in MATX 1118
• and by appointment, as always

Course Information

Text book: No textbook is required. Course notes are available here. Alternatively, paper copies are available at Copiesmart on University Boulevard.

Calculators: Students are allowed to use the following calculators on homework, midterms, and the final: Texas Instruments TI 30X (including solar and MultiView versions), Casio FX-260, Sharp EL-510RB. No other calculators will be permitted.

Lecture Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 09:30-10:50, MATX 1100

Homework: Homework will be posted online every Thursday, and will be due at the beginning of class on the following Thursday. Unless otherwise stated, all homework will be taken from the collection of problems on the Math 102 homepage. Please write your name, student number, and assignment number on all assignments, as well as Math 102 section 105. Homework must be stapled and neat (for example, click here); the marker is not responsible if unstapled pages of homework are lost, and he may deduct points if your assignment is difficult to read. For the sake of the environment, please write on both sides of the paper.

Solutions to the assignments may be found here.

• Assignment #1, due Thursday September 16th
  Chapter 1: 1.2(b) and (d), 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.10, 1.12, 1.16
  Chapter 2: 2.3, 2.5, 2.7
• Assignment #2, due Thursday September 23rd
  Chapter 2: 2.4, 2.8, 2.10, 2.11, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.18, 2.22
  Chapter 3: 3.1 a) and c), 3.2 a), 3.5, 3.7
• Assignment #3, due Thursday September 30th
  Chapter 3: 3.8 a) and b), 3.13, 3.15, 3.16, 3.18, 3.19
  Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13, 4.21
• Assignment #4, due Thursday October 14th
  Chapter 4: 4.15, 4.16
  Chapter 5: 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.8, 5.11, 5.15, 5.17 a) c) e) g) and h)
  Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7 (hint: minimizing the distance² ---i.e. the square of the distance--- is closly related to minimizing the distance) , 6.9
  
• Assignment #5, due Thursday October 21st
  Chapter 6: 6.3, 6.10, 6.12, 6.16 b) c) and d), 6.17
  Chapter 7: 7.1 a), 7.2, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
  
• Assignment #6, due Thursday October 28th
  Chapter 7: 7.9, 7.11, 7.12, 7.17
  Chapter 8: 8.2 a) d) i), 8.8 a) d) e) f) i) 8.9 b) c), 8.11
  
• Assignment #7, due Thursday November 4th
  Chapter 8: 8.8g) h), 8.9 d) e) f) 8.10, 8.17
  Chapter 9: 9.1 a) b) c), 9.3 a) b) c), 9.4, 9.5
  
• Assignment #8, due Tuesday November 16th
  Read the first 9 pages of chapter 11. (Note that this is a reading assignment, and will not be collected for marks. However, on Tuesday, I will conduct the class as if you have all completed the reading assignment.)
• Assignment #9, Due Thursday November 18th
  Chapter 9: 9.9, 9.11, 9.15, 9.16
  Chapter 10: 10.1 a) b) f) j), 10.2 c), 10.3 b) f) k), 10.4 a), 10.5 a) c), 10.9 a), 10.15
  Chapter 11: 11.1, 11.2 b)
• Assignment #10, Due Thursday November 25th
  Chapter 10: 10.1 h) i), 10.2 a), 10.3 c) e) j), 10.4 b), 10.5 b) d), 10.22
  Chapter 11: 11.3 a) c) e) f), 11.4, 11.5
• Assignment #11, Due Thursday December 2nd
  Chapter 12: 12.1 a) c), 12.3, 12.6, 12.12, 12.17
  Chapter 13: 13.1a) 13.5, 13.7, 13.12, 13.13 a) f)
  
  
  
• And if you want more (these problems are good practise and will likely appear on future assignments):
  Chapter 4: 4.12, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18
  Chapter 5: 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 5.8, 5.11, 5.17
  Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.14, 6.17
  Chapter 7: 7.2, 7.7, 7.12, 7.17
  Chapter 8: 8.8, 8.9 8.10, 8.12, 8.13
  Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.9, 9.11, 9.15, 9.16
  Chapter 10: 10.1,10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.7, 10.8, 10.16, 10.22
  Chapter 11: 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5
  Chapter 12: 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.6, 12.8, 12.9, 12.10, 12.12, 12.13, 12.16, 12.19
  Chapter 13: 13.1, 13.2, 13.4, 13.6, 13.7, 13.10, 13.12, 13.13, 13.19

Labs: You are required to register in a lab. Labs take place once every two weeks, beginning on the second or third week of classes, depending on which lab-section you are in. Lab assignments will be due in class every two weeks. More information available here.

• Lab #1, due Tuesday September 28th
• Lab #2, due Tuesday October 12th
• Lab #3, due Tuesday October 26th
• Lab #4, due Tuesday November 9th
• Lab #5, due Tuesday November 23rd
• Lab #6, due Thursday December 2nd, available here

Grading Scheme: Final exam 50%; midterms 30% (2 midterms worth 15% each); homework 10%; labs 10% (note that all grades may be subject to scaling at the end of the semester).

Final Exam: The final exam is on December 15th at 8:30AM, in OSBO A. It will be common for all Math 102 students. We will enforce a 40% passing threshold, meaning that if you do not achieve a grade of 40% or more on the final exam, you will not be allowed to pass. You will be allowed to use a calculator on the final exam. You will also be given the following formula sheet.

Practice exams:

• December 2009
• December 2008
• December 2006
• Old Exam Questions, Chapters 1-5
• Old Exam Questions, Chapter 6
• Old Exam Questions, Chapters 7-8
• Old Exam Questions, Chapters 9-11
• Old Exam Questions, Chapters 12-13
• In addition to these exams, the Math Club has printed past exam packages, on sale 11am - 3pm at the Math Club in MATX 1119 . The exam packages are $5 for members and $10 for non members. (Hint: the membership fee is $2 --- do the math.) For more information, go here.

Midterms: The first midterm will be on October 7th, 6:30pm-7:30pm in MATX 1100. The second midterm will be on November 9th, 6:00PM - 7:00PM in SCRF 100, and will cover up to chapter 8 (with focus on chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8).
Practise for midterm 1:

• Sample midterm A courtesy of Dr. Israel (with solutions)
• Sample midterm B courtesy of Dr. Keshet (with solutions)
• Sample midterm C courtesy of Mark Willoughby (with solutions)
• Sample midterm D ditto (with solutions)
• Sample midterm E ditto (with solutions)

• Nov 13 2009 and solutions (Mark Willoughby)
• Nov 5 2009 (Mark Willoughby)
• Nov 7 2008 (Mark Willoughby)
• Nov 5 2002 (Dr. Israel)
• Nov 8 2000 (Dr. Keshet)

Missed Quizzes and Midterms: If an assignment is missed for a documented medical or other acceptable reason, it will be ignored. Allowance for a missed midterm may be granted in the following two circumstances: (a) prior notice of a valid, documented absence (e.g. out-of-town varsity athletic commitment) on the scheduled date; or (b) notification to the instructor within 72 hours of absence due to medical condition. Original written documentation, for example a doctor’s note or letter from a coach, is required; otherwise, a score of 0 will be given for the missed assignment or midterm.

Drop-in Tutorials: The mathematics department runs a free drop-in tutorial centre staffed by teaching assistants, all of whom are capable of answering your calculus questions. The centre is located in the Auditorium Annex A rooms 143, 144, 145 and 146. For more details, go here.

Resources:

• Fun with Secant & Tangent lines
• Two solutions to a problem presented in class on Oct 12th.
• Extra optimization problems (with solutions) here.
• Solutions to a collection of problems that I gave in class on November 4th. (CAUTION! There are a couple of typos: the solution to question two should be 40/30 not 40/30^2. As well, in my solution to question 3, I should have written y' = 2(8-b^2)+ 2b(-2b). This changes the critical points a little bit.)
• Solutions to the first midterm
• Solutions to the second midterm
• View your course-work grade

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