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    Final Exam Schedule Updated 7 November 2015

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The London Eye:  Thirty-two 4 meter diameter passenger capsules are attached to the outside of a wheel whose diameter is 120 meters. The period of rotation is 30 minutes. You board at the bottom of the moving wheel 7 meters above the ground.  Your height h in meters as a function of t the number of minutes since getting on the London Eye is given by

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          Of me, your teacher

          Of you, my student

1. To treat you with respect at all times.

2. To provide you with an orderly environment.

3. To provide necessary discipline. 

4. To provide competent instruction and  motivation.

5. To provide the required content.

1. To treat me and your colleagues with respect at all times.

2. To attend class and participate in an orderly manner.

3. To always cooperate and never disrupt.

4. To study and do all of your work.

5. To learn and master the required content.

Unit Synopsis:  Unit 8 is about discrete mathematics.  We will review and develop the ideas around sequences and series with some emphasis on the geometric series and its properties.  One of the most important topics of this unit with respect to calculus is the binomial theorem and some of its consequences.

This Week in Pre-Calculus:  Schedule Key:  Gray is for past weeks. Aqua is for current and future weeks.

Monday, Mar. 7

• Sequences

• Factorial notation

• 8-1:  Pages 563-564, #1-16 (5n), 21-30 (3n), 39-66 (3n)

Tuesday, Mar. 8

• Test 6

• Test 6 Solutions

Wednesday, Mar. 9

• Summation notation

• Graphing calculator operations

• 8-2:  Pages 564-565, #67-74, 75-108 (3n)

Thursday, Mar. 10

• Arithmetic sequences

• Sums of arithmetic sequences

• 8-3: Pages 573-574, 1-34 (3n), 54-78 (3n)

Last day of the Third Quarter

Friday, Mar. 11

Monday, p Day

• Geometric sequences

• Sums of geometric series

• 8-4: Pages 582-583, #1-31 (3n), 45-54 (3n),  60-72 (3n)

Tuesday, Mar. 15

• Applications of geometric series

• 8-5: Pages 583-585, #73-80, 87, 88, 95-98

Wednesday, Mar. 16

• Mathematical Induction

• Sums of powers of integers

• 8-6: Page 592, #1-13 (3n), 19-22, 29, 30

Thursday, Mar. 17

• Quiz

Friday, Mar. 18

• Computer practice and orientation to Smarter Balance test (coming in April)

Monday, Mar. 21 through Monday, Mar. 28

Spring Break

Next quiz is on Thursday, March 31.

Links to Pre-calculus Resources:

• Khan Academy (These are quite good; scroll down to the pre-calculus or trigonometry sections.  There is also a section devoted to probability.)

• The College Board

• Harvey Mudd College Pre-calculus tutorials

• Harvey Mudd College phone tutoring

• Texas Instruments offers archives of programs for their line of graphing calculators.

• Visual Calculus, a series of tutorials and examples from the Mathematics Department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Parents: Yes, there is homework every day, due the next day.  See the important information above.

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Important Dates: Click here for important dates regarding the SAT and AP programs.

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