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MATH 171 001 (70895) Assignment Page -- Fall 2005

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Button for Final Exam is Live
Posted: Thu Dec 8 10:00:01 MST 2005
Check out the FINAL button above for info on the final exam.
Assignment #10 (Due Thursday, 12/1/05)
Posted: Mon Nov 14 10:21:20 MST 2005
We'll spend some more time on chapter-10 topics at our meeting this week, 11/17/05.
Class Minutes, 11/10/05
Posted: Mon Nov 14 10:12:38 MST 2005
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1040 Class Minutes .html .mws
1340 Class Minutes .html .mws
Assignment #9 (Due Thursday, 11/3/05)
Posted: Thu Oct 27 17:37:31 MDT 2005
Typo Fixed in Last Problem: Mon Oct 31 12:32:13 MST 2005
Click here for the problems.
Minutes of Thursday, 10/27/05, Class
Posted: Thu Oct 27 17:37:22 MDT 2005
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1040-class Minutes .html .mws
1340-class Minutes .html .mws
Assignment #8 (Due Thursday, 10/27/05)
Posted: Thu Oct 20 15:24:06 MDT 2005
Double-Secret Quiz Notice: Thu Oct 20 15:29:05 MDT 2005
Work on the animation projects described and the end of the class-minutes file:
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10:40 Class Minutes .html .mws
1:40 Class Minutes .html .mws
Don't tell anyone about the Double-Secret Maple-Syntax Quiz at the start of class on Thursday, 10/27/05
Assignment #7 (Due Thursday, 10/20/05)
Posted: Sun Oct 16 22:25:44 MDT 2005
This is the 10:40 class's assignment.

Click here for assignment-#7 specs. Note that the specs sheet contains links.

Minutes of 1:40 Class, 10/13/05
Posted: Thu Oct 13 14:41:05 MDT 2005
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1:40 Class Minutes .html .mws
Class Notes for 10/6/05 and Assignment #6, due 10/13/05
Posted: Thu Oct 6 10:31:18 MDT 2005
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Notes for Class .html .mws
Assignment #5 (Due Thursday, 10/6/05)
Posted: Mon Oct 3 13:50:26 MDT 2005
The assignment, informally given out on Thursday, 9/29/05, in class, is to do problem 20, page 37, of the current calculus text:
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Fifth Edition
by
James Stewart
I suggest that you
  1. look at a scatter plot of the data
  2. think about how you will show "diminishing returns": either
    • less and less improvement in emissions per additional dollar spent OR
    • additional reductions cost more and more.
  3. think about which of the data will lie on the horizontal axis and which on the vertical
  4. find a least-squares cubic for these data points
  5. plot the cubic and the data points together on one plot
  6. with reference to the plot, write a brief prose explanation of where and how "diminishing returns" begins to show up on the plot.
Assignment #3 Grading Notes
Posted: Wed Sep 28 09:19:18 MDT 2005
Check Assignment #3 below for notes on items arising from assaying your papers. Some of the remarks there are relevant to Assignment #4.
Assignment #4 (Due Thursday, 9/29/05)
Posted: Sun Sep 25 16:30:38 MDT 2005
Click here for this assignment on implicitplot.

I urge you to use the Classic-Worksheet Interface for this assignment. That way I can respond to email calls for help.

If you have trouble with this assignment, if Maple is roughing you up more than your share, email me your worksheet (Subject "MATH 171 HELP: _____") and I will try to help.

If you do send me a worksheet for diagnosis, please remember to remove all output before sending it.

Assignments following up on the 9/22/05 work on sequences, lists, and set will be in order when we've fininshed last Thursday next Thursday.

Class Minutes for Thursday, 9/22/05.
Posted: Fri Sep 23 12:52:33 MDT 2005
The first worksheet here is the one I wrote during class on Thursday, 9/22/05. The second one is what I had hoped to cover...
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Class Minutes .html .mws
Notes for Class .html .mws
Assignment #3 (Due Thursday, 9/22/05)
Posted: Tue Sep 20 21:09:14 MDT 2005
Enhanced? Wed Sep 21 12:53:20 MDT 2005
Grading Notes Posted: Wed Sep 28 09:16:41 MDT 2005
Please print your assignment-#3 worksheet and hand it in. Make sure that it's replicable, that is, make sure someone else could type in the commands you have typed in and get the same results. Some relevant keystrokes: 

0.01,0.02,0.03,0.05,0.06,0.08,0.1,0.13,0.16,0.18,0.21,0.25,0.28
0.21,0.42,0.63,0.83,1,1.3,1.5,1.7,1.9,2.1,2.3,2.5,2.7

Click here for notes from grading Assignment #3.

In-Class Activity for Thursday, 9/15/05.
Posted: Thu Sep 15 10:09:03 MDT 2005
Let's work through this sheet, then we can move on to some list processing and curve fitting in Example 3, page 43.
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Least-Squares Matters .html .mws
Assignment #2 (Due Thursday, 9/15/05)
Posted: Sun Sep 11 16:59:34 MDT 2005
Click here for notes on reading in chapter 2 along with the assigned problems.
Some 9/8/05 In-Class Activities
Posted: Thu Sep 8 10:35:06 MDT 2005
Click here.
Assignment #1 (Due Thursday, 9/8/05)
Posted: Fri Sep 2 18:18:50 MDT 2005
These are section-1.4 problems about plotting graphs. Prepare a worksheet with the problems separated by rows of \# signs. When you've finished the above problems, read section 1.3 about the algebra commands:
Some 9/1/05 In-Class Activities
Posted: Thu Sep 1 10:34:01 MDT 2005
Questions here. Answers here, maybe.
Minutes of Our First Meeting.
Posted: Wed Aug 31 17:03:07 MDT 2005
This Maple worksheet shows things we went over in class on Thursday, 8/25/05.
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Day-One Matters .html .mw
Maple Does Newtons Quotient in Class, 6/7/05
Posted: Thu Aug 25 10:07:16 MDT 2005
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Newton's Quotient .html .mws
Assignments Will Appear Here
Posted: Fri Aug 19 15:20:44 MDT 2005
Assignments will appear here in push-down order, that is, the most recent assignment will appear at the beginning of the list.
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