MATH 171 College Algebra, Fall 2009

by Scott Keltner

MATH 171: College Algebra

Instructor: Scott Keltner

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Class Resources:

Click any of the links below to open the PDF slides for each section or topic.

Course Syllabus (pdf format only)

Course Schedule (pdf format only)

FINAL REVIEW PACKET (pdf format only)

Tentative Course Schedule, Fall 2009

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sept. 21st Syllabus, 2.1 Notes, 2.2 Notes	Sept. 22nd	Sept. 23rd 2.4 Notes, 2.5 Notes	Sept. 24th	Sept. 25th Drop Deadline w/ 100% refund
Sept. 28th 3.1 Notes, 3.2 Notes	Sept. 29th	Sept. 30th 3.5 Notes, 3.6 Notes	Oct. 1st	Oct. 2nd
Oct. 5th Review, Exam 1	Oct. 6th	Oct. 7th 4.1 Notes, 4.2 Notes	Oct. 8th	Oct. 9th Drop Deadline with NO refund and no "W" on transcript
Oct. 12th 4.3 Notes	Oct. 13th	Oct. 14th 4.4 Notes, 4.5 Notes	Oct. 15th	Oct. 16th
Oct. 19th 4.6 Notes	Oct. 20th	Oct. 21st Review, Exam 2	Oct. 22nd	Oct. 23rd
Oct. 26th 5.1 Notes, 5.2 Notes	Oct. 27th	Oct. 28th 5.3 Notes, 5.4 Notes	Oct. 29th	Oct. 30th
Nov. 2nd 5.5 Notes, Review	Nov. 3rd	Nov. 4th Review, Exam 3	Nov. 5th	Nov. 6th
Nov. 9th 6.1 Notes, 6.2 Notes	Nov. 10th	Nov. 11th (6.2 Notes), 6.3 Notes	Nov. 12th	Nov. 13th
Nov. 16th 6.5 Notes	Nov. 17th	Nov. 18th 7.1 Notes, Review	Nov. 19th	Nov. 20th Drop Deadline WITH "W" on transcript or request Pass/Fail Grading
Nov. 23rd Exam 4	Nov. 24th	Nov. 25th NO CLASS	Nov. 26th	Nov. 27th
Nov. 30th 9.1 Notes, (9.2 Notes)	Dec. 1st	Dec. 2nd 9.2 Notes, 9.3 Notes	Dec. 3rd	Dec. 4th
Dec. 7th 9.6 Notes, Review	Dec. 8th	Dec. 9th Exam 5, Final Review	Dec. 10th	Dec. 11th
Dec. 14th Final Exam, 7:00 to 8:50 pm	Dec. 15th	Dec. 16th	Dec. 17th	Dec. 18th

Section & Topic Assignments
2.1: The Coordinate Plane	Pgs. 142-143: #'s 6-27, 48-54, only multiples of 3
2.2: Graphs of Equations in Two Variables	Pgs. 154-155: #'s 7-70, multiples of 7
2.4: Lines	Pgs. 176-177: #'s 5-55, multiples of 5
2.5: Making Models Using Variation	NONE!!!
3.1: What Is a Function?	Pgs. 211-212: #'s 9-57, ODD multiples of 3
3.2: Graphs of Functions	Pgs. 222-223: #'s 5-60, multiples of 5
3.5: Transformations of Functions	Pgs. 251-253: #'s 5-55, multiples of 5
3.6: Combining Functions	Pgs. 260-261: #'s 5-55, multiples of 5
4.1: Quadratic Functions and Models	Pgs. 298-299: #'s 5-45, multiples of 5
4.2: Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs	Pgs. 312-313: #'s 5-50, multiples of 5
4.3: Dividing Polynomials	Pgs. 320-321: #'s 7-56, multiples of 7
4.4: Real Zeros of Polynomials	Pgs. 328-329: #'s 7-70, multiples of 7
4.5: Complex Zeros and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra	Pgs. 342-343: #'s 5-55, multiples of 5
4.6: Rational Functions	Pgs. 356-357: #'s 7-70, multiples of 7
5.1: Exponential Functions	Pgs. 378-379: #'s 5-40, multiples of 5; AND #71
5.2: Logarithmic Functions	Pgs. 391-392: #'s 5-40, multiples of 5; AND #65
5.3: Laws of Logarithms	Pgs. 398-399: #'s 5-60, multiples of 5
5.4: Exponential and Logarithmic Equations	Pgs. 408-409: #'s 5-60, multiples of 5; AND #75
5.5: Modeling with Exponential and Logarithmic Functions	Pgs. 420-423: #'s 6-33, multiples of 3
6.1: Systems of Equations	Pgs. 448-449: #'s 5-50, multiples of 5
6.2: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables	Pgs. 455-457: #'s 7-56, multiples of 7
6.3: Systems of Equations in Several Variables	Pgs. 464-465: #'s 10-40, multiples of 5
6.5: Systems of Inequalities	Pgs. 479-480: #'s 9-45, multiples of 9
7.1: Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations	Pgs. 505-506: #'s 15-50, multiples of 5
9.1: Sequences and Summation Notation	Pgs. 608-609: #'s 5-35, multiples of 5; #'s 45-48, ALL
9.2: Arithmetic Sequences	Pg. 615: #'s 6-30, multiples of 3 AND #'s 39 & 42
9.3: Geometric Sequences	Pgs. 622-623: #'s 5-60, multiples of 5, SKIP #'s 25 & 45
9.6: The Binomial Theorem	Pg. 646: #'s 7-42, multiples of 7