Daily Assignments


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Mtg Date Section Topic Assignment
Functions, Graphs, and Limits
1 Wed, Jan 18 1.1 Functions Used in Economics p. 12: 59, 60, 61, 62
2 Fri, Jan 20 1.1 Functions p. 12: 3, 5, 7, 19, 21, 23
3 Mon, Jan 23 1.1 Piecewise and Composite Functions p. 12: 11, 13, 25, 27, 31, 52, 53, 65, 66, 67
4 Tue, Jan 24 1.2 Graphing Functions p. 26: 11, 12, 15, 17, 20, 27, 31, 39, 41, 48
5 Wed, Jan 25 1.3 Linear Functions p. 40: 1, 2, 16, 17, 21, 23, 27, 28, 37, 41, 46, 48
6 Fri, Jan 27 1.3 Least-Squares Regression Line No new problems
7 Mon, Jan 30 1.4 Functional Models p. 56: 6, 7, 16, 17, 18, 30, 31, 36, 37, 38
8 Tue, Jan 31 1.5 Limits p. 74: 1 - 6, 7, 14, 39, 41, 42
9 Wed, Feb 1 1.5 Properties of Limits p. 74: 54
10 Fri, Feb 3 1.5 Calculating Limits p. 74: 8, 15, 18, 20, 25, 26, 55
11 Mon, Feb 6 1.6 Infinite and One-Sided Limits p. 88: 1, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 35, 37, 45
Differentiation: Basic Concepts
12 Tue, Feb 7 2.1 Average Rate of Change p. 114: 44(a)(b), 45(a), 46(a), 48(a)(b)
13 Wed, Feb 8 2.1 Instantaneous Rate of Change p. 114: 3, 5, 6, 7, 21, 33, 37, 44(c), 45(b), 46(b), 48(c)
Fri, Feb 10 Test 1
14 Mon, Feb 13 2.2 Techniques of Differentiation p. 128: 3, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, 51, 53, 54, 55
15 Tue, Feb 14 2.3 The Product Rule p. 142: 1, 3, 5, 6
16 Wed, Feb 15 2.3 The Quotient Rule p. 142: 7, 8, 9, 13, 48, 53
17 Fri, Feb 17 2.3 Higher-Order Derivatives p. 142: 42, 43, 44, 45, 47
18 Mon, Feb 20 2.4 The Chain Rule (Differential Form) No new problems
19 Tue, Feb 21 2.4 The Chain Rule (Prime Notation) p. 156: 1, 3, 5, 11, 23, 25, 27, 29, 37, 55, 59
20 Wed, Feb 22 2.5 Marginal Cost p. 168: 1, 3, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 21
21 Fri, Feb 24 2.5 Marginal Revenue and Profit Same as Wednesday's assignment
22 Mon, Feb 27 2.6 Implicit Differentiation p. 181: 1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 19, 23, 24, 27
Additional Applications of the Derivative
23 Tue, Feb 28 3.1 Increasing and Decreasing Functions p. 209: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21
24 Wed, Mar 1 3.1 Increasing and Decreasing Functions Same as Tuesday's assignment
Fri, Mar 3 Test 2
25 Mon, Mar 6 3.1 Maximums and Minimums p. 209: 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 35, 37, 40
26 Tue, Mar 7 3.1 Applications p. 209: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61
27 Wed, Mar 8 3.2 Concavity p. 228: 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
28 Fri, Mar 10 3.2 The Second-Derivative Test p. 228: 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 53, 55, 57, 58, 60
29 Mon, Mar 20 3.3 Curve Sketching p. 243: 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 30
30 Tue, Mar 21 3.4 Optimization Same as Monday's assignment
31 Wed, Mar 22 3.4 Optimization p. 243: 45, 46, 49, 50
32 Fri, Mar 24 3.4 Elasticity p. 261: 17, 18, 23, 25, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
33 Mon, Mar 27 4.1 Exponential Functions p. 309: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 19, 35, 36, 37
34 Tue, Mar 28 4.1 Compound Interest Same as Monday's assignment
35 Wed, Mar 29 4.2 Logarithmic Functions p. 325: 1, 7, 13, 15, 21, 27, 43, 45, 48, 51, 52
Fri, Mar 31 Test 3
36 Mon, Apr 3 4.3 Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions p. 340: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 18, 19, 26, 41, 42, 73, 77
37 Tue, Apr 4 4.3 Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Same as Monday's assignment
38 Wed, Apr 5 4.4 Exponential Models p. 354: 5, 6, 7, 18, 23, 24, 25, 27, 36
Functions of Several Variables
39 Fri, Apr 7 7.1 Functions of Several Variables p. 556: 1, 5, 6, 11, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 41
40 Mon, Apr 10 7.1, 7.2 Cobb-Douglas Production Functions p. 556: 34, 35, 42, 45, 46;
p. 571: 47, 48
41 Tue, Apr 11 7.2 Partial Derivatives p. 571: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 18, 21, 25, 27
Use the limit definition on 1 and 2
42 Wed, Apr 12 7.2 Applications of Partial Derivatives p. 571: 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 57, 62, 64, 65
43 Fri, Apr 14 7.2 Second-Order Partial Derivatives p. 571: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 54, 55
44 Mon, Apr 17 7.2 The Chain Rule for Partial Derivatives p. 571: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
45 Tue, Apr 18 7.3 Optimizing Functions of Two Variables p. 588: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 22
46 Wed, Apr 19 7.3 Optimization Applications Same assignment as Tuesday, optimize
Fri, Apr 21 Test 4
47 Mon, Apr 24 7.5 Lagrange Multipliers p. 616: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
48 Tue, Apr 25 7.5 Constrained Optimization Examples p. 616: 17, 18, 19(a), 20(a), 21(a), 25(a), 32
49 Wed, Apr 26 7.5 Interpretation of lambda p. 616: 19(b), 20(b), 21(b), 25(b)
50 Fri, Apr 28 7.4 The Method of Least Squares p. 600: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9
51 Mon, May 1 7.4 Nonlinear Regression p. 600: 17, 18, 21, 22, 32
52 Tue, May 2 7.4 Regression and the DJIA  
Sat, May 6 Final Exam (2:00 - 5:00)


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