Math 125
CACC Academic Calendar
Fall 2000

August

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Saturday 

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Hwk 1

• An Introduction to Calculus

• Defining What Calculus Can Do

• Finding Average Rates of Change

23
Hwk 1 due

24
Hwk 2

• Using Functions

• Graphing Lines

• Graphing Parabolas

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Hwk 2 due

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Hwk 3

• Finding Rate of Change Over an Interval

• Finding Limits Graphically

30
Hwk 3 due

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Hwk 4

• Evaluating Limits

• Evaluating Indeterminant Forms

• Using Canceling and Conjugates in Limits

• Applying Limits to Unusual Things

September

Sunday 

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Labor Day

Hwk 4 due

5
Hwk 5

• Using Secant Lines to Find Average Rate of Change

• Finding Instantaneous Velocity

• Understanding the Concept of the Derivative

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Test 1

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Hwk 5 due

12
Hwk 6

• Using the Derivative to Find Slopes of Tangent Lines

• Using the Derivative to Find Instantaneous Rates

• Finding the Equation of Tangent Lines

 

• Finding the Derivative of 1/x

• Finding the Derivative of the Square Root of x

13
Hwk 6 & 7 due

14

Hwk 7

•Understanding the Concept of the Power Rule

• Understanding Where the Power Rule Comes From

• Using the Power Rule

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Hwk 7 due

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Hwk 8

• Using the Product Rule

• Using the Quotient Rule

20
Hwk 8 due

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Hwk 9

•Understanding the Concept of the Chain Rule

• Using the Chain Rule

• Using y-Notation

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Hwk 9 due

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Hwk 10

•Reviewing Trigonometry

• Graphing Trig Functions

• Taking the Derivative of Trig Functions

• Understanding the Number Pi

27
Hwk 10 due

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Hwk 11

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October

Sunday 

Monday 

Tuesday 

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Hwk 11due

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Hwk 12

• Graphing Exponential Functions

• Finding the Derivative of Exponential Functions

• Evaluating Logarithmic Functions

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Test 2

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Hwk 12 due

10
Hwk 13

•Finding the Derivative of the Natural Log function

• Using the Derivative Rules with Trig, Logs, and Exponentials

11
Hwk 13 due

12
Hwk 14

•Understanding the Basics of Implicit Differentiation

• Finding the Derivative Implicitly

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Hwk 14 due

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Hwk 15

• Applying Implicit Differentiation

• Using Implicit Differentiation

18
Hwk 15 due

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Hwk 16

•Understanding How Acceleration Relates to the Derivative

• Solving Word Problems Involving Distance and Velocity

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Hwk 16due

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Hwk 17

• Solving Related Rate Problems Involving Concentric Circles

• Solving Related Rate Problems Involving Triangles with a Fixed Hypotenus

25
Hwk 17 due

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Hwk 18

• Solving Related Rate Problems Involving Triangles with a Fixed Base

 • Solving Related Rate Problems Involving Triangles with a Fixed Height

27
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Hwk 18 due

31
Hwk 19

•Understanding the Connection Between Slope and Optimization

 • Finding Maximum Areas

November

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Test 3

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Hwk 19 due

7
Hwk 20

• Finding the Maximum Volume of a Box

 • Finding the Maximum Volume of a Cylinder

 • Finding the Minumum Area of Mixed Shapes

8
Hwk 20due

9
Hwk 21

•Finding Critical Points

• Using Critical Points to Find Increasing and Decreasing Regions

 • Using the First Derivative Test

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13
Hwk 21 due

14
Hwk 22

• Using Derivatives to Graph Functions

 • Using Derivatives to Graph Functions with Cusp Points

 • Using Derivatives to Graph Functions with Even Roots

15
Hwk 22 due

16
Hwk 23

• Finding Vertical Asymptotes

 • Finding Horizontal Asymptotes

 • Graphing Functions with Asymptotes

 • Graphing Functions with Asymptotes and Cancellation

 • Graphing Functions with Asymptotes and Critical Points

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Hwk 23 due

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Hwk 24

•Understanding the Basics of the Antiderivative

 • Finding the Antiderivative of x Raised to a Power

 • Finding the Antiderivative of the Trig and Exponential Functions

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Thanksgiving Holidays

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Thanksgiving Holidays

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Thanksgiving Holidays

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Thanksgiving Holidays

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Hwk 24 due

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Hwk 25

• Undoing the Chain Rule with U-Substitution

 • Using U-Substitution on Polynomials

29
Hwk 25due

30
Hwk 26

• Using U-Substitution on Basic Trigonometric Functions

 • Using U-Substitution on the Exponential Function and the Fraction du/u

December

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Hwk 26 due

5
• Calculus in 20 minutes

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Final Exam

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Christmas

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