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MA 23100

Calculus For The Life Sciences I, sections 011 and 021. Purdue University, Fall 2012.

Instructor: Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo.

Email: alfaro@math.purdue.edu

Office: MATH 739.

Table of Contents

News

- 2012-12-20 Thu: You can check your final grade via MyPurdue. The cuts for the course are in the Final grades Section.

- 2012-12-12 Wed: You can check the grades of your final exam, following this link. The grade is out of total points in the exam (that is, out of 200).

- 2012-12-12 Wed: Cuts for the final exam are out, check the Final Grades Section.

Course description

Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics: Limits, continuity, differentiation of functions including trig, log, and exponential functions, chain rule, higher order derivatives, applications including max., min., and exponential growth and decay, integration by substitution, and fundamental theorem of calculus.

Ground Rules

  • You should read this file.
  • Information about calculator policy can be found here.

Schedule

Section 011

MWF 8:30am-9:20am. Room: UNIV 019.

Section 021

MWF 9:30am-10:20am. Room: UNIV 019.

Office hours

My office hours

  • Fridays 10:30am-11:20am. Room: MATH 205.
  • Mondays 10:30am-11:20am. Room: MATH 739 (my office).

Course coordinator

  • Ms Huimei Delgado is the course coordinator; she is available on Mondays and Wednesdays 10-11am (as instructor) and Mondays 9-10am and Thursdays 12-1pm (as course coordinator).

Other office hours

  • MA23100 instructor office hours can be found in this web page. MA23200 instructor office hours can be found in this web page. You can go to any of these office hours.
  • Help is also available in MATH 205, Monday through Thursday 10:30am until 5:30pm and Friday 10:30am until 2:20pm, see this web page for more information.

Quizzes

Quizzes will usually be every Friday, unless there is an exam. They will cover the material of the previous three classes.

Past quizzes

  • Quiz 11 (last quiz): 2012-11-30 Fri

    SOLUTION

    Average: 7.49/9.

    Range: [1, 9]

  • Quiz 10: 2012-11-26 Mon

    SOLUTION

    Average: 7.88/9.

    Range: [1, 9]

  • Quiz 9: 2012-11-02 Fri

    SOLUTION

    Average: 4.52/9.

    Range: [0, 9]

  • Quiz 8: 2012-10-29 Mon

    SOLUTION

    Average: 9.0/9.

    Range: [9, 9]

  • Quiz 7: 2012-10-24 Wed

    SOLUTION

    Average: 5.65/9.

    Range: [0, 9]

  • Quiz 6: 2012-10-10 Wed

    SOLUTION

    Average: 5.41/9.

    Range: [1, 9]

  • Quiz 5: 2012-09-28 Fri

    SOLUTION

    Average: 6.36/9.

    Range: [1, 9]

  • Quiz 4: 2012-09-21 Fri

    SOLUTION

    Average: 6.31/9.

    Range: [1, 9]

  • Quiz 3: 2012-09-07 Fri

    SOLUTION

    Average: 7.08/8.

    Range: [3, 8]

  • Quiz 2: 2012-08-31 Fri

    SOLUTION

    Average: 4.47/6.

    Range: [1, 6]

  • Quiz 1: 2012-08-24 Fri

    SOLUTION

    Average: 8.68/9.

    Range: [6, 9]

Homework

There is a homework assigned every day that we cover new material and it is due the following day we have class. It will be collected in class. Late homework is not accepted. If there is any problem you should contact me before. You have to show your work, it is not enough just to write the answer.

Assignment sheet

The list of all the problems that will be assigned as homework can be found in this file.

Answers

Remember that the book has answers for each odd numbered problem. For the even numbers take a look at this file.

Past homework

Problems graded are indicated in bold.

  • Homework 36 (last homework), due 2012-12-05 Wed.

    P378: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 23, 24.

    Average: 13.81/14.

    Range: [9, 14]

  • Homework 35, due 2012-12-03 Mon.

    P369: 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 49, 54, 81.

    Average: 13.66/14.

    Range: [8, 14]

  • Homework 34, due 2012-11-30 Fri.

    P359: 1, 2, 14, 15.

    Average: 7.69/8.

    Range: [5, 8]

  • Homework 33, due 2012-11-28 Wed.

    P345: 27, 28, 29, 32, 39, 44, 45, 49, 52, 53, 62, 63.

    Average: 17.58/18

    Range: [12, 18]

  • Homework 32, due 2012-11-26 Mon.

    P345: 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 20, 25, 37.

    Average: 13.67/14

    Range: [10, 14]

  • Homework 31, due 2012-11-19 Mon.

    P321: 7, 8, 12, 15, 26, 32, 35, 37(a,b,c,d).

    Average: 13.53/14.

    Range: [11, 14]

  • Homework 30, due 2012-11-16 Fri.

    P309: 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 32(a,b), 33(a,b,c).

    Average: 11.38/12.

    Range: [7, 12]

  • Homework 29, due 2012-11-14 Wed.

    P293: 91, 95, 98. P309: 3.

    Average: 7.82/8.

    Range: [4, 8]

  • Homework 28, due 2012-11-07 Wed.

    P292: 1, 9, 12, 13, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 46, 51, 56, 57, 61, 64, 74, 105.

    Average: 22.37/23.

    Range: [16, 23]

  • Homework 27, due 2012-11-05 Mon.

    P275: 74, 77(a,c,d), 95, 96.

    Average: 7.72/8.

    Range: [5, 8]

  • Homework 26, due 2012-11-02 Fri.

    P275: 1, 4, 8, 13, 16, 19, 17, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 34, 39, graph only for 61 and 62.

    Average: 20.96/22.

    Range: [10, 22]

  • Homework 25, due 2012-10-31 Wed.

    P253: 1, 2, 5, 7, 12, 19, 20, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40.

    Average: 19.17/20.

    Range: [7, 20]

  • Homework 24, due 2012-10-29 Mon.

    P246: 1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 15.

    Average: 9.90/10.

    Range: [8, 10]

  • Homework 23, due 2012-10-26 Fri.

    P235: 26, 29, 30, 31, 36, 38, 39.

    Average: 10.53/11.

    Range: [6, 11]

  • Homework 22, due 2012-10-26 Fri.

    P235: 2, 5, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24.

    Average: 11.83/12.

    Range: [6, 12]

  • Homework 21, due 2012-10-22 Mon.

    P225: 3, 8, 13, 16, 19, 22, 29, 45, 50, 73.

    Average: 14.96/16.

    Range: [9, 16]

  • Homework 20, due 2012-10-19 Fri.

    P210: 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 17, 20, 27, 36, 48 (a,b,c).

    Average: 13.25/14.

    Range: [8, 14]

  • Homework 19, due 2012-10-12 Fri.

    P193: 10, 17, 18, 44, 105, 108.

    Average: 9.89/10.

    Range: [6, 10]

  • Homework 18, due 2012-10-10 Wed.

    P193: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11.

    Average: 9.48/10.

    Range: [3, 10]

  • Homework 17, due 2012-10-10 Wed.

    P176: 3, 8, 11, 16, 19, 21, 37, 95, 97, 98.

    Average: 15.28/16.

    Range: [10, 16]

  • Homework 16, due 2012-10-03 Wed.

    P153: 3, 6, 9, 12, 21, 29, 38, 41.

    Average: 13.56/14.

    Range: [7, 14]

  • Homework 15, due 2012-10-01 Mon.

    P148: 32, 35, 45, 51, 54, 63, 65, 72.

    Average: 13.26/14.

    Range: [6, 14]

  • Homework 14, due 2012-09-28 Fri.

    P147: 3, 4, 7, 11, 14, 23, 26, 29.

    Average: 12.75/14.

    Range: [11, 14]

  • Homework 13, due 2012-09-26 Wed.

    P139: 13, 21, 22, 35, 36, 93, 96, 101.

    Average: 13.34/14.

    Range: [9, 14]

  • Homework 12, due 2012-09-24 Mon.

    P139: 7, 9, 10, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 89, 92.

    Average: 15.30/16.

    Range: [8, 16]

  • Homework 11, due 2012-09-21 Fri.

    P130: 1, 4, 6, 9, 15(a), 16 (a), 17 (a), 18 (a, b, c).

    Average: 17.13/18.

    Range: [12, 18]

  • Homework 10, due 2012-09-19 Wed.

    P123: 3, 8, 12, 13, 19, 22, 25, 31, 36, 41, 42.

    Average: 19.67/20

    Range: [15, 20]

  • Homework 9, due 2012-09-12 Wed.

    P112: 1, 4, 7, 12, 15, 17, 20, 23, 32.

    Average: 15.45/17.

    Range: [5, 17]

  • Homework 8, due 2012-09-10 Mon.

    P98: 1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 24, 25.

    Average: 14.53/15.

    Range: [10, 15]

  • Homework 7, due 2012-09-07 Fri.

    P91: 3, 6, 7, 8 (3-8 no need to verify), 16, 17, 19, 20, 33, 37.

    Average: 15.74/16.

    Range: [12, 16]

    SOLUTION (for graded problems).

  • Homework 6, due 2012-09-05 Wed.

    P80: 17, 20, 21, 22, 35, 38, 39, 49, 54.

    Average: 14.95/15.

    Range: [14, 15]

    SOLUTION (for graded problems).

  • Homework 5, due 2012-08-31 Fri.

    P80: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14.

    Average: 12.63/13.

    Range: [7, 13]

    SOLUTION (for graded problems).

  • Homework 4, due 2012-08-29 Wed.

    P58: 1, 3, 8, 11, 25, 26, 31, 53, 60.

    Average: 14.49/15.

    Range: [11, 15]

    SOLUTION (for graded problems).

  • Homework 3, due 2012-08-27 Mon.

    Online. Graded for completion.

    Average: 11.00/11.

    Range: [11, 11]

  • Homework 2, due 2012-08-24 Fri.

    Online. Graded for completion.

    Average: 7.00/7.

    Range: [7, 7]

  • Homework 1, due 2012-08-22 Wed.

    Online. Graded for completion.

    Average: 12.00/12.

    Range: [12, 12]

Exams

Exam 1

2012-09-14 Fri in class.

Material: Lessons 1-9.

Average: 71.07/100.

Cuts:

  • A: [92, 100]
  • B: [80, 91]
  • C: [48, 79]
  • D: [40, 46]
  • F: [0, 38]

Exam 1 - Solution

Exam 2

2012-10-16 Tue 20:00-21:00 in EE 129.

Material: Lessons 10-19.

Average: 72/100. (all MA23100 sections)

Cuts:

  • A: [90, 100]
  • B: [80, 89]
  • C: [65, 79]
  • D: [50, 64]
  • F: [0, 49]

Answers to Green Exam

Answers to Orange Exam

Exam 3

2012-11-09 Fri in class.

Material: Lessons 20-28.

Average: 55.71/100.

Cuts:

  • A: [79, 95]
  • B: [60, 78]
  • C: [37, 58]
  • D: [27, 33]
  • F: [10, 23]

Exam 3 - Solution

Final exam

2012-12-10 Mon 13:00-15:00 in LAMB F101.

Material: Lessons 1-36.

Average: 108/200.

Cuts:

  • A: [152, 200]
  • B: [120, 144]
  • C: [72, 112]
  • D: [56, 64]
  • F: [8, 48]

Practice Problems

Additional Material

Final grades

Follow the instructions in this file to calculate your total score for the course (out of 600).

The final cuts for the course were:

  • A: 500
  • B: 474
  • C: 373
  • D: 307
Last update: 2013-01-04 Fri at 23:17 EST.