Math 158: Precalculus: functions and trigonometry

office: MATH 641
office hours: Tuesdays 2:30 – 4:30p (MATH 211)
email: egbertn@purdue.edu
url: http://www.math.purdue.edu/~egbertn


Announcements

12/6 — The final exam is rapidly approaching! Here are some practice problems for the final.

11/18 — Here are written out solutions for midterm 3.

11/14 — Your exam is in two days! Here is a brief outline of what you should know for the exam. Be sure to come to class Wednesday 11/16 with questions since we will just be reviewing for the exam.

11/10 — Here are the examples for lesson 30. And a version with space to work.

11/09 — Here are the examples for lesson 29. And a version with space to work. There is one week until midterm 3. You will get all the same formulas on the coversheet, including the Pythagorean identity \(\cos^2\theta+\sin^2\theta = 1\).

10/21 — Here are tomorrow's examples, and a version with spaces.

10/18 — Exam 2 solutions can be found here.

10/12 — Exam 2 is next Monday 10/17 at 6:30p. Be in Elliot by 6:15p with your course- approved calculator a pencil. You will be given the same formulas as the first exam, plus the compound interest formulas: \(A = \left(1+\frac{r}{n}\right)^{nt}\) and \(A = Pe^{rt}.\)

10/4 — Here are tomorrow's wordier examples, and a version with space to work.

9/20 — Tomorrow is another word problem day! Here are the examples with room to work. And here are the same examples on a single page.

9/12 — Exam 1 is Wednesday at 6:30p. Here is a list of things you should be able to do.

9/11 — Here are the wordy examples for tomorrows class.

9/6 — Tomorrow we will cover applications of function compositions. You download a copy of of the examples here. And here is one with blanks to add in your work.

9/2 — Exam 1 is rapidly approaching (14 September). Plan on being at Elliot by 6:15p. You can find more info here.

8/23 — Tomorrow's class will have several lengthy examples, so you can download a copy here. And here is a version with space to work out the problems.

8/22 — Be sure to carefully read the syllabus and familiarize yourself with the course calendar. Here is the course overview presentation from today.


Course information


Past quiz solutions

After each quiz throughout the semester I will post the solutions here.

* — To make up for not taking quiz 12 in section 030 (3:30p).

Found a typo? Please let me know!


Lecture notes


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