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MA112
Calculus II

MTWRF 9, G221
John Rickert, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office: G-215A, Crapo Hall
Phone: (812) 877-8473
Campus mail: Box 141
e-mail: john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu
My Schedule for this term.
policy ... grade weights... basic skills list
a pedantic dicussion describing why I'm using 9.80 meters per second per second for acceleration due to gravity.

The final exam takes place Wednesday, Febrary 23, 2011 from 1:00PM unitl 5:00PM in room O203.
today's homework

For Tuesday, November 30: Section 5.2 #1,7,13,19,37; Section 5.3 #1-8,17,71,88,94. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
For Wednesday, December 1: Section 5.4 #1,8,13,23,33,35,39,51,61,65-68,70,79,83.
Turn in the Section 5.2 and 5.3 homework exercises.
Thursday, December 2: Section 5.5 #1,8,12,18,19,37,55,67,71,77,79.
For Friday, December 3: Section 5.6 #1,6,23,29,34,43,47,51,67,77,93. Turn in these exercises on Monday.
For Monday, December 6: Turn in The homework exercises from Friday.
Section 5.6 #11,54,59,87,97; Section 6.1 #1,9,15,19,25,29,41. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday, December 8.
Tuesday, December 7: We will have an antidifferentiation quiz at the beginning of class. No compuational aids are allowed. The average score on the quiz was 30.4/40. Equivalent grades are A 36-40 B 32-35 C 28-31 D 24-27 F <24.
Section 6.1 #5,10,17,21,43,49,52,61; Section 6.2 #1,9,13,18,28.
Wednesday, December 8: Turn in The Section 5.6/6.1 homework problems assigned Friday and discussed Monday.
Section 6.1 #55,60; Section 6.2 #39,46; Turn in these exercises on Thursday. Review Sections 5.6, 6.1, 6.2.
Thursday, December 9: Turn in the four Section 6.1 and 6.2 exercises assigned Tuesday and discussed Wednesday.
Section 6.3 #2,3,13,14,17,22,37; Section 6.4 #9,17.
Friday, December 10: Section 6.5 #1,5,9,13,17,23,25,29.
Monday, December 13: Section 6.5 #6,14,21,28,30,31,33. Turn in These exercises on Tuesday.
We will have a quiz on Monday. Use of Maple is allowed.
Tuesday, December 14: Turn in the Section 6.5 exercises discussed Monday. (#6,14,21,28,30,31,33.)
Wednesday, December 15: Section 8.6 #3,9,23,25,28.
Extra Credit: Show in detail how to derive the Simpson's rule furmula. Turn in this extra credit work by January 14, 2011.
Wednesday, December 16: Section 6.5 #36,37,38,43,47.
Review exercises for Chapter 6 are on pages 413-415. More difficult review exercises are on pages 415-417. Review material for the exam. Thursday, we will discuss any questions about the material that you raise.
Friday, December 17: Exam #1 average was 94.5/130. Equivalent grades are A 106-118 B 93-105 C 80-92 D 67-79 F <67.
For Tuesday, January 4: Section 7.1 #1,8,10,15,21,25,34,37,47,57,58.
For Wednesday, January 5: Section 7.3 #1,5,9,13,21,23,35,41,51,57,69,81,83,86.
For Thursday, January 6: Section 7.4 #1,3,5,7,9,19,21,23.
For Friday, January 7: Section 8.1 #1,5,15,17,21,23,33,34,41. Turn in these exercises on Monday, January 10.
For Monday, January 10: Section 8.1 #11,20,25,30,53,59,63,67.
Turn in the homework exercises discussed Friday.
For Tuesday, January 11: Section 8.2 #5,20,23,41,55,71; Section 8.3 #1,5,13,18,27,35,49.
For Wednesday, January 12: Section 8.2 #17,25; section 8.3 #29; Section 8.4 #1,5,14,17,23,25,33,39,51,57.
For Thursday, January 13: Section 8.7 #1,9,21,27,33,43,47,61,66,71,75.

Friday, January 14: Exam #2. The average score on the exam was 96.8/140. Equivalent grades are A 119-129, B 101-118, C 83-100, D 65-82, F <65.
For Monday, January 17: Bring some sort of ruler/tape measure/device for mesuring length.
For Tuesday, January 18: Turn in your RAVE reviews.
For Wednesday, January 19: Section 10.1 #1,5,13,19,25,26,33,39,51,106.
For Thursday, January 20: Section 10.1 #4,6,9,12,21,43,74,89,103,111-114,133. Turn in these exercises on Monday, January 24.
For Friday, January 21: Section 10.2 #1,5,9,15,21,24,49,54,56,67,79.
For Monday, January 24: Turn in the Section 10.1 exercises discussed Thursday (#4,6,9,...133).
Section 10.2 #21,28,29,41,45,48,69,73,80,83,90,93,94. Turn in these exercises on Tuesday, January 25.
For Tuesday, January 25: Turn in the Section 10.2 exercises discussed Monday (#21,28,...,94).
For Wednesday, January 26: Section 10.3 #3,11,15,19,21,29,31,37,41,55,57.
For Thursday, January 27: Section 10.4 #2,17,21,23,30,35,45,46,47,53.
Friday, January 28: The average scoer on Exam #3 was 88.2/140. Equivalent grades are A 110-137 B 90-109 C 70-89 D 50-69 F <50.
For Tuesday, February 1: Section 10.4 #9,26,30,32; Section 10.5 #1,5,17,19,37,41,45,55.
For Friday, Februrary 5: Section 10.5 #9,15,28,33,42,48,59,61; Section 10.6 #16,17,21,29,41.
For Monday, February 7: Section 10.7 #3,7,12,17,23,29,49,51;
For Tuesday, February 8: 10.8 #4,7,9, 11,13,15,19,21,27,43; 10.9 #1,4,11,13,15,17, 35.
For Wednesday, February 9: Section 7.2 #1,2,9,11,13.
For Thursday, February 10: Secton 7.2 #23,24,30,32,35,43; Friday, February 11: The average score on Exam #4 was 83.7/130. Equivalent grades are A: 100-110 B 85-99 C 70-84 D 55-69 F <55..
For Tuesday, February 15: Work the Newton's Law of cooling prolems on the DE supplement.
For Wednesday, February 16: Work the Salt tank and FAlling object problems on the DE supplement.
For Thursday, February 17: Section 9.1 #1-4, 13,18.

Course Policy

This class will have four in-class exams - most likely during the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th weeks. Exam #1 is Friday, December 17.
Note: I don't set grades using a 93/86/77/70 "straight scale" system. I plan to challenge you to excel. This means that the exam averages will generally be lower than what you are used to.
If you've already bought an airline ticket that will cause you to miss classes on December 17th - bad move. I'd suggest switching to another flight as soon as possible.
Answers should be explained. The correct answer will be worth 1 point. The rest of the credit comes from correctly explaining how the answer is found. The words "used Maple" are not an explanation and will result in a loss of 1 point. When you use Maple, you must explain what you've done mathematically, e.g., "Set f'(x)=0, solve for x".
It is best to circle your answer. If it is not made sufficiently clear which expression is intended to be your answer (based solely on my judgement) the answer worth the least credit will be taken as your designated answer.
The final exam will be given during finals week. If you are making arrangements for travel home, you should make sure that they will not conflict with the final exam schedule. If your parents will be purchasing airline tickets for you, you should contact them and remind them not to schedule you on a flight that might cause you fail a class. There will be two parts to the final exam. For the first part, you will be allowed the use of only a writing utensil. For the second part, you may use clean Maple worksheets and a writing utensil.
The weights for the grade are given below.
There may be two types of quizzes given in class: announced and unannounced.

A stapler is probably a good investment for most of you. Multi-page homeworks should be stapled together, not mutilated.
Place your name and Campus Mailbox number in the upper right-hand corner of your homework. Homework is due at the beginning of class on the day that it is due. You should turn in your homework in a pile on the desk at the front of the classroom. Homework may be turned in later but will be penalized based on just how late it is - typically
    1 point off for turned in late during the class,
    5% off for being turned in late the same day,
    10% off per day. (weekends count for two days) i.e. 10 days later, it's too late to get a makeup homework turned in.
When writing up homework, you should circle (or otherwise clearly indicate) your answers.
It's good to work together, but you should write/type your own homework. Simply copying another person's work or Maple file is not acceptable.
If the homework is on a worksheet that is passed out to the class, you will generally be expected to write your answers on a separate sheet of paper, in a well-organized fashion. Answers should be written on the worksheet only if answer blanks have been specifically provided. The grader and I reserve the right to return as unacceptable any homework that is inadequately prepared. (full of scratch work, problems out of order, submitted on crumpled or fringed paper, irrelevant information about other topics is written on the paper)
If you have any questions while I'm not around, you may e-mail me at john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu and I will reply as soon as I can.

You should come to class prepared. This means that I expect you to have done the homework, brought your book to class and launched Maple at the beginning of class.
you have a cell phone, please make sure that it does not ring audibly during class. Phone calls should, in general, not be answered during class. Do not text during class. It's rude.

I will assign some `group' projects in this class. Groups will consist of either three or four members. Write-ups from smaller or larger groups will not be accepted unless prior approval has been given.
Write-ups should be neatly presented. Write-ups returned on the information sheet handed out to the groups will not be accepted. Write-ups handed in at the end of class may be hand-written. Write-ups for work outside of class should be typed. Maple code may be included as part of an appendix or in figures, but should not be considered as a `formal' write-up. Similarly, `scratch-work' is unacceptable. Neatly written partial results may be turned in, but scribbles will reduce your grade.
The following errors are taboo. If you make them, do not expect any credit on the problem Also, when writing integrals you must always close the integral with a differential. Without the differential explicitly written, the expression is ambiguous and will result in loss of credit.
The basic "by hands" skills: The elementary functions are: polynomials, trigonmetric functions and their inverses, exponential functions, and logartihms.

A summary of the grade weights

There will be four in-class exams worth 15% each
The final exam will be worth 30%
Quizzes and homework will be worth 10%
Extra credit that is earned will be added on to your grade after the curve has been determined.
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