Dr. McDonald's Mathematics Course Blog
While your Exploration should certainly be your focus over the break, you should also start looking at the following questions on applications of derivatives. Think of this as a “to do” list over the next couple of weeks (but do get a start now).
Exercise 19A questions 7, 8, 13, 17
Read page 525, and think about why the “Second Derivative Test” works, then complete
Exercise 19B questions 3, 7, 9, 12, 18
Exercise 19C questions 1, 2, 5, 8, 13
Complete the following questions before class on Friday, October 16th.
Exercise 6D.2 questions 1, 2abef, 3
Complete the questions below before class on Tuesday, October 13th.
Exercise 6D.1 questions 2adgj, 4
Complete the following questions before our class on Friday, October 2nd.
Exercise 5I (that’s a capital i) questions 1–3, 5, 7
Complete the following questions for Monday, September 28th.
Exercise 5H questions 1–5, 7
Complete the following questions (but use your discretion) for Monday, September 28th.
Exercise 17A questions 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12
Exercise 17B.1 question 2
Exercise 17B.2 questions 3, 7
Exercise 17C questions 2, 6, 8
Exercise 17D questions 2, 3, 5, 7
Exercise 17E.1 questions 1, 2, 4, 5
Exercise 17G.1 questions 3, 5, 6, 8
Below are the questions you looked at during today’s class. Question 8 is quite challenging, so don’t be worried if you don’t manage to get a complete solution to that one!
It might be a good idea to have a quick look at this again before tomorrow’s test!
Exercise 4E questions 1–6, 8
Complete the following questions (from the green textbook) before class on Friday, September 18th.
Exercise 4A questions 2, 3, 4adb
Exercise 4B questions 1, 3
Exercise 4C questions 1, 7, 8
Exercise 4D questions 1, 3, 5, 6
Complete the following questions (from the green textbook) before our class on Tuesday, September 15th.
Exercise 5F questions 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11
Complete the question below for tomorrow’s class.
Find \(f'(x)\) for