## Working with Vectors

Here’s a short question to consider tonight.

Given points A and B, let C be the midpoint of the line segment from A to B. Find an expression for $$\vec{c}$$ in terms of  $$\vec{a}$$ and  $$\vec{b}$$ .

## Vectors

The vectors questions for tomorrow’s lesson are included below. (Thanks to Damin for reminding me to post these!)

Get as far as you can with these; you’ll also have the first 10 or 15 minutes of tomorrow’s lesson to work on these before we discuss the solutions.

Complete pages 407–409 questions 1, 3, 6, 10, 12, 19, 20, 22

## Trigonometry Test

We’ll have a test on trigonometry (the material covered in Chapters 7 and 8 in the textbook) on Monday, 18 April.

Pages 346–349 questions 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17–23

Pages 394–397 questions 1, 5–9, 11, 13, 14, 17

## Operations with Taylor Series

From Chapter 30 of the Cambridge book, complete the following questions for Wednesday this week.

page 5 question 5,
page 11 questions 4 and 5,
page 14 question 2 a),
page 15 question 9,
page 19 question 8.

## Applications of Trigonometry

Complete pages 390–393 questions 12, 15, 17, 18, and 20 for tomorrow’s lesson.

## Is Calculus Worth It?

Recently there has been some debate in the media (particularly in the US) concerning the merits of learning what could be called higher mathematics (algebra, calculus, etc.) in school.

One book that suggests otherwise—The Math Myth by Andrew Hacker—has provoked an interesting debate. Here are two discussions of that book, one critical and the other in defence of the book’s claims.

What do you think?