Last Updated: 2006-04-25

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Work as many problems as you feel necessary to understand the concepts.
The answers to odd problems are in the back of the textbook. The answers to even problems are in the Supplement.
Assignment #23 - Assigned: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
From Section 61 in the Textbook (pages 709-710), work problems 1-4 all, 7, and 9.
Also, work on problem #6 from Sample Exam #3 (pg. 33 in the Supplement).
Assignment #22 - Assigned: Thursday, April 13, 2006
From the Supplement (page 33-34), work on Sample Exam #3 (except for problem #6) (answers are on page 34) in preparation for Exam #3 on Thursday, April 20, 2006.
NOTE: There are several errors in the answers to Sample Exam #3:
The answer to 2b should be 1/4.
The answer to 8b should be 21%. (This is correct in the answers in the Supplement.)
The answer to 8c should be 7.69%

Assignment #21 - Assigned: Thursday, April 13, 2006
From Section 60 in the Textbook (pages 695-699), work problems 4a, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25.
Assignment #20 - Assigned: Tuesday, April 11, 2006
From Section 59 in the Textbook (pages 680-683), work problems 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 23-25 all, and 28-31 all.
Assignment #19 - Assigned: Thursday, April 6, 2006
From Section 58 in the Textbook (pages 667-670), work problems 16, 17, 19, and 21-26 all.
Assignment #18 - Assigned: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
From Section 58 in the Textbook (pages 667-669), work problems 1, 2, 7, 9, and 11.
Assignment #17 - Assigned: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
From Section 57 in the Textbook (pages 653-657), work problems 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, and 34.
Assignment #16 - Assigned: Thursday, March 16, 2006
From the Supplement (page 30-31), work on Sample Exam #2 (answers are on page 32) in preparation for Exam #2 on Thursday, March 30, 2006.
Assignment #15 - Assigned: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
From Section 56 in the Textbook (pages 640-642), work problems 10 - 14 all.
Assignment #14 - Assigned: Thursday, March 9, 2006
From the Supplement (page 13), work the Supplemental Homework for eigenvalues and eigenvectors (answers are on page 14).
Also, normalize (if possible) the eigenvectors that you find in problems 1 - 7.
Assignment #13 - Assigned: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
From Section 56 in the Textbook (pages 639-640), work problems 4, 5, 6a, 8, and 9.
Assignment #12 - Assigned: Thursday, March 2, 2006
From Section 55 in the Textbook (pages 628-629), work problems 21 - 25 all and 29-35 all.
Assignment #11 - Assigned: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
From Section 55 in the Textbook (page 628), work problems 1 - 19 odd.

NOTE: The quiz on Thursday, 3/2/06, will be similar to the homework problems from Section 48 (see below) and will NOT cover Section 55.
Assignment #10 - Assigned: Thursday, February 23, 2006
From Section 48 in the Textbook (page 541), work problems 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, and 30.

Also, click here and work on this drug dosage problem (opens as PDF in a new window).
I will go over this problem in class next Tuesday. Please bring a copy of it with you to class.

Click here for the solutions to the Section 48 homework problems (opens as PDF in a new window) (2.2 Mb).
(This file is very large and may take up to several minutes to download depending on your Internet connection.)

Click here for the solution to the drug dosage problem (opens as PDF in a new window).

NOTE: Don't worry if you have trouble setting up these problems. Do the best you can. I will go over as many as possible in class. You should be able to set up and solve these kinds of problems by the end of the course, but I understand that it will take time and effort before you feel comfortable doing this.
Assignment #9 - Assigned: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
From Section 48 in the Textbook (page 540), work problems 7 - 17 odd.
Assignment #8 - Assigned: Thursday, February 16, 2006
From Section 47 in the Textbook (starting on page 531), work problems 27 and 29 (for 27 and 29, also find the limit of the sequence if it exists)
and 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 41, and 42.
Assignment #7 - Assigned: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
From Section 47 in the Textbook (starting on page 530), work problems 1-25 odd.
Assignment #6 - Assigned: Thursday, February 2, 2006
From Section 17 in the Textbook (page 193), work problems 25-30 all.
Click here for the answers to these homework problems (opens as PDF in a new window).
For additional problems, do the Supplemental Homework for Scaling Functions on pages 10-11 of the Supplement (answers are on page 12).
For problems on the Area-Species Curve, work problems 56-58 all from page 53 of Section 5. Also, see the graph on page 54.
Also, work on Sample Exam 1 on pages 27-28 of the Supplement (answers are on page 29) in preparation for Exam 1 on Thursday, February 9, 2006.
Assignment #5 - Assigned: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
From Section 15 in the Textbook (starting on page 166), work problems 11-29 odd, 41-53 odd, 61-64 all, 66, 67, 69, 70, and 71.
Assignment #4 - Assigned: Thursday, January 26, 2006
From Section 5 in the Textbook (starting on page 51), work problems 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 19, 21, 23, 24, 27, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, and 63.
Assignment #3 - Assigned: Thursday, January 26, 2006
Do "Homework #3" from the Supplement page 9. (The solutions are on page 9.)
For problem 1, also find the largest possible domain for each function so that the function has an inverse function.
Assignment #2 - Assigned: Thursday, January 19, 2006
Do "Homework #2" from the Supplement page 7. (The solutions are on page 8.)
Assignment #1 - Assigned: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Do "Homework #1" from the Supplement pages 3 and 4. (The solutions are on pages 5 and 6.)