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Schedule Weeks 5-6

Week Date Topic Homework Due Reading Goals / Notes
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3/6/06 Inverse trig functions (20.3) PS11: §20.1 #1, 3, 6; §20.2 #3, 5, 8
§20.3, particularly p. 645-6 Understand inverse trig functions, Be able to simplify expressions involving inverse trig functions using triangles
3/7/06 Workshop #3: Inverse Trigonometric Functions
3/8/06 Solving trig equations (20.4) PS12: §20.3 #1, 4, 7 §20.4 Be able to solve trigonometric equations on restricted and unrestricted domains
3/9/06 Gateway II: Trigonometric Functions. The gateway exam will be given during the problem sessions.
3/10/06 Laws of sines, cosines, and trig identities (20.5 & 20.6) PS13: §20.4 #1, 3 (be sure to explain why you can't just cancel cos x in part b), 8, 21
§20.5 Be able to apply the laws of sines and cosines, Be able to use the addition formulas and other identities to simplify trig expressions
[ Trig Identities Handout]
6 3/13/06 Derivatives of trig functions (21.1 & 21.2) PS14: §20.4 #4, 7; §20.5 #1, 5, 7; §20.6 #2, 7, 8
§21.1 and 21.2, particularly p. 688 and Example 21.1 on p. 692 Be able to follow the derivation of the derivative of the sine function, Be able to find derivatives of trigonometric functions
3/14/06 Workshop #4
3/15/06 Applications of trig derivatives: Related Rates (21.3) PS15: §21.1 #4; §21.2 #1, 2 §21.3, example 21.3 Be able to solve related rates problems using trigonometric derivatives
3/16/06 Review Session from 5-6:30pm in Science Center Hall A.
3/17/06 Optimization and Curve sketching of trig functions (21.3) PS16: §21.3 #7, 8, 15 §21.3, example 21.2 Be able to optimize functions involving trigonometric expressions, Be able to sketch functions involving trig expressions
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