Your final exam is a comprehensive test of what you have learned this semester. The instructions will be:
"Write clearly. Show all work and justify your answers. Evaluate integrals exactly, unless directed differently. Give calculator answers to four decimal places. You may not share calculators."
You are expected to
| Calculations | |
| derivatives | |
| antiderivatives | |
| definite integrals | |
| solve exponential and logarithmic equations | |
| Applications | |
| slope of a tangent line | |
| area under a curve | |
| rate of change | |
| change in f given f ' | |
| position, velocity, acceleration | |
| graphing | |
| optimization problems | |
| exponential growth and decay | |
| probability | |
| Ideas | ||
| derivative | ||
| what is it? | ||
| definition | ||
| uses | ||
| approximating | ||
| integral | ||
| what is it? | ||
| definite or indefinite? | ||
| uses | ||
| approximating | ||
| modeling | ||
| what is it? | ||
| common models: lines, parabolas, exponential | ||
| the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | ||
| a precise statement | ||
course description
spring 2008 syllabus
prerequisites
instructions for the TI-83/84
study tips
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