Information Page for MAC 2311
Current Announcements
04/11/2006 Please re-take Valencia's THINK Survey. Right click HERE and open up to a new window to begin.
04/11/06 The final exam is scheduled for Monday April 24th, 2006 from 7:45pm - 10:15pm in our regular classroom.
Old News
Spring Semester 2006 Announcements
03/20/06 Take Home Quiz: Among all pairs of positive numbers x, y whose sum is 8, find those for which the product of x and y and x-y is largest. In other words, optimize P = xy(x-y) subject to the constraint x+y = 8. This quiz is due Wed. March 22, 2006. Be sure to use the first derivative test via a sign chart to verify that you have indeed found a local maximum.
02/08/2006 Starting this Monday, and every Monday from here on out, we will be having an in class quiz from material presented from the previous week. This Monday we will have a short quiz on the trig values for special angles in the first quadrant. These special angles in both degrees and radians along with their trig values is found in the inside cover of your textbook. Be sure to memorize this table by Monday for the quiz.
02/06/2006 Please do #34 on page 144. This problem is due on Wed. 02/08/2006 for a quiz grade.
02/01/2006 Please do #2 and #3 in Chapter 3 from Jon Rogawski's Calculus booklet. This quiz is due on Mon. 02/06/2006.
01/23/2006 Please do # 3 in chapter 1 of Jon Rogawski's Calculus booklet. This quiz is due on Wed. 01/25/2006.
01/23/2006 We will be having the first test a week from today. Please see the course calendar for details.
01/18/2006 Please do problem #3 in chapter 2 of Jon Rogawski's Calculus booklet. The clue for this problem is that f(x) and g(x) are some sort of piecewise defined functions. This quiz is due on 01/23/2006.
01/10/2006 What level is your critical thinking? Please take Valencia's THINK Survey to find out. Right click HERE and open up to a new window to begin. Completion of this survey will count as a quiz grade. If you complete this survey and show proof by printing out the results and bringing them to class you will automatically get a 100% on this quiz. The due date for this is 01/23/2006.
01/09/2006 Welcome to class!
Fall Semester 2005 Announcements
12/09/05 There will be 11 questions on the final exam. Click here to see what to expect for the final exam.
12/09/05 I will be holding office hours during final exam week on Tuesday December 13th, 2005 from 7:30pm to 10:00pm
10/31/05 The Final Exam Schedule is now finalized. Please take a moment to review when the date and time of your final exam is. Be sure to mark it down on your calendar.
12/06/05 Quiz #10 has been assigned today. Please do #234 and #258 from the supplemental packet. This quiz is due on Thursday, December 8th, 2005. For #234 you will have to set up and integral with an unknown upper limit of integration to solve for. For more hints on how to do this please refer to section 5.4. In section 5.4, example #7 and HW problem #45 deal directly with this quiz question. The solution to #45 is posted on the HW solutions link on this website. You may confer with others on this problem. The problem itself is not difficult from a computation standpoint, but you do need to know how to set up the integral and solve for the unknown upper limit of integration.
11/22/05 Quiz #9 has been assigned today. Please do #204, 223, and 224 for this quiz. Each question is worth 5 points. This means that the total number of points for this quiz is 15. You DO NOT want to miss this quiz since it essentially counts as THREE quiz grades!!! This quiz is due on Tuesday November 29th, 2005.
11/1/05 Quiz #8 has been assigned today. Please do #128, 129, and 130 from the supplemental packet. This quiz is due on Thursday November 3, 2005.
10/31/05 Just as a reminder, November 4th, 2005 (This Friday) is the withdrawal deadline.
10/21/05 Please take the Midterm Class Survey by Tuesday October 25, 2005. Taking this survey will count as a quiz grade. You either take it and get 5 points or don't take it and get 0 points. This survey is completely anonymous so as proof that you took it, you will need to print out the "Thank You" screen at the end of the survey to get the 5 points. If you don't have access to a printer at home, you may use the student computer labs on building 4 or building 8.
10/21/05 Quiz #7 has been assigned today. Please do #84, and #85 from the supplemental packet. This quiz is due on Tuesday October 25, 2005. BEWARE! These questions are not as easy as you think. If you spend only a few minutes on them and think you are done, you are probably doing something wrong!!! They are somewhat tricky so read the directions very carefully. You may solicit help for this quiz or consult with your classmates. I will give you one hint though for #84. You are NOT asked to find the rate of change of the volume of a sphere with respect to its radius. Similarly, in #85, you are NOT asked to find rate of change of the surface area of a cube with respect to one of its sides.
10/17/05 Are you thinking about transferring to UCF soon? If yes, then the following program may be for you. Grad Track is a program designed to assist Valencia Community College students in making a smooth transition to the University of Central Florida. An invitation to Grad Track is extended to all Valencia students who have completed 45 or more credits and have not graduated yet. Students are invited to an evening of informative sessions designed to answer all their questions and more. For more information and to sign up, please visit www.valenciacc.edu/gradtrack. Grad Track takes place Nov. 9, on East Campus.
10/11/05 Today Quiz #6 was assigned. Please do #104, 106, and 107 from the supplemental packet. This quiz is due on Thursday October 13, 2005.
10/07/05 In preparation for Test 2, please click here to read a short article on how to study mathematics. In particular, read the last two sections that describe how to review for and take tests and try to apply its suggestions.
10/06/05 The Derivative Worksheet has been assigned today. This worksheet will serve as Quiz #5. Be sure to show ALL of your work for full credit. This quiz has fifteen problems and will count for three quiz grades. This worksheet is due on Tuesday October 11, 2005.
9/29/05 Quiz #4 has been assigned today. Please do #74 and #75 from the packet. This quiz will be due on Thursday October 6, 2005.
9/22/05 Quiz #3 has been assigned today. Please do problem #5 from the supplemental packet. This question has multiple parts to it. Be sure you do ALL parts of the problem. This quiz is due on Thursday September 29, 2005.
9/20/05 Quiz #2 has been assigned today. Please do problems #37, #38, #39, #40, and #41 from the supplemental packet. This quiz is due on Thursday September 22, 2005.
9/08/05 Quiz #1 has has been assigned today and consists of one problem. This problem is number 58 in the supplemental packet. Quiz #1 is due on Tuesday September 13, 2005.
9/02/05 Valencia is currently recruiting students to compete nationally in the Brain Bowl competition. For more information on how to join please visit http://net.valenciacc.edu/brainbowl
8/29/05 For section 2.1 just do parts a and b for problem number 1 and also add problem number three. These changes are already reflected in the HW assignments on this website. Please make these changes on the printed copy of your HW assignments.