Problems and Notes for MTHT 466
Review:Beckmann Section 2.2: starting on page 30 #1, #5, #6Beckmann Section 13.3: starting on page 739 #6, #9, #10,#12, #13
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Problem of the Week: The Chess Board ProblemThere once was a humble servant who was also a chess master. He taught his kingto play the game of chess. The king became fascinated by the game and offeredthe servant gold or jewels payment, but the servant replied that he only wantedrice: one grain for the first square of chess board, two on the second, four onthe third, and so on with each square receiving twice as much as the previoussquare. The king quickly agreed. How much rice does the king owe the chess mas-ter? Suppose it was your job to pick up the rice. What might you use to collectit? A grocery sack, a wheelbarrow, or perhaps a Mac truck? Where might you storethe rice?
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HandoutBig Numbers
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1. What is the largest number your calculator will display?
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2. What is the largest integer your calculator will display that has a 9 in the one’splace? What happens if you add 1 to this number?
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3. What is the largest number you can think of? Write it down, then write down a largerone.
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4. Writing big numbers is made simpler by the use of exponents. Discuss definitionsand basic rules for working with positive exponents. Research: Find a referencefrom a book or on the internet.
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5. The following are common errors made by middle school students when dealing withexponents. Identify the error. Why do you think the student made the error? Writea "teacher" explanation, using the basic rules of exponents, to help the stu-dents see the correct use of exponents.
a) 9 · 9 · 9 · 9 · 9 = 99999 b) (52)3 = 58
c) 32 · 33 = 95 d) (2 + 3)2 = 4 + 9
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6. Are there more @ signs or more $ signs? How do you tell without counting?@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
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Sets of numbers
N = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}, Natural numbers.W = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}, Whole numbersI = {...− 4,−3,−2,−1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}, Integers
Q = {mn
: m ∈ I, n ∈ I, n 6= 0}, Rational numbers, all numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of twointegers. Commonly called fractions.
R, Real numbers
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7. What do we mean by number?
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Definition of a one-to-one correspondenceA one-to-one correspondence between sets A and B is a pairing of each object in A with one and onlyone object in B, with the dual property that each object in B has been thereby paired with one andonly one object in A.
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CountingFinite sets that can be put into a one-to-one correspondence necessarily have the same number of el-ements. A set that contains n objects can be put into a one-to-one correspondence with the set thatcontains the first n natural numbers. The process of making the one-to-one correspondence is calledcounting. Consequently, before learning to count a child needs to understand one to one correspon-dence.
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8. Give examples of pairs of sets that can be put into one-to-one correspondence.Give examples of pairs of sets that can NOT be put into one-to-one correspon-dence.
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9. Give an example of a pair of sets and two different ways the two sets can be putinto one-to-one correspondence.
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Infinite setsSets with an infinite number of elements can be put into a one-to-one correspondence by using pat-terns or formulas.
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10. Give an example of a pair of sets that have an infinite number of elements thatcan be put into one-to-one correspondence.
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11. In what sense can we say that there are the same number of even whole numbers asthere are whole numbers? In what sense can we say that there are twice as manywhole numbers as even whole numbers?
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12. In some sense, this set {0, 1, 2, 3, ...} contains one more number than this set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}.Explain the sense in which these two sets contain the same number of numbers.Show a one-to-one correspondence between these two sets.
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13. Show a one-one-correspondence between N and each of the following sets. Show apattern and use a formula.
a) the set of odd positive integers
b) the set of negative integers
c) the set of positive integers that are divisible by 3.d) the set of powers of 10, that is {1, 10, 100, 1000, · · ·} Why is 1 listed as a power of ten?
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14. Show a one-one-correspondence between W and each of the sets in problem 13.
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15. Are there more rational numbers than whole numbers? Discuss.
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HandoutDodge Ball
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16. Write a short paragraph explaining the strategies for Player One and Player Twoin the game of Dodge Ball.
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17. Are there more real numbers than rational numbers?
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Find the manual for your calculator and find the chapter on lists. The TI-83 Plus Graphing Calcula-tor Guidebook, from Texas Instruments is available in pdf from thewebsite, http://education.ti.com/us/product/tech/83/guide/83guideus.html.
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18. On your calculator, make a list containing the arithmetic sequence 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, ...and plot it with a reasonable window. What is the longest list allowed on yourcalculator?
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19. Make a function, Y1, on your calculator and use it to make a table containing thearithmetic sequence 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, .... Graph the function with the plot from prob-lem 18 and record it here:
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Xmax
Ymin
Xmin
Ymax
Y1 =
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20. What is the last number in this sequence that your calculator displays exactly?Give the term number and the expression for the value. Things to consider: Canyou get this many numbers into a list? Can you use the function to answer thisquestion? Can you see it on the graph?
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21. Make a list in your calculator containing the arithmetic sequence:
a0 = 5, a1 = 2, a2 = −1, a3 = −4, ...
What is the 1000th term in this sequence? What is a1000? What is the last negativenumber in this sequence that your calculator displays exactly?
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22. Practice with lists: Make a list in your calculator containing each of thesearithmetic sequences. Make a function and a table for each one. Plot and graphyour results and answer the question.
a) 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25, ...If 0.5 = a0, what is the term number for 10.75?b) 0, 18, 36, 54, . . .What number in this sequence is closest in value to 10000?c) 159, 148, 137, 126, ...What is the first negative number in this sequence?
d) Make up an arithmetic sequence such that the 95th term is 0.e) Make up an arithmetic sequence such that the first term is 23 and the 15th term is 51.
Do you think that everyone will make up the same sequence?f) Make up an arithmetic sequence such that the fifth term is 40 and the 9th term is 12.
Do you think that everyone will make up the same sequence?
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23. Make a list in your calculator containing the geometric sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, . . .?Can your calculator display the 1000th term in this sequence? What is the largestnumber in this sequence that your calculator displays exactly? What is the nextnumber in the sequence exactly? Which number in this sequence is closest to 10100.
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24. Consider the sequence that is the reciprocals of the numbers in the sequence inproblem 23:
1,12,
14,
18,
116, . . .
What is the smallest number in this sequence that your calculator can displayexactly? What is the exact decimal expansion for the next number in the sequence?
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25. More practice with lists: Make a list in your calculator containing each of thesegeometric sequences. Make a function and a table for each one. Plot and graphyour results and answer the question.
a) 0.3, 0.09, 0.027, .0081, ...What number in this sequence is closest in value to 10−10?
b) 6, 18, 54, 162, ...What number in this sequence is closest in value to 10000?c) 15000, 3750, 937.5, ...What is the first number in this sequence that is less than 1?d) Make up a geometric sequence such that the 15th term is 1.
Do you think that everyone will make up the same sequence?
e) Make up an arithmetic sequence such that the third term is 3 and the 7th term is 48.Do you think that everyone will make up the same sequence?
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26. Decide on a likely pattern that continues each of these sequences. Make a liston your calculator for each of these sequences. Display the 500th term of eachon your calculator and determine whether that value is exact or approximate (ortoo big or too small for your calculator to determine)?
a) 1, 4, 9, 16, . . . b) 4, 1,−2,−5,−8, . . .c) 0, 2, 6, 12, 20, . . . d) 1
3 ,19 ,
127 , . . .
e) 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, 0.0001, . . . f) 1.0, 0.89, 0.78, 0.67, . . .
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27. Conjecture and prove a formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. Care-fully describe all the variables in your formula.
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28. Conjecture and prove a formula for the nth term of a geometric sequence. Care-fully describe all the variables in your formula.
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Review:Beckmann Section 2.3: starting on page 46 #11, #14, #15
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Problem of the Week: A probability investigationSuppose we have a box containing 5 white balls, 3 black balls, and 2 red balls.Is it possible to add the same number of each color balls to the box so that whena ball is drawn at random the probability that it is a black ball is 1
3? What isthe largest possible probability that can be realized?
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29. What is the smallest positive number your calculator will display?
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30. What is the number closest to 13 that your calculator will display? Is this num-
ber - the one displayed - greater than or less than 13? What is the difference be-
tween the two numbers? Write down a number that is closer to 13 than the one your
calculator displays.
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31. What is the number closest to√
2 that your calculator will display? Can you tellif this number - the one displayed - is greater than or less than
√2?
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32. Give an several examples of what is suggested by these imprecise statements:
1BIG
= LITTLE
1LITTLE
= BIG
1CLOSETO1
= CLOSETO1
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33. Writing small numbers is made simpler by the use of negative exponents. Discussdefinitions and basic rules for working with non-positive exponents. Research:Find a reference for these definitions and rules from a book or on the internet.
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34. The following are common errors made by middle school students when dealing withnegative exponents. Identify the error. Why do you think the student made theerror? Write a "teacher" explanation, in terms of the definition of exponents,to help the students see the correct use of exponents.
a) 110−3 < 1 b) 10
14 = 1
104
c) 0.0002356 · 1020 < 1 d) 7.459817 · 1010 is not an integer
e) 28911 · 10−100 > 1
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Definition: limn→∞
an = 0
No matter how small a positive number you can think of, there is a value of n large enough so that 1n
is smaller than that number if n ≥ N .
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35. Show that limn→∞
1n
= 0. Think of a very smaller number and call it e. Find N such
that1N
< e? Think of an even smaller value for e and find N such that1N
< e.
Identify a procedure for finding such an N given any e.
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The sub-sequence rule for working with limits
If limn→∞
an = 0, then the limit of any infinite subsequence is also 0.
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The squeeze rule for working with limits
If 0 ≤ bn ≤ an for all values of n and if limn→∞
an = 0, then limn→∞
bn = 0
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36. What is limn→∞
10−n?
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37. What is the limit of the sequence 0.3, 0.03, 0.003, 0.0003, 0.00003, . . .?
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38. Find other examples of limits using the sub-sequence and/or squeeze rule.
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39. Are there any real numbers contained in all of the intervals, (− 1n ,
1n ), for all
values of n?
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40. Are there any real numbers contained in all of the intervals, (0, 1n ), for all val-
ues of n?
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41. Are there any real numbers contained in all of the intervals, [0, 1n ], for all val-
ues of n?
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42. Draw "zoom-in" picture for each of these sequences of nested interval problems.In each case the nested intervals contain exactly one number. What is that num-ber? Give the value as a fraction of whole numbers, not a decimal.
a) [.3, .4], [.33, .34], [.333, .334], . . .b) The middle third of the middle third of the middle third . . . of [0, 1]c) The first tenth of the last tenth of the first tenth of the last tenth . . . of [0, 1]
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Definition: limits that are not zero
If limn→∞
an − a = 0, then we say that limn→∞
an = a for any positive integer m.
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Rules for working with limits
If limn→∞
an+m = a for some positive integer m, then limn→∞
an = a
For any real number b, if limn→∞
an = a, then limn→∞
an + b = a+ b
For any real number c, if limn→∞
an = a, then limn→∞
can = ca
If limn→∞
an = a and limn→∞
bn = b, then limn→∞
an + bn = a+ b
If limn→∞
an = a and limn→∞
bn = b, then limn→∞
anbn = ab
If limn→∞
an = a and limn→∞
bn = b and if b 6= 0, then limn→∞
an
bn=a
bIf an < bn for all values of n, then lim
n→∞an ≤ lim
n→∞bn
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The Advanced Squeeze Rule for working with limits
If an ≤ bn ≤ cn for all values of n and if limn→∞
an = limn→∞
cn = d, then limn→∞
bn = d
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43. Discuss each of the rules for working with limits. Find examples and counterex-amples.
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A sequence may no have a limit
There are two ways by which a sequence may not have a limit.1 The terms in the sequence may increase (or decrease) beyond all bounds. In this case, we would write
limn→∞
an =∞ (or limn→∞
an = −∞).2 Two different subsequences may have different limits.
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44. Give examples of sequences that do not have limits.
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45. Identify a pattern for each of the following sequences. Identify the limit ex-actly and explain how you know it is the limit. If there is no limit, explain whyit doesn’t exist.
a) 1, 12 ,
14 ,
18 , . . . b) 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, . . .
c) 6.1, 6.01, 6.001, 6.0001, 6.00001, . . . d) 5.9, 5.99, 5.999, 5.9999, . . .e) 0.3, 0.33, 0.333, 0.3333, 0.33333, . . . f) 1
2 ,34 ,
78 ,
1516 , . . .
g) 12 ,
23 ,
34 ,
45 ,
56 , . . . h) 2, 3
2 ,43 ,
54 , . . .
i) 1.1, 1.9, 1.01, 1.99, 1.001, 1.999, . . . j) 2 12 , 3
13 , 4
14 , 5
15 , . . .
k) 1.8, 1.88, 1.888, 1.8888, . . .
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46. Find a pattern and use your calculator to guess whether or not there is a limitfor each of these sequences.
a) 12 ,
23 ,
35 ,
58 ,
813 , . . .
b)√
12 ,
√√12 ,
√√√12 , . . .
c)√
2,√
2 +√
2,√
2 +√
2 +√
2, . . .
d) an = frac(.375n)
e) 4√
2−√
2, 8√
2−√
2 +√
2, 16
√2−
√2 +
√2 +√
2, . . .
f) 21, ( 32 )2, ( 4
3 )3, ( 54 )4, . . .
g) 2sin(90◦), 3sin(60◦), 4sin(45◦), 5sin(36◦), . . .
h) 4sin(90◦), 8sin(45◦), 16sin(22.5◦), . . .
i) 4tan(90◦), 8tan(45◦), 16tan(22.5◦), . . .
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47. Under what circumstances will an arithmetic sequence have a limit? What is thelimit?
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48. Under what circumstances will a geometric sequence have a limit? What is thelimit?
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Review:Beckmann Section 1.2: starting on page 10 #4, #5Beckmann Section 12.6: starting on page 688 #3, #11, #17Beckmann Section 13.4: starting on page 30 #1, #5,#6, #8
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Problem of the Week: A penny vs millionIt’s your first day on a new job and you have your choice of two ways to be paid:METHOD #1: You are paid one penny the first day. From then on everyday you arepaid double what you were paid the day before.METHOD #2: You get a million dollars every day.You are only going to work for one month, October. Which payment schedule wouldyou choose and why?
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HandoutPicture proofs
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49. Confirm each of these formulas for n = 1 to n = 20 by making a table of values:
a) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + . . .+ n = 12n(n+ 1) or
n∑k=1
k =12n(n+ 1)
b) 1 + 22 + 32 + 42 + 52 + . . .+ n2 = 16n(n+ 1)(2n− 1) or
n∑k=1
k2 =16n(n+ 1)(2n− 1)
c) 1 + 3 + 5 + . . .+ 2n− 1 = n2 orn∑
k=1
(2k − 1) = n2
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50. Confirm each of this statements, guess a general formula, write it with summa-tion notation. Can you think of a picture proof for your formula?
1 + 2 = 22 − 1
1 + 2 + 4 = 23 − 1
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 23 − 1
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51. Confirm each of this statements, guess a general formula, write it with summa-tion notation. Can you think of a picture proof for your formula?
1 +12
= 2− 12
1 +12
+14
= 2− 14
1 +12
+14
+18
= 2− 18
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HandoutHughes-Hallett: Section: 9.1: #15, #16, #17, #18
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52. Can we add an infinite number of numbers?
12
+14
+18
+116
+ . . .+12n
+ . . . =∞∑
n=1
12n
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53. Give a convincing argument that 0.9 = 1. How is this infinite series involved inyour argument?
910
+9
102+
9103
+9
104+ . . .+
910n
+ . . . =∞∑
n=1
910n
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54. Show that for any real number, x 6= 1,
N∑k=1
xk = x+ x2 + x3 + x4 + . . .+ xN =xN+1 − xx− 1
or, dividing both sides by x,
N∑k=1
xk−1 = 1 + x+ x2 + x3 + . . .+ xN−1 =xN − 1x− 1
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55. For what values of x does limN→∞
xN = 0? For what values of x does limNn→∞
xN = ∞? Are
there any other possibilities?
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56. Explain why the condition, 0 ≤ x < 1, is needed to show that
∞∑n=1
xn = x+ x2 + x3 + x4 + . . .+ xn + . . . =x
1− x
What happens if x < 0 or x = 1orx > 1?
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57. Write each series using summation notation and find the limit. In each case theleft hand problem gives you a formula to use for the right hand problem. For theleft hand problem, always suppose that 0 ≤ x < 1a) 1 + x+ x2 + x3 + . . .+ xn + . . . = ? -- 1 + .1 + .01 + .001 + .0001 + . . .+ .1n + . . . = ?
b) x3 + x4 + . . .+ xn + . . . = ? -- 18 + 1
16 + 132 + . . . = ?
c) 1 + x2 + x4 + . . .+ x2n + . . . = ? -- 1 + 19 + 1
81 + 1729 + . . . = ?
d) x3 + x6 + x9 + x12 + . . . = ? -- 0.001 + 0.000001 + 0.000000001 + . . . = ?
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58. Evaluate the infinite series
1 + x2 + x4 + . . .+ x2n + . . . =
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59. Find the limit for21100
+21
10000+
211000000
+ · · ·+ 21102n
+ · · ·
Explain why your answer is the fraction form for 0.21.
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60. Find the fraction form for each of these repeating decimals.
a) 0.4 b) 0.36
c) 3.21 d) 5.121
e) 3.421 f) 51.314
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61. For what values of x, does 1 + 2x + 4x2 + 8x3 + 16x4 + . . . + 2nxn + . . . converge. What isthe limit?
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62. Write a program for your calculator that computes partial sums of geometric se-quences.
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63. Other infinite sums may or may not have limits like the geometric series does.Use your calculator (or other means) to conjecture whether or not any of theseinfinite sums are finite.
a) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + . . .+ n+ . . . = ? b) 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + . . .+ 1 + . . . = ?
c) 1 + 22 + 32 + . . .+ n2 + . . . = ? d) 12 + 1
6 + 112 + . . .+ 1
n(n+1) . . . = ?
e) 1 + x2 + x4 + . . .+ x2n + . . . = ? f) 1 + 12 + 1
3 + 14 + . . .+ 1
n + . . . = ?
g) 1 + 22 + 3
4 + 48 + . . .+ n
2n + . . . = ? h) 13 + 1
8 + 115 + 1
24 + . . .+ 1n2−1 + . . . = ?
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64. Conjecture and prove a formula for the sum of the first n terms of an arithmeticsequence.
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65. Conjecture and prove a formula for the sum of the first n terms of a geometric se-quence.
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Review:Beckmann Section 5.5: page 237 #23, #24Beckmann Section 13-5: starting on page 764 #2, #8, #14Beckmann Section 13-6: starting on page 774 #5, #12Another great reference for this unit is MTHT 470.
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Problem of the Week: The Farmer’s FenceA field bounded on one side by a river is to be fenced on three sides so as to forma rectangular enclosure. If 197 feet of fencing is to be used, what dimensionswill yield an enclosure of the largest possible area?
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66. On a piece of graph paper with carefully labeled coordinate lines, sketch theline that goes through the two points (1, 2) and (3, 5). Give the exact coordinatesfor the points described and locate each of them on your sketch.a) Three points on the line: one between the two given points and one on each sideof the given points.b) The point exactly half way between the two points.c) The two points that divide the interval into three equal segments.d) A point whose x-coordinate is negative and another point whose y-coordinateis negative.e) A point whose x-coordinate is 0 and a point whose y-coordinate is 0.
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67. Continuing with the line from problem 66, make a table of values, and describethe pattern. If you have not already, write an equation that describes the line.
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68. Using the function from problem 66, explain why x and y are not proportional quan-tities but (x− 1) and (y − 2) are proportional quantities. In the latter case, whatis the constant of proportionality?
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lines and proportionsFor functions with graphs that are lines, we notice that ”the change in x is proportional to the changein y.”
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69. For what kind of lines is it true that x is proportional to y?
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70. Find a way to graph the line from the problem 66 on your calculator. Sketch thecalculator graph here, including the window values:
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Xmax
Ymin
Xmin
Ymax
Y =
Use your calculator to generate a table of values for the line.
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71. On a piece of graph paper with carefully labeled coordinate lines, sketch theline that goes through the the point (2, 1) and has slope equal to 1
3. Give the exactcoordinates for the points described and locate each of them on your sketch.a) A point on the line on each side of the point (2, 1).b) Two points on the line that are exactly
√10 units from the point (2, 1). What is
special about√
10 for this problem?c) A point on the line where both the x-coordinate and y-coordinate is negative.d) The point on the line whose x-coordinate is 0.e) The point on the line whose y-coordinate is 0.
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72. Continuing with the line from problem 71, make a table of values, and describethe pattern. Write an equation that describes the line.
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73. Using the line in problem 71, explain the statement "the change in x is propor-tional to the change in y. Use examples in your explanation.
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74. Find a way to graph the line from problem 71 on your calculator. Sketch the cal-culator graph here, including the window values:
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Xmax
Ymin
Xmin
Ymax
Y =
Use your calculator to generate a table of values for the line.
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75. Sketch each line, then figure out how to draw each of these lines on your calcu-lator:a) A line that goes through the points (−1, 1) and has slope, 2
5.
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Xmax
Ymin
Xmin
Ymax
Y =
b) A line that goes through the point (2,−3) and has slope 0.
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Xmax
Ymin
Xmin
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76. Explain why the equationy = m(x− c) + d
describes the line through the point (c, d) that has slope m. Type this functioninto your "Y =" page, using the letters m, c and d as well as x and use it to graphseveral different lines by changing the value of those three variables.
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77. Figure out how to draw each of these lines on your calculator, then sketch a graphwith a reasonable window.a) A line that has slope 0.03 and goes through the point (0.1, 1.01)
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b) The line that goes through the two points (1.5, 7.8) and (−3.1, 10.9)
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78. Sketch the line given by the equation, y = 3x + 1. Sketch the line that is per-pendicular to this one and intersects it at the point (0, 1). (Wait a minute! Is thepoint (0, 1) really on the line?) Explain how to use the grid of the graph paper tobe very accurate. Find an equation for this perpendicular line.
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79. Suppose you are driving a constant speed from Chicago to Detroit, about 275 milesaway. Sketch a graph of your distance from Chicago as a function of time. Why isthis graph a straight line? What is the slope of the line? What are the units ofthe slope?
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80. A car rental company offers cars at $40 a day and 15 cents a mile. Its competi-tor’s cars are $50 a day and 10 cents a mile. Graph the cost of renting a car asa function of miles driven for each company. For each company, write a formulagiving the cost of renting a car for a day as a function of the distance traveled.Explain why 15 cents a mile and 10 cents a mile each represent a slope. On yourcalculator, graph both functions on one screen. How should you decide which com-pany is cheaper?
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81. Consider a graph of Fahrenheit temperature, ◦F, against Celsius temperature,◦C, and assume that the graph is a straight line. You know that 212◦F and 100◦C both rep-resent the temperature at which water boils. Similarly, 32◦F and 0◦C representwater’s freezing point. What is the slope of the graph? What are the units of theslope? What is the equation of the line? Use the equation to find what Fahren-heit temperature corresponds to 20◦C. Use the graph to find the same thing. Whattemperature is the same number of degrees in both Celsius and Fahrenheit? Howcan you see this on the graph?
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HandoutFour Regions in the Coordinate Plane
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Definition: Parabola, quadraticA parabola is the graph of a function which has the form
y = ax2 + bx+ c
Such functions are called quadratic functions or quadratic polynomials.
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82. Using the above definition, explain why the graph of y = 3(x−1)(x−2) is a parabola.Where does this parabola intersect the x-axis? Graph it to check your answer.
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83. Explain why the graph of y = 3(x − 1)2 + 2 is a parabola. Explain how to tell thatthis parabola contains the point (1,2). What do you notice about the point (1, 2)?Graph it to check.
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84. On your calculator, graph several different parabolas that cross the x-axis at(1, 0) and (3, 0). What do you notice about the vertex of all these parabolas? Is therea pattern? Look at more examples, changing the points where the parabola crossesthe x-axis.
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85. Write a formula for the coordinates of the vertex of the parabola given gener-ally by y = a(x− z1)(x− z2).
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86. On your calculator, graph a parabola that goes through the points (−1, 0), (0, 3) and(1, 0).
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87. Is it possible for a parabola to intersect the x-axis in only one point? If so,describe what would happen geometrically and find the equation for such a parabola.
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88. Carefully explain FOIL. That is, explain why
(a+ b)(c+ d) = ac+ ad+ bc+ bd.
What is the difference between explaining how to use FOIL and explaining why itworks?
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89. Where does the parabola y = x2 + 4x+ 3 cross the x-axis?Where does the parabola y = x2 − 6x+ 8 cross the x-axis?Where does the parabola y = x2 + x− 2 cross the x-axis?Where does the parabola y = 3x2 − 2x− 1 cross the x-axis?
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90. Find the points where the parabola y = x2 + 2x− 3 crosses the x-axis by completingthe square.Find the points where the parabola y = x2 + 4x+ 3 crosses the x-axis.Find the points where the parabola y = x2 + 4x− 3 crosses the x-axis.Find the points where the parabola y = x2 − x− 1 crosses the x-axis.Find the points where the parabola y = 3x2 + 4x− 6 crosses the x-axis.
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91. By completing the square, explain the quadratic formula. That is show why thetwo solutions to the equation ax2 + bx+ c = 0 are
x =−b±
√b2 − 4ac
2a
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92. At what points does the parabola, y = x2 + x+ 1, cross the x-axis? Explain.
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93. On your calculator, graph a parabola that has a vertex at the point (−1, 3) anddoes not cross the x-axis.
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94. Use your calculator to find an equation for the parabola that goes through thepoints(−1, 2), (1, 4) and (0, 1). Graph this parabola.
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95. Explain the difference between solving the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and graphingthe equation y = ax2 + bx+ c. How does one help with doing the other?
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96. Explain what factoring has to do with solving the equation ax2 + bx+ c = 0.
97. The Algebra Nightmare The two solutions to the equation x2 − 4x + 3 = 0 are x = 3 andx = 1. And we know that (x− 3)(x− 1) = x2 − 4x+ 3. Something similar is true for allquadratic equations: We know that there are at most two solutions to a quadraticequation, ax2 + bx+ c = 0.The two solutions are
x =−b+
√b2 − 4ac
2aand
x =−b−
√b2 − 4ac
2a
Show that
a(x− −b+√b2 − 4ac
2a)(x− −b−
√b2 − 4ac
2a) = ax2 + bx+ c
by multiplying out the left hand side and simplifying to get the right hand side.
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If an object is thrown upward, dropped, or thrown downward and travels in a vertical line subjectonly to gravity (with wind resistance ignored), then the height s(t) of the object above the ground (infeet) after t seconds is given by
s(t) = −16t2 + V t+H
Where H is the initial height of the object at starting time (t = 0) and V is the initial velocity (speed infeet per second) of the object at starting time (t = 0).98. Graph the function for the case when a rock is dropped from a height of 200 feet.
Use the calculator to get a graph, then sketch it here. Include the units withyour window values.
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Use the graph to answer this question: How long does it take the rock to fall?
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99. How high would the rock go if it were given an initial upward velocity of 20 feetper second?
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100. How high will a tennis ball go if it is thrown from a height of 4 feet with an ini-tial velocity of 80 feet per second? How long will it take to get there? Do youthink you could throw it hard enough to get that initial velocity? What velocityis needed to throw the ball 10 feet in the air? (Surely that can be done.)
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Review:Workshop Geometry: Unit 1, Lesson 1 -- the definition of a circleWorkshop Geometry: Unit 2, Lesson 4 -- the Pythagorean theoremHandout: Always, Sometimes, NeverBeckmann Section 13.3: starting on page 739 #24, #25
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Problem of the Week: The closest pointFind the point on the line y = 3x + 2 that is closest to the point (2, 3). (This doesNOT mean the closest point that has integer coordinates -- you will need to con-sider other points.)
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Definition:The expression |x| (we say ”the absolute value of x”) means the distance, on a number line, betweenthe two numbers x and 0.
101. Explain why the expression |x− a| means the distance between the two numbers x anda.
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102. Make a table of values for the function y = |x|. Figure out how to make your calcu-lator graph this function. Explain the results.
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103. Make a table of values for the function y = |x − 2|. Figure out how to make yourcalculator graph this function. Explain the results.
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104. Make a table of values for the function y = |x + 7|. Figure out how to make yourcalculator graph this function. Explain the results.
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105. Suppose you are driving a constant speed, 60mph, from Chicago to Detroit, about275 miles away. When you are 120 miles from Chicago you pass through Kalamazoo,Michigan. Sketch a graph of your distance from Kalamazoo as a function of time.
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106. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between the two points (1, 3) and(−1, 5).
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107. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find a formula for the distance between the twopoints (c, d) and (a, b).
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108. Explain, in algebraic terms, why the distance formula always gives a non-negativenumber. Explain the difference in meaning for the words "non-negative" and "pos-itive". Explain when the distance formula will be 0.
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Definition:A circle is the set of all points that are equidistance from a fixed point. That fixed point is called thecenter of the circle. The common distance of a point on the circle from the center is called the radiusof the circle.
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109. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find an equation for the circle that has a centerat (2, 3) and a radius of 2.
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You can draw a circle on your graphing calculator in two ways. Using functions, you must enter twofunctions in order to get both the top and the bottom halves of the circle.
110. On your calculator: draw the circle centered at (4, 5) with a radius 5.
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111. On your calculator: draw the graph (x− 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4. What is the center of thiscircle? What is the radius of the circle?
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112. Sketch the graph of the equation. Use a compass to make a good circle. Label thex− and y− intercepts. Graph the equation on the calculator to check your sketch.
a) (x+ 6)2 + y2 = 4 b) (x− 5)2 + (y + 2)2 = 5
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113. Do these problems on a sheet of graph paper. First sketch the circle, then findan equation for the circle. Check your answer by graphing the circle on your cal-culator.
a) Center (2, 2); passes through the origin.
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e) Center (−5, 4); intersects the x−axis in exactly one point.
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f) Center (2,−6); intersects the y−axis in exactly one point.
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h) Endpoints of diameter are (−3, 5) and (7,−5).
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114. Find all points with second coordinate −1 that are 4 units from (2, 3).
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115. Find the point on the circle x2 + y2 = 25 that is closest to the point (1, 3).
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HandoutHughes-Hallett: Section 1.2
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116. For each of these functions, first make a table of values, then use your calcu-lator to graph the function. From the graph check the (x, y) pairs in your table.Finally, for each function figure out for what values of x the expression is areal number.
a) y =√x− 1
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117. Functions may be created in many ways. With your calculator, you can exploremany different functions just by typing a legitimate calculator expression intothe function page (Y =). View the graph with different windows and generate ta-bles to review.
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Review:Workshop Geometry: Unit 1, lesson 2: Pay particular attention to the parts aboutusing grid paper. Come to class with plenty of graph paper
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Problem of the Week: Architectural ArchesSee handout, Discovery Project 4
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Whenever possible, do these problems in three ways: making a table, using a graph and modifying aformula. Use your calculator liberally.
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118. Start with the circle {(x, y) : x2 + y2 = 9}. Translate the circle so that the centeris at (3, 4). Write an equation for the translated circle.
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119. Start with the graph of the absolute value function, {(x, y) : y = |x|}. Trans-late the graph 4 units to the right. What is the formula for the translated func-tion? Can you give a geometric interpretation of this new function in terms ofdistances? Make a table of values for both the original and the translated func-tion.
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120. Start with the graph, {(x, y) : y = |x − 2|}. Translate the graph 4 units to the left.What is the formula for the translated function? Make a table of values for boththe original and the translated function.
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121. Start with the function, {(x, y) : y = |x|}. Translate the graph so that the vertexis at (a, 0). What is the equation of the new function? What is the difference inthe graph if a is positive or negative?
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122. Start with the function, {(x, y) : y = |x|}. Translate the graph so that the vertexis at (0, b). What is the equation of the new function? What is the difference inthe graph if b is positive or negative?
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123. Start with the parabola, {(x, y) : y = x2}. Translate the graph 3 units to the right.What is the formula for the translated function? Make a table of values for both.Explain how the table of values shows the translation.
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124. Start with the parabola, {(x, y) : y = x2}. Translate the graph 2 units to the left.What is the formula for the translated function? Make a table of values for both.Explain how the table of values shows the translation.
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125. Start with the parabola, {(x, y) : y = x2}. Translate the graph 3 units to down. Whatis the formula for the translated function? Make a table of values for both. Ex-plain how the table of values shows the translation.
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126. Start with the parabola, {(x, y) : y = x2}. Translate the graph 3 units to up and 2units to the left. What is the formula for the translated function? Make a tableof values for both. Explain how the table of values shows the translation.
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127. Start with the parabola, {(x, y) : y = x2}. Translate the graph so the vertex of theparabola is now at (2,−4). What is the formula for the translated function? Makea table of values for both. Explain how the table of values shows the transla-tion.
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128. Start with the parabola, {(x, y) : y = x2}. Translate the graph so that the vertexis at (h, k). What is the equation of the new parabola?
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129. Use problem 128 to find the equation of a parabola that has it’s vertex at thepoint (−1, 10).
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130. Find the number c such that the vertex of the parabola y = x2 + 8x + c lies on thex-axis.
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131. Find a formula for a function whose graph is the reflection about the x-axis of{(x, y) : y = x2}. Make a table of values for both. Explain how the table of valuesshows the reflection.
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132. By reflecting and then translating the graph of {(x, y) : y = x2}. Find the formulafor a parabola that turns down and has a vertex at (1, 4).
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133. In the previous problem, what happens if you first translate and then reflect.Do you get the same result?
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134. Find a formula for a function whose graph is a parabola that turns up and has avertex at the point (k, h).
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135. Find a formula for a function whose graph is the reflection about the y-axis of{(x, y) : y = x3}.
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136. Find a formula for a function whose graph is the reflection about the y-axis of{(x, y) : y =
√x− 1}.
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137. A function whose graph is symmetric about the y-axis is called an "even" func-tion. Give two examples of even functions.
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138. The graph of a parabola is obtained from the graph of y = x2 by vertically stretch-ing away from the x-axis by a factor of 2. What is the equation for this parabola?
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139. The graph of a parabola is obtained from the graph of y = x2 by vertically shrink-ing towards the x-axis by a factor of 2. What is the equation for this parabola?
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140. For parabolas, explain why stretching in the y-direction (away from the x-axis)looks like shrinking in the x-direction (towards the y-axis).
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141. Start with a circle, x2+y2 = 1, and stretch it by a factor of 3 in the x-direction.What is the equation of the resulting ellipse?
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142. Start with a circle, x2 + y2 = 1, and stretch it by a factor of 3 in the x-directionand by a factor of 2 in the y-direction. What is the equation of the resulting el-lipse?
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143. Start with f(x) = x2 + 2, then write the rule of a function whose graph is the graphof f but shifted 5 units to the left and 4 units up.
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144. Start with f(x) = x2 + 2, then write the rule of a function whose graph is the graphof f but first shrunk by a factor of 2 towards the y-axis and then shifted 5 unitsto the left and 4 units up. do you get the same resulting function if you shrinkafter the translations?
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145. Start with the line y = 2x. Reflect the graph through the line y = x. Write afunction to graph the reflected line. Repeat for the following lines item y = 3xitem y = 2x + 3. item y = −x + 1. item y = 5x − 2. Make a conjecture about the slopeof the reflected line?
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146. Start with the parabola y = x2. Reflect the graph through the line y = x. Can youwrite a formula for the function this reflected graph?
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147. Explain the graph of the function, f(x) =√x− 1, in terms of a reflection and a
translation.
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148. Start with the parabola y = x2 + 5. Reflect the graph through the line y = x. Canyou write a function to graph this reflection? Can you write two functions thatwill graph this reflection?
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149. Start with the parabola y = −2x2 + 1. Reflect the graph through the line y = x. Canyou write a function to graph this reflection? Can you write two functions thatwill graph this reflection?
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150. Explain the graph of the function, f(x) = 1 +√x− 3, in terms of translations and
a reflection.
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Review:Workshop Geometry: page 203 #6, #7; page 243 #6.
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Problem of the Week: Circle ProblemWorkshop Geometry page 244, #11
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The stretching area principle:If a geometric figure is stretched or shrunk by a factor of r in one direction, then the area increases(decreases) by a factor of r.
The scaling area principle:If an geometric figure is enlarged (or reduced) by a factor of r, then the area increases (decreases) bya factor of r2.
HandoutScaling Area and Streching Area worksheets
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151. Use the stretching area principle to conclude the area of a rectangle, assumingyou know the area of a square.
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152. Explain why the scaling principle is true for a square.
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153. An ellipse is given by an equation of the form:x2
a2+y2
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ments to find a formula for the area of an ellipse.
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154. Use the scaling area principle to explain: The ratio of the areas of two circlesis the ratio of the squares of their radii.
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155. Using the scaling area principle rather than computing areas with formulas, dothe review problems from Workshop Geometry
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156. Get the menu for your favorite pizza place. Figure out a formula for the price oftheir plain cheese, thin crust pizza as a function of the diameter of the pizza.Is the price proportional to the diameter or is it proportional to the area or isthere a combination?
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Your graphing calculator enables you to find the area bounded by the graph of a function, the x-axis,and two vertical lines. Use this feature of your calculator to find the following areas.
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157. Use your calculator to compute the area of a rectangle with dimensions 3X7.
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158. Use your calculator to find the area of a right triangle if the two legs have length5cm and 3cm.
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159. Use the absolute value function on your calculator to find the approximate areaof an equilateral triangle that has sides length 10 inches.
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160. Use your calculator to find the approximate area of a circle that has radius 3centimeters.
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161. Confirm the formula of the area of an ellipse by computing examples with yourcalculator.
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162. Find an approximate the area of a circle by covering the circles with units squaresand counting the squares.
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163. Write a program to approximate the area of a circle that has radius 1 without us-ing the formula for the area of a circle or using the value of π.
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164. How would you modify the program to approximate the area of a circle that has ra-dius r?
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165. Modify your program to approximate the area of the ellipse given byx2
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Check your answer against the formula found in problem 153.
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Review: From Week 1Formula for the sum of squares. Show that
n∑k=1
k2 =16n(n+ 1)(2n− 1)
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Problem of the Week: How Many Squares?There are 64 1x1 squares in this checkerboard. How many squares of all differentsizes can you find in this picture?
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166. Make a guess: what is the area bounded by y = x2, the x-axis and the line x = 1.
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167. Approximate the area bounded by y = x2, the x-axis and the line x = 1 using foursubdivisions of the interval [0, 1] on the x-axis.
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168. Approximate the area bounded by y = x2, the x-axis and the line x = 1 using fivesubdivisions of the interval [0, 1] on the x-axis.
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169. Approximate the area bounded by y = x2, the x-axis and the line x = 1 using sixsubdivisions of the interval [0, 1] on the x-axis.
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170. Find an expression for the area bounded by y = x2, the x-axis and the line x = 1using n subdivisions of the interval [0, 1] on the x-axis.
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Answer these questions and then use your calculator to confirm your answers.
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171. Find the area bounded by y = x2, the x-axis and the line x = 1. In other words,compute
∫ 1
0x2dx.
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172. What is the area under f(x) = x on the interval [0,1]? In other words, compute∫ 1
0xdx
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173. What is the area under f(x) = 1− x2 on the interval [0,1]? In other words, compute∫ 1
0(1− x2)dx
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174. What is the area under f(x) = 1− x2 on the interval [-1,1]? In other words, com-
pute∫ 1
−1(1− x2)dx
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175. What is the area under f(x) = x2 + 3 on the interval [0,1]? In other words, compute∫ 1
0(x2 + 3)dx
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176. What is the area under f(x) = 3x2 on the interval [0,1]? In other words, compute∫ 1
03x2dx
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Answer these questions and then use your calculator to confirm your answers. It will help to firstdraw a careful graph of the function
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177. Compute∫ 3
14x+ 1dx
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178. Compute∫ 1
−1|x|dx
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179. Compute∫ 0
−2(x2 + 2x+ 1)dx
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180. What is the area under f(x) = x2 on the interval [0,4]? In other words, compute∫ 4
0x2dx
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181. Compute∫ 2
0x2dx
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182. What is the area under f(x) = x2 on the interval [0.5,1]? In other words, compute∫ 1
0.5x2dx
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183. Find a formula for∫ x
0t2dt.
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Rules for integrals
If A ≤ C ≤ B, then∫ B
Af(x)dx =
∫ C
Af(x)dx+
∫ B
Cf(x)dx
∫ B
Aaf(x) + bg(x)dx = a
∫ B
Af(x)dx+ b
∫ B
Ag(x)dx
∫ cB
cAf(cx)dx = 1
c
∫ B
Af(x)dx
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Use these rules to do the next few problems.
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184. Evaluate∫ 1
0(x2 + x)dx.
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185. Find a formula for∫ 1
0(ax2 + bx+ c)dx.
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186. Find a formula for∫ B
A(x2 + 3x+ 5)dx.
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187. Using the formulas you developed, compute∫ 2
11− x2dx. Explain why the answer is
negative.
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188. Carefully graph the following functions shade the area(s) indicated by the in-tegral and compute the integral:
a)∫ 0
−1(2x2 + 3x+ 2)dx.
b)∫ 4
0(x2 − 4x+ 3)dx.
c)∫ 1
−1(3x2 − 2x+ 1)dx.
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Problem of the Week: The Marathon TrainerHughes-Halett Section 5.1 #3
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Hughes-Hallett: Section 5.1
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Hughes-Hallett: Section 5.2 – Computing using the definition
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189. Write a program to approximate integrals on your calculator. Test the program onmany integrals.
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Review: From Week 4
190. Confirm that the equation of the line that goes through the point, (a, b) and hasslope m can be written as y = m(x− a) + b.
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191. Find conditions on the coefficients, a, b, and c, so that the equation,ax2 + bx+ c = 0, has exactly one solution.
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Problem of the Week: The Crow’s NestA ship is out on the ocean surrounded by nothing by water. To keep a look out forland and other ships, the captain sends a "hand" up to the crow’s nest, whichis attached high up the tallest mast. How much further can the man see from upthere? Assumptions: The deck of the ship is 20 feet above the water. The crow’snest is 70 feet above the water? (The radius of the Earth is 3960 miles)
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192. Find the best explanation for this fact: The tangent line to a circle is perpen-dicular to a radius of the circle.
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For the following, sketch the circles and the tangent lines before computing. Afterwards, graph thefunction and the tangent line on the calculator to confirm your answers.
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193. Find equations for the lines that are tangent to the circle, x2 + y2 = 1 at thepoints (0, 1), (1, 0),(−1, 0), and (0,−1).
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194. Find an equation for the line that is tangent to the circle, x2 + y2 = 25 at thepoint (3, 4).
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195. Find an equation for the line that is tangent to the circle, x2 + y2 = 4 at thepoint (
√2,−√
2).
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196. Find an equation for the line that is tangent to the circle, (x + 1)2 + (y − 1)2 = 25at the point (2, 5).
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197. When is a triangle inscribed in a circle a right triangle?
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198. Find all the tangent lines to the circle, x2 + y2 = 1, that go through the point(1, 1).
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199. Find all the tangent lines to the circle, x2 + y2 = 1, that go through the point(0, 4).
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200. How far can you see from the SkyDeck viewing area(1353 feet high) of the SearsTower? If you were allowed to stand on the top of the Sears Tower (1454 feet),how much further could you see?
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For the following, use the fact that the tangent line intersects a parabola in only one point to get al-gebraic equations to solve.
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201. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point. Graph boththe function and the tangent line to confirm your answer.
a) y = x2 at (1, 1).
b) y = x2 at (−2, 4).
c) y = 3x2 − 2x+ 1 at (0, 1).
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202. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point. Graph boththe function and the tangent line to confirm your answer. Use transformations tomake it easy
a) y = x2 + 2x+ 1 at (0, 1).
b) y = 3x2 at (1, 3).
c) y = x2 + 1 at (2, 5).
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203. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point. Graph boththe function and the tangent line to confirm your answer. Use transformations tomake it easy
a) y = x2 + 2x at (0, 0).
b) y = 3x2 + 5 at (1, 8).
c) y =√x at (1, 1).
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204. Show that f ′(a) = 2a if f(x) = x2.
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205. Show that f ′(a) = 3a2 if f(x) = x3.
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206. Show that f ′(a) = na(n−1) if f(x) = xn.
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Problem of the Week: Buildling an OdometerHungerford pg 204
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Hughes-Hallett Section 2.1
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Hughes-Hallett Section 2.3
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Problem of the Week: At the beachA swimmer at the beach is 10 feet from shore when he spies the ice cream man onthe shore 20 feet down the shore line (The ice cream man is right on the water’sedge.) To minimize the time to get to the ice cream, should the swimmer swim abee line to the ice cream man or should she first swim to shore and then run alongthe beach? Where exactly should she come ashore? Her speed on land is 8 ft
sec butshe swims half that speed.
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Hungerford, Section 2.4
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Problem of the Week: Filling a parabolaA parabola (in flatland) that is the shape of y = x2 is being filled with water.What is the rate of change of the height of the water when the water is h unitshigh?
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