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Math 1060-3, Fall 2013: Trigonometry

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Exam and quiz information:

Answer keys: (link)

The Final Exam will be given in class 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM on Thursday, Dec 19th. No calculator is allowed. It will be closed-notes, closed-book, etc.

Exam 3 will be given in class on Friday, Nov 22nd. The exam is closed-notes and closed-book. You will need a scientific calculator (not a graphing calculator, symbolic calculator, iPod, etc.).

Exam 2 will given in class on Friday, Oct 25th. The exam is closed-notes and closed-book. No technology is allowed. Some hand outs that we have used in class are:

Exam 1 will given in class on Friday, Sept 20th. The exam is closed-notes and closed-book. No technology is allowed. You will be given a blank unit circle as reference—an example is linked below. The identities that we have discussed thus far in class are the Pythagorean, reciprocal, even–odd, and quotient identities.

Tentative schedule and suggested problems:

Note: This schedule is tentative and WILL change as the semester progresses.

Week #

Section

Title

Suggested problems

1 – Aug 26

4.1

Radian and degree measures

1–45 odd

4.2

Trig functions, the unit circle

1–39 odd

2*

4.3

Right triangle trigonometry

1–27 odd

3 – Sep 9

4.4

Trig functions of any angle

1–49 odd

4.5

Graphs of sine and cosine function

1–63 every other odd (eoo)

4**

4.6

Graphs of other trig functions

Review for exam #1

1–21 odd

5 – Sep 23

1.9

Review of inverse functions

1–25 odd

4.7

Inverse trig functions

1–17, 41–59 odd

6

4.1

Linear and angular velocity

63, 65, 69

4.8

Applications and models

1–17 odd

7 – Oct 7

5.1

Using fundamental identities

1–25 odd

5.2

Verifying trig identities

1–27 odd

FALL BREAK

8** – Oct 21

5.3

Solving trig equations

Review for exam #2

11–33 odd

9

5.4

Sum and difference formulas

7–37 eoo

5.5

Multiple–angle and product–to–sum formulas

1–23, 37–43 odd

10 – Nov 4

6.1

Law of sines

1–43 eoo

6.2

Law of cosines

1–43 eoo

11

6.3

Vectors in the plane

1–77 eoo

6.4

Vectors and dot products

1–55 eoo

12** – Nov 18

Applications

Review for exam #3

TBA

13*

6.5

Trigonometric form of complex numbers

1–83 eoo

14 – Dec 2

10.7

Polar coordinates

1–33, 43–59, 71–101 eoo

10.8

Graphs of polar equations

7–37 odd

15

Comparing vectors, complex numbers, polar coordinates

Review for final

Worksheet

Practice final

FINALS

Final exam 12/19 at 10:30 AM

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