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Most course materials can be found at the right of the page. If you have a question, please contact me or your TA, directly or by e-mail.

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Announced 3/3/2016: Here is some postings you might find useful:
- Week 9 Newsletter
- Here is a summary and full checklist of all the finals topics from the quarter.
- A Week 9 overview: 4.7, a summary and step-by-step procedure for doing optimization.
- Here are some Overheads from my lecture on optimization.
- Here is a direct link to the Math 124 Final Exam Archive
Announced 2/25/2016:
- Week 8 Newsletter
- Here are the Exam 2 Solutions.
- Here is a General Summary of Max/Min Methods.
- Here is the review of 4.1 and 4.3.
- And review of 4.4 and 4.5.
Announced 2/18/2016: Here is Week 7 Newsletter which contains exam 2 review information.
Announced 2/8/2016: Exam related links:
- Week 6 Newsletter.
- Here is the Derivative Rules Reference Sheet and some Precalculus. (I handed this out in lecture)
- A Random List of Derivatives to Practice from Old Exams (Handed out in quiz section) and here are Written out solutions
- 3.9: Related Rates gives an overview of the approach to related rates problems.
- 3.10: Linear Approximation discusses linear approximation.
- Here are Exam 1 Solutions with Comments.
- Exam 1 reflection survey (opens Tuesday morning): https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/aloveles/293173
  (for completing this survey, I will round up your homework score by an additional 3% at the end of the term)
Announced 2/3/2016:
- Week 5 Newsletter.
- 3.3 and 3.4 Review: Trig Derivative Rules and the Chain Rule Overview.
- 10.2 Review: Derivatives and Parametric Equations.
- Tangent Line Example Problems involving parametric equations.
- 3.5 and 3.6 Review: Implicit Differentiation and Logarithmic Differentiation Overview.
- Overhead of All the Basic Derivative Rules.
Announced 1/27/1016: See the following new postings:
- Week 4 Newsletter
- Exam 1 Review Overheads
- Review of the foundations of derivatives: Reminds you of the main theme so far in this course and includes short reminders of how we found the shortcut derivative rules for power, exponentials, and Sine and Cosine.
- Basic Algebra Skills Needed in Order to Use Derivative Short-cuts.
- Section 3.3 and 3.4 Review
- Applied Practice Problems for Finding Tangent Lines: Try these out, solutions are included.
- Functional Notation Review: This is a review from my precalculus course about how to use functional notation. If you are having mechanical problems writing out f(x+h)-f(x), then read this.
Announced 1/21/2016: See the following new postings:
- Week 3 Newsletter
- overview of 2.7, 2.8, 3.1 and 3.2 which contains some homework strategy suggestions.
- Basic connections between functions and derivatives: This was given to you when you did the 3rd worksheet in quiz section.
- A proof of the limit of sin(x)/x: This is a supplement for your own interest. We will use this limit next Wednesday in class. You don't need to know this proof, but you do need to know the value of this limit.
- Now that we have finished the discussion of the all the basic limit ideas, here are some things to help you review:
  - A basic graphical review of the key graphs and limits: you must know these. In this sheet, I also mention how we use the sin(x)/x limits (which will come up next week).
  - A brief summary and flowchart of limit strategies: This is a reposted, I already put this up last week.
  - 30 Limit Problems Randomly Selected From Old Midterm Exams: Attempt these on your own for more practice.
  - Solution to the 30 Randomly Selected Old Midterm Limit Problems: Only look at these AFTER you have attempted the practice on your own.
Announced 1/15/2016: Check out these postings:
- Week 2 Newsletter
- Week 2 review: Brief overview of 2.3, 2.5, and 2.6.
- Limit Strategies: A summary of our limit strategies.
- Continuity Practice Problems: Solutions included
Announced 1/6/2016: Check out my first group of review postings:
- Week 1 Newsletter
- 10.1, 2.1, 2.2 Overview: Contains a quick summaries of the key facts and definitions of the first week.
- Precalc Review for First week: The first page contains a summary of all the key solving facts (at the bottom is a full example of how to solve the trig problem sin(x) = 0.4). The bottom of the second page discusses circular motion.
- Longer Precalc Review: A longer review that I give to my precalc students.
- Unit Circle and Trig Review: This is a trig review sheet with the unit circle (this come directly from my precalculus course that I teach).
- Parametric Equations Intro: A general intro to parametric equations.
- Here is a parametric equation introduction from our departments precalculus book:
  Part 1 of parametric intro (circular motion) and Part 2 of parametric intro (linear motion)
- If you are having trouble with the applied problems from the homework in the first two weeks, then another good source for examples is to look at old precalculus exams. Here is the precalculus archive of exams which will contain lots of examples of applied precalculus problems: Precalculus Test Archive. Let me point out a few particular problems:
  - For an example of uniform (parametric) linear motion, see problem 7 from the winter 2015 final or check out problem 1 from this old midterm Dr. Loveless old precalculus midterm.
  - For an exmaple of uniform (parametric) circular motion, see problem 5 from an old Dr. Loveless precalculus midterm or problem 4 from another Dr. Loveless old precalculus midterm or problem 2 from Another old midterm.
  - If you want a reminder of how to work with lines and circles (like you do in the golf problem in the homework and elsewhere), then check out these old precalculus tests: problem 1 from this test old Dr. Loveless precalc test or problem 2 from this old precalc test.
Announced 1/1/2016: Welcome to Math 124. This webpage contains the course syllabus, the homework schedule, a course calendar and links to Math 124 material. Throughout the quarter I will be posting numerous review sheets and announcements. Please check back regularly.

Some notes about the first week of the quarter:
- You will complete a worksheet in quiz section on Tuesday of this week. You are responsible for bringing a copy of the worksheet (For this week, get the "Circles and Lines" which is part of week 1) to quiz section. See the "Math 124 materials website" link on the right-hand sidebar for this and all subsequent worksheets (or go to the calendar). Worksheets count toward the "participation" portion of your grade. Also, here is a link that contains all the worksheets in one file.
- All students must have access to Webassign in order to do the homework. The access you purchase for Math 124 will also work for 125, 126, and 324 (only one code needed for these four courses since they all use the same book). For information on how to purchase access, follow the link below and read carefully: Webassign Purchasing and Log-In Instructions.
- Note: UW students need to use a special login page for webassign. (You can log-in for free as part of the two week trial period even if you haven't puchased webassign yet. So everyone has access to the homework on the first day of class.): https://www.webassign.net/washington/login.html.

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