MA 141-008

Final Exam Summary

Fall 2010

The nal is on Monday, December 13 from 1-4 pm in our usual classroom. This exam is cumulative. It will cover material from all 4 tests and section 5.7. You can use the entire 3 hours for your exam if you like, but I anticipate that most of you will not take the whole time. The Mathematics Multimedia Center is closed on reading and exam days. I will not be holding my usual oce hours after the last week of classes. Instead, my oce hours will be the following: Tuesday, December 7 from 1:00-2:30 Friday, December 10 from 11:00-12:30 Monday, December 13 from 10:15-12:15 If you have conicts during my oce hours but would like to meet with me, contact me via email to set up a time to meet. The exam will be scored out of 200 points. This will be converted to a percentage out of 100 and this percentage is the score that will be posted on WebAssign/used to calculate your grade. Many of you have 5 or fewer absences and will receive 10 bonus percentage points on your nal exam. Again, these are percentage points, not points out of the 200 possible on the exam. When grades are posted on WebAssign, they will not reect this bonus. This summary is only intended to give you some guidance and shouldnt be the only thing you look at. To study for the nal, it is a good idea to retake all old tests and quizzes and go over all notes. Make sure you can work the examples in the notes without looking. Redo WebAssign and suggested homework problems, especially in sections where you had trouble. Trigonometry You are expected to know the six trig functions and the values they take for angle measures of 0, , , , , etc. Also know the corresponding inverse trig functions and their values. You are 6 4 3 2 expected to go ahead and evaluate these trig and inverse trig functions on the exam. Appendix B, 1.5, 1.6 These sections are review and will not be directly tested on the exam. However, you are still expected to know the basic concepts from these sections since they show up later. (Equations of lines, properties of logs and exponents, graphs, etc.) 1.7 Parametric Curves Sketch curves indicating direction of increasing t, identify curves by eliminating the parameter (nding Cartesian equation), describe motion of particle (does it go around once? twice? counterclockwise?) 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 4.5 Limits and Continuity You should be able to evaluate limits graphically and analytically/algebraically (direct substitution, manipulation to be able to use direct substitution, squeeze theorem, etc.). This includes limits at innity and limits that go to innity as well as one sided limits. As on the previous test, you should know the limit laws, but you wont have to list them or identify them by number. There will also be 1

MA 141-008

Final Exam Summary

Fall 2010

problems involving LHospitals Rule. I wont tell you which these are, so you will have to identify when and how to use LHospitals Rule, including stating the appropriate indeterminate form. Also know the limit denition of continuity and be able to explain why a function is continuous or discontinuous at a point. 2.1, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1-3.4, 3.6, 3.7 Derivatives Know the relationship between tangent lines and secant lines and between instantaneous velocity and average velocity. Know the limit denition of derivative and what it means for a function to be dierentiable (or not dierentiable) at a point. We covered a lot of rules for dierentiation and you should be able to identify when and how to use each one. 3.5, 3.7 Other Ways to Dierentiate Be able to dierentiate implicitly. Know how to use the chain rule to dierentiate terms with y in them. Be able to use logarithmic dierentiation to make a function easier to dierentiate. 2.8, 4.2, 4.3 Curve Sketching and Relationship Between f, f , f Know the denitions, theorems, and tests from the handout. Know how to nd critical numbers, absolute maximums/minimums over a closed interval, and the steps to use to sketch a curve. You could be asked to look at a graph to nd where it has local/absolute maximums/minimums, is increasing/decreasing, is concave up or concave down, etc. You could also be given the function and expected to nd these things. You do not have to identify the tests used by name, but this may help you with partial credit if you make a mistake. 3.9 Linear Approximations and 4.7 Newtons Method Know the formula to get the linear approximation/linearization (really just rewriting usual equation for a tangent line) and how to use the formula. Know the formula for and how to apply Newtons Method. Know what both of these methods mean and when and why you would use them. 4.1, 4.6 Related Rates and Optimization Related rates and optimization problems will be covered on the test. You will be expected to draw pictures, identify variables, use correct units, etc. You should know how to use the pythagorean theorem/similar triangles and/or formulas for spheres, cones, cylinders, cubes, rectangular boxes. Also be comfortable with area and perimeter of rectangles, circles, triangles and the formula for the distance between two points on a graph. 4.8, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6 Integration Know what antiderivatives, denite integrals, and indenite integrals are and how to calculate (including by using geometry and/or properties of denite integrals). You will have integrals (denite and/or indenite) that require substitution and some that require integration by parts. You will have to determine which technique to use for each problem. If given some conditions in an antiderivative/indenite integral problem, be able to solve for constants. Remember the relationship between acceleration, velocity, and position and have an understanding of the meaning of the Net Change Theorem.

MA 141-008

Final Exam Summary

Fall 2010

5.1 Areas and Distances Understand how (and why) rectangles are used to approximate area. Know what it means to use left endpoints, right endpoints and midpoints. What happens if we draw more and more rectangles? 5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus The big message from this section is that integration and dierentiation are inverse processes. Be x able to calculate values of and dierentiate functions that look like g(x) = a f (t)dt. Know and be able to apply the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. 5.7 Additional Techniques of Integration This section, though not tested on any previous test, will be included on the nal. As with integration by parts and substitution, I typically will not tell you which technique to use on which integral. Included in this section are trigonometric integrals (using identities to manipulate the integrand before integrating), trigonometric substitution (getting rid of square roots by making a substitution of a trig function), and partial fractions. You should know the identities given in class for the trigonometric integrals. For trigonometric substitution, I will give you the rst two columns of the chart from Mondays class at the top of the test. For partial fractions, I will ask you to do a complete problem and may also ask you to just set up the decomposition without solving for A, B, C. Also included in this section is long division. I will not ask you to do long division and partial fractions in the same problem, but you should know how to do both.