Math 1050-2: College Algebra
TH 7:30-9:30 p.m., WEB 1250
Instructor: Noelle Conforti
Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (LCB 318)
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00 p.m. - 7:25 p.m. (group session for homework and other questions) (WEB 1250)
I am also available by appointment any time my schedule is clear
Syllabus

Notes:

I truly enjoyed teaching you all this semester, you were a great class. Best of luck in the future! Feel free to email me if you ever want suggestions on math instructors or classes.
I am happy to go over your final exam with you if you wish or you can just pick it up. I will keep them until the end of fall semester. The best time to pick them up is during my new fall office hours. You can view them by clicking on the my schedule link above.
I corrected some errors in the final exam review questions: E1 #1a, E1 #3a, and E2 #6 (they are correct in the version withOUT the graphs below).
E1 #1a: (4y²z⁸)/(x⁸)
E1 #3a: 6*sqrt(10)
E2 #6: (8/25)+(19/25)i

I have put together some information about overcoming test anxiety and test taking strategies. You can read it here.

Exams (these dates will NOT change):
Exam 1: Thursday, June 5 (Appendix A and Chapter 1) (Review Guide) (Review Questions) (Review Answers)
Exam 2: Tuesday, July 1 (Chapters 2 and 3) (Review Guide) (Review Questions) (Review Answers)
Exam 3: Tuesday, July 22 (Chapters 7-9) (Review Guide) (Review Questions) (Review Answers)

Comprehensive Final (Appendix A, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9): Thursday, July 31, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
(Review Guide) (Review Questions) (Review Answers)
The above scan of the answers with the graph turned out pretty bad, here are the answers without the graphs in case you can't clearly read an answer: Review Answers without graphs

Quizzes (these dates will NOT change):
Quiz 0: Thursday, May 15 (Key)
Quiz 1: Thursday, May 22 (Key)
Quiz 2: Thursday, May 29 (Key)
Quiz 3: Tuesday, June 17 (Key)
Quiz 4: Tuesday, June 24 (Key)
Quiz 5: Tuesday, July 8 (Key)
Quiz 6: Tuesday, July 15 (KeyA and KeyB)

*If you were not in class to pick up a graded quiz, you can get them at my LCB 318 office hours and at the in class question sessions before an exam.

Homework Problems:

Appendix A:
*There are more assigned problems in the appendix than there will be in most later sections. It is very important to solidify your background in basic algebra, so I strongly suggest you work all of these problems. Because this chapter is review, most of the problems should not take much time to complete.

Section A.1: #1-5 odd, 11-59 odd, 73-103 odd
Section A.2: #1-11 odd, 17-43 odd, 51-55 odd, 61-81 odd, 87-97 odd
Section A.3: #1-21 odd, 29-83 every other odd, 85-121 odd, 131-151 odd, 159-185 odd
Section A.4: #1-27 odd, 31, 35-53 odd, 55-59 odd, 67, 71
Section A.5: #1-23 odd, 27-43 odd, 49-63 odd, 69-115 odd, 153-161 odd, 171-183 odd
Section A.6: #1-29 odd, 37-41 odd, 45-59 odd, 75, 77, 79
Section A.7 #1-37 odd, 43-51 odd

Chapter 1:

Section 1.1: #1-19 odd, 23-37 odd, 47, 51, 55, 61

Section 1.2: #1-19 odd, 25-41 odd, 57, 59, 65, 67
Section 1.3: #1-25 odd, 29-47 odd, 51, 53, 61, 65-75 odd, 79, 81
Section 1.4: #1-9 odd, 13-85 odd
Section 1.5: #1-23 odd, 31-37 odd, 55-83 odd
Section 1.6: #1-7 odd, 29-49 odd, 53-59ab odd
Section 1.7: #1-37 odd, 43-53 odd, 65
Section 1.8: #5-27 odd, 31-51 odd

Section 1.9: #1-31 odd, 39-77 odd

*The problems in brackets (ie: [85, 91]) are challenge questions (just for fun) to get you thinking about math in a more advanced way.

Chapter 2:

Section 2.1: #1-8 all, 9-27 odd, 37-55 odd, 65, 67, 69, 75, 77, 79, 81 [89, 91, 93] (Handout)

Section 2.2: #1-8 all, 9-21 odd, 27a,b-41a,b odd, 47-79 odd, 89a,b, 92a,b, [99, 101]
Section 2.3: #1, 5-63 odd (no e part), 69, 71, 75, 77, [83]
Section 2.4: #1-85 odd, [87, 89, 91]
Section 2.5: #1-27 odd, 37-71 odd, 79-97 odd, 99-102 all, 103, 105, [113, 115]
Section 2.6: #1-11 odd, 13-16 all, 17-45 odd, 51-63 odd, 69, 71, 75, [81]

Chapter 3:
*In this chapter you may want a calculator to simplify your answers completely to check with the back of the book. On quizzes and exams you will only be asked to simplify your answer as much as possible without a calculator

Section 3.1: #7-10 all, 17-21 odd, 45-52 all, use a calculator to complete: 27, 29, 31, 53, 55, 57, 59, [73, 75]
Section 3.2: #1-21 odd, 27-37 odd, 39-44 all, 45-59 odd, 65-71 odd, 79-85 odd, [91, 93]
Section 3.3: #1-7 odd, 9-15 odd (do not evaluate), 17-79 odd, [87, 91, 93]
Section 3.4: #1-65 odd, 75-101 odd, [119-122]
Section 3.5: #1-6 all, 7-17 odd, 25-31 odd, 37, 39, 41, 49a,b, 51, 63, [67, 69]

Chapter 7:

Section 7.1: #1-37 odd (not 33), 49-59 odd, 63, 69a, 73, 75, [80,82]
Section 7.2: #1-23 odd, 31-34 all, 35-41 odd, 45, 47, 51a, [65, 67, 71]
Section 7.3: #1-9 odd, 13-37 odd, [79, 81]
Section 7.4: #1-4 all, 15-43 odd, [59, 61]

Chapter 8:

Section 8.1: #1-17 odd, 29-35 odd, 43-69 odd, [93,94, 99]
Section 8.2: #5-17 odd, 23-33 odd, 41-49 odd (no need to check on graphing utility), [71, 73, 75, 79]

Section 8.3: #1-25 odd, 39-49 odd, 53-59 odd, [73, 75]
Section 8.4: #1-15 odd, 23-45 odd, 61-67 odd, 69, 71, 75, [85, 86]

Chapter 9:

Section 9.1: #1-25 odd, 37-49 odd, 59-83 odd, 89-93 odd, 99-105 odd, [115, 121]]
Section 9.2: #1-47 odd, 57-73 odd, [97, 101]
Section 9.3: #1-41 odd, 53-91 odd, [121, 122]
Section 9.5: #1-9 odd, 15-33 odd, 59 [81, 87]