Math 1121: Applied Calculus I

Spring 2024

General Information

Class meetings Section 03: TF 11:00-12:15 Bannow 138 Section 04: TF 2:00-3:15 Bannow 138

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: TF 10-11, W 9-11
All office hours are in my office, or on Zoom. Zoom link: https://fairfield.zoom.us/j/5514910533

Textbook: Calculus with Applications by Lial, Greenwell, Ritchey, 11^th or 12^th edition

Final Exam: Section 03: Tuesday May 7, 11:30AM Section 04: Tuesday May 7, 3:00PM

Important files

Syllabus (PDF)
Mastery Topics Checklist (revised) (PDF)

Exams & Homeworks

1/23: Homework #1 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 3.1 #3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 32, 33, 35, 36, 42
12th edition textbook:
Section 3.1 #9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 40, 41, 43, 44, 50
Professor's answers PDF
1/30: Homework #2 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 3.1 #43-52, 89 ("interpret" means write a few words explaining what the answer means in terms of the word problem)
Section 3.2 #2, 6, 7, 10, 21bc, 23bc, 37, 39 (for 37 and 39, just write a formula for the function, don't do their questions), 41ab
Section 3.3 #2, 5, 27a, 28ab, 31a, 40ab
12th edition textbook:
Section 3.1 #53-62, 97 ("interpret" means write a few words explaining what the answer means in terms of the word problem)
Section 3.2 #6, 9, 15, 18, 33bc, 35bc, 49, 51 (for 49 and 51, just write a formula for the function, don't do their questions), 53ab
Section 3.3 #6, 9, 31a, 32ab, 35a, 44ab
Professor's answers PDF
2/6: Homework #3 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 3.3 #10, 12, 15, 17, 27c
12th edition textbook:
Section 3.3 #14, 16, 19, 21, 31c
Professor's answers PDF
2/13: Homework #4 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 3.4 #13, 14, 49, 50 (for this section, use the definition of the derivative)
Section 4.1 #4, 7, 13, 34, 38, 58, 60, 72 (for this section, you should use the tricks from class on 2/9)
Also these extra problems
12th edition textbook:
Secton 3.4 #13, 14, 53, 54 (for this section, use the definition of the derivative)
Section 4.1 #10, 13, 19, 40, 44, 64, 66, 78 (for this section, you should use the tricks from class on 2/9)
Also these extra problems
Professor's answers PDF
2/16: Exam #1: Exam 1 answers (11:00 section)
Exam 1 answers (2:00 section)
2/27: Homework #5 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 4.2 #1, 7, 12, 23, 25, 28, 45, 52a
12th edition textbook:
Section 4.2 #5, 11, 16, 27, 29, 32, 53, 60a
Professor's answers PDF
3/12: Homework #6 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 4.3 #22, 23, 30, 33, 39, 49, 56, 64
Section 4.4 #4, 12, 19, 24, 27, 32, 33, 45
Section 2.5 #2, 8, 14, 17, 22, 58, 60, 89
12 edition textbook:
Section 4.3 #28, 29, 36, 39, 45, 55, 62, 70
Section 4.4 #5, 20, 27, 32, 35, 40, 41, 59
Section 2.5 #6, 12, 18, 21, 26, 62, 64, 93
Professor's answers PDF
3/19: Homework #7 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 4.5 #4, 8, 9, 11, 16, 21, 33, 36, 39, 64ab
Section 5.1 #5, 6, 14, 15, 20, 24, 31, 32
12th edition textbook:
Section 4.5 #8, 12, 13, 15, 20, 25, 37, 40, 43, 78ab
Section 5.1 #9, 10, 18, 19, 24, 28, 39, 40
Professor's answers PDF
3/22: Exam #2: Exam #2 review problems (with answers)
Exam 2 new ones answers (11:00 section)
Exam 2 old ones answers (11:00 section)
Exam 2 new ones answers (2:00 section)
Exam 2 old ones answers (2:00 section)
3/26: Homework #8 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 5.2 #2, 6, 13, 14, 17, 19, 57
Section 5.3 #3, 7, 14, 16, 29, 31
12th edition textbook:
Section 5.2 #6, 10, 17, 18, 23, 25, 65
Section 5.3 #9, 13, 20, 22, 35, 37
Professor's answers PDF
4/9: Homework #9 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 5.3 #38, 39, 41, 61, 63, 89
Section 5.4 #4, 6, 8, 9 (for all these, just graph the function- show enough work so that I know how you did it)
Section 6.1 #12, 14, 17, 42, 53
Section 7.1 #9, 15, 21, 25, 30, 31, 33, 37, 42
12th edition textbook:
Section 5.3 #44, 47, 49, 69, 70, 97
Section 5.4 #8, 10, 12, 13 (for all these, just graph the function- show enough work so that I know how you did it)
Section 6.1 #16, 18, 21, 46, 57
Section 7.1 #13, 19, 25, 29, 34, 35, 37, 41, 46
Professor's answers PDF
4/16: Homework #10 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 7.1 #45 ("fixed cost" means "cost of 0 items), 51, 58, 60, 66, 67
Section 7.2 #7, 10, 14, 17, 20, 29
12th edition textbook:
Section 7.1 #49 ("fixed cost" means "cost of 0 items), 55, 62, 64, 70, 71
Section 7.2 #13, 16, 20, 23, 26, 35
Professor's answers PDF
4/23: Homework #11 due: 11th edition textbook:
Section 7.3 #6abd, 9abd, 11abd, 25, 26, 30, 39
Section 7.6 #3ab, 6ab, 23, 32
12th edition textbook:
Section 7.3 #10abd, 13abd, 15abd, 29, 30, 34, 43
Section 7.6 #7ab, 9ab, 27, 36
Professor's answers PDF
4/26: Exam #3: Exam #3 (new ones) review problems with answers
Exam 3 new ones answers (11:00 section)
Exam 3 old ones answers (11:00 section)
Exam 3 new ones answers (2:00 section)
Exam 3 old ones answers (2:00 section)
4/29: Homework #12 due (optional): 11th edition textbook:
Section 7.4 #3, 6, 10, 15, 17, 20
12th edition textbook:
Section 7.4 #7, 10, 14, 19, 21, 24
Professor's answers PDF
5/7: Final Exam: Section 03: 11:30AM
Section 04: 3:00PM

Class recordings

Here is a YouTube playlist