Math 251 Exam 2 Fall 2008

Ross's Lecture

Oct. 24, Usual room and time

Subject %(approx) Sections Typical Problems
Basic derivative(s) - Free from Gateway 30% 3.1
Differentiation - definition, formulas etc 15% 3.1,3.2 p169/59-63

p234/13,16,102

Continuity (def, theory - including Bolzano, IVT) 15% 2.5 p146/45-50,62
Higher derivatives, chain rule

(Also: limits of expressions involving trig functions)

15% 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8 p185/41, 55

p234/1-3,7-9,11,61,65,67

p192/11, 25, 49, 58, 65, 68, 69

p209/12, 21, 25, 33, 55

Implicit differentiation 10% 3.6 p198/16, 17, 40, 41
Rates and related rates 10% 3.3, 3.10 p178/10

p219/look at all of them!

Vectors, parametrics, etc 5% 3.7, 3.9 p203/21; find r'(t) for problems 5, 8

p214/9, 15, 21

Approximations, linearization 5% 3.11 (handout) p236/94, 95 (use handout approach)

You can definitely expect problems of the following form:

While you should understand Bolzano's Thm and the IVT, I will not require you to reproduce the proofs on this exam. Possibly next one...