Session 2 Assignments, Chapter 1 Sections 1 through 5

At the end of this lesson, you, as a successful student, will be able to understand and to use in activities

When you finish this lesson, you will complete the Discussion Requirement requirement below.

Slope of a line  

At the end of this session you will be able to

  1. In your textbook, read Section 1.2 from page 10 through the third paragraph at the top of page 11.
  2. If you have not done it, now study the notes for slope of a line in the Session 2 notes. 
  3. On page 16 of your textbook, practice 1 and 3 and practice finding slope in 9 and 11. Check your answers in the back of the book before going on.

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Equation of a Line

At the end of this session you will be able to

  1. In your textbook, read Section 1.2 from top of page 11 through page 12, being able to do Examples 2, 3, and 4 without looking at the textbook solutions.
  2. If you have not done it, now study notes for equation of the line in the Session 2 notes. 
  3. On page 16 of your textbook, practice 13, 17, 19,. 21, 27, 29, and 31 . Check your answers in the back of the book before going on.

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Concept of Functions

At the end of this session you will be able to

  1. In your textbook, study Section 1.3, pages 19 through 25, making sure that you understand all examples and can work them without looking at the textbook solutions.
  2. If you still are not clear about functions and if you are at MyMathLab, then close this window and click on "1.3 Functions and Their Graphs".  The two video lectures give a nice overview of functions. If you are not at MyMathLab.com (CourseCompass), go to login MyMathLab.com and click on "Chapter Contents" in the left margin.  Then click on "Sessions 2 and 3: Chapter 1: Preliminaries" and on "1.3 Functions and Their Graphs". 
  3. In your textbook, study Section 1.4, pages 28 through 35, making sure that you understand Examples 1 and 2 and can work them without looking at the textbook solutions.
  4. In your textbook, study Section 1.5, pages 40 through 41, making sure that you understand Examples 2 and 3 and can work them without looking at the textbook solutions.
  5. If you have not done it, now, study notes for concept of a function in the Session 2 notes. 
  6. On page 26 of your textbook, practice 1, 5, 7, 15, and 23. Check your answers in the back of the book before going on.
  7. On page 37 of your textbook, practice 3, 5, 7, 19, 21, and 23. Check your answers in the back of the book before going on.
  8. On page 45 of your textbook, practice 5(c), and 5(d). Check your answers in the back of the book before going on.

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Discussion Board

In this course we are using (Group Pages) instead of the regular (Discussion Board), as you learned in Session 1, for posting solutions to your problems. 

If you are at MyMathLab (CourseCompass), then close this window.  If you are not at MyMathLab, then login into your course at coursecompass.com. 

Click on the (Communications) button at the left, click on the (Groups Pages) button, click the underlined group, click on Group Discussion Board, and then click on the "Solutions" discussion forum.   Click on the "Equations and Functions" thread and post your solution to one of the problems listed below.  Select a problem another student has not yet answered.  In your posting, give a complete solution and/ or explanation of how you obtained your answer.  In the subject line of your posting, give the page and problem number.

You are expected to locate errors in any of the other postings.  If you are the first to see the error, then you are to help your classmate correct his/her posting.  Class participation and helping others is part of this course.  Therefore, you who consistently are quick to help your classmates correct errors will receive extra credit for class participation.

Page 16: Number 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30 or 32.  (NOTE: In question 32, describe the equation.  In your description, include the coordinates of both the x-intercept and y-intercept and the coordinates of two other points.  Is the graph increasing or decreasing?)

Page 26: Number 8 or both 2 and 4.  (NOTE: For square root, your can write sqrt (  ).  Also, for square roots and cube roots, you can use fractional exponents (1/2) and (1/3), respectfully.   Remember that from your previous mathematics?)

Page 45: Number both 5(e) and 5(f) or both 6(c) and 6(d)  (NOTE: For square root, your can write sqrt (  ).  Also, for square roots and cube roots, you can use fractional exponents (1/2) and (1/3), respectfully. )

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