Cheryl Jaeger Balm

MATH 42 - Trigonometric Functions

Call Number	Schedule ID	Location
40984	MATH-042-09	MCC-12

MTWThF 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
5 Units

Course Syllabus

Syllabus is in downloadable PDF

Homework Assignments

HW list for 2nd ed. and HW list for 3rd ed. are in downloadable PDF (updated June 14)

Final Exam Review Materials

Schedule for Math 42 - Spring 2016

Subject to change (dates in red are past and are not subject to change):

Date	Sections covered / activities	What's due
Week 1 M 4/4	Introduction (start 4.1)
T 4/5	Angles (cont. 4.1)
W 4/6	Angles and applications (cont. 4.1)
Th 4/7	Right triangle trig (finish 4.1, start 4.3)
F 4/8	Quiz 1 (4.1) Common angles (cont. 4.3)	4.1 HW (CP due Mon)
Week 2 M 4/11	Using right triangles (cont. 4.3)	4.1 Challenge Problems
T 4/12	Right triangle applications; The unit circle (finish 4.3, start 4.2) Unit circle handout
W 4/13	Unit circle trig functions (finish 4.2) Solutions to a couple exercises
Th 4/14	General trig functions (start 4.4)	4.3 HW due
F 4/15	Quiz 2 (4.2, 4.3) Reference angles (cont. 4.4)	4.2 HW (CP due Mon)
Week 3 M 4/18	Graph of sin(x) (finish 4.4, start 4.5)	4.2 Challenge Problems
T 4/19	Graph of cos(x) (cont. 4.5) Trig functions handout
W 4/20	Trig graphs (finish 4.5, start 4.6) Exam 1 review	4.4 HW due
Th 4/21	More trig graphs (finish 4.6)
F 4/22	Quiz 3 (4.4, 4.5)	4.5 HW due
Week 4 M 4/25	Review	4.6(a) HW due
T 4/26	EXAM 1 (4.1 - 4.6(a))
W 4/27	arcsin(x) and arccos(x) (start 4.7)
Th 4/28	Inverse trig functions (finish 4.7)
F 4/29	Quiz 4 (4.7)	4.7 HW (CP due Mon)
Week 5 M 5/2	Applications of trig functions (4.6, 4.8)	4.7 Challenge Problems
T 5/3	Fundamental trig identities (start 5.1)
W 5/4	Factoring trig expressions (finish 5.1)	4.6(b) & 4.8 HW due (please staple together)
Th 5/5	Verifying trig equations (5.2)
F 5/6	Quiz 5 (4.8, 4.6(b), 5.1) Solving trig equations (start 5.3)	5.1 HW due
Week 6 M 5/9	General solutions to trig equations (cont. 5.3) Start Project 1: Directions, build instructions and handout	5.2 HW due
T 5/10	Trig solutions for multiple angles (cont. 5.3) Exam 2 review Course evaluations
W 5/11	Solving trig equations (cont. 5.3)
Th 5/12	5.3 HW questions
F 5/13	Quiz 6 (5.3) Sum and difference formulas (start 5.4)	5.3 HW due
Week 7 M 5/16	Review
T 5/17	EXAM 2 (4.6(b) - 4.8, 5.1 - 5.3)
W 5/18	Sum and difference formulas (cont. 5.4)
Th 5/19	Sum and difference and double angle formulas (finish 5.4, start 5.5(a))
F 5/20	Quiz 7 (5.4) Double and half angle formulas (cont. 5.5(a))	5.4 HW (CP due Mon)
Week 8 M 5/23	More trig formulas (finish 5.5(a), start 5.5(b))	5.4 Challenge Problems
T 5/24	More trig formulas (cont. 5.5(b))	Project 1 due
W 5/25	Law of Sines (finish 5.5(b), start 6.1)	5.5(a) HW due
Th 5/26	Law of Sines (cont. 6.1)
F 5/27	Quiz 8 (5.5) Law of Sines (cont. 6.1)	5.5(b) HW due
Week 9 M 5/30	No Class
T 5/31	Law of Cosines (finish 6.1, start 6.2) Start Project 2
W 6/1	Law of Cosines (finish 6.2)
Th 6/2	Vectors (start 6.3)	6.1 HW due
F 6/3	Quiz 9 (6.1, 6.2) Vectors (cont. 6.3)	6.2 HW due
Week 10 M 6/6	Unit vectors (finish 6.3) Don't forget to turn in your Project 1 Peer Evaluation
T 6/7	Dot product (start 6.4)
W 6/8	Orthogonal vectors and projections (finish 6.4)	6.3 HW due
Th 6/9	Complex numbers (start 6.5) Exam 3 review	Project 2 due
F 6/10	Quiz 10 (6.3, 6.4) Complex numbers (cont. 6.5)	6.4 HW due
Week 11 M 6/13	Complex number (finish 6.5) Review
T 6/14	EXAM 3 (5.4, 5.5, 6.1-6.5)	6.5 HW due
W 6/15	Polar coordinates (10.7)
Th 6/16	Polar equations (10.8) Quiz 11 - Take home quiz (10.7)
F 6/17	Review	Quiz 11 10.7-10.8 HW due
M 6/20 11:30- 1:30	FINAL EXAM (4.1 - 4.8, 5.1 - 5.5, 6.1-6.5, 10.7, 10.8)