Calculus I Math 250 Patrick Staley

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Calculus IMath 250 Patrick Staley
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Agenda

• Student Biographical Info
• Attendance
• Instructor Biographical Info
• Syllabus and Website
• Calculus Overview
• Preliminaries
• Crashers

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Student Biographical Info

• Name (pronunciation)
• Major
• Occupation or Career Goal
• Feelings about Mathematics
• Any special information for instructor

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Patrick Staley

• Major interestsdigital photography, dancing, web
  stuff, computer simulations, problem solving with
  mathematics, statistics
• Careermathematics teacher, application of
  computers to navigation, aircraft design, risk
  assessment, digital images, etc
• Attitudelike math, biology, learning

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Syllabus Discussion
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Calculus Overview

• Falling body problem/slope of a line
• Area (volume) problem/area under a curve
• The Duality
• Newton and Leibniz claims

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First Assignment

• Buy the Text book
• Read Preparation (pages 1-26)
• Acquire TI-84/83/86/85 calculator
• Review Trig Basics
• Do assigned problems pages 37-38
• Prepare for a Quiz on P1-P3 and Trig

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Crashers

• Name ID number on the crash list
• Lottery number (1-10) on the crash list