MA 242 - Calculus II

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Course Information:

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Final Exam Scores and Course Grades for MA 242 Spring 2018

Supplemental Instruction Schedule
Calculus II Assignments
Homework Schedule
Course Syllabus
Embry-Riddle Final Exam Schedule - Spring 2018
Office Hours and Class Schedule - E. Jacobs

Course Statistics

Score distribution on Exam 1
Score distribution on Exam 2
Score distribution on Exam 3
Score distribution on Exam 4

Course Notes

Review of exponentials and logs
Exponential growth/decay problems
Inverse functions
The maximum viewing angle problem
Rational functions and the long division algorithm
Trigonometric integrals
The catenary problem
The pursuit curve problem
Pursuit curve - Solution
Free fall video
The skydiver problem
Integrals yielding inverse trig and inverse hyperbolics
The tractrix problem
The disk method animated
Disk method examples
Tumor growth problem
Arc length
The chemical reaction rate problem
Partial fractions theorems
Integral of 1/(1+x^3)
Rectangular vs. trapezoidal approximation of integrals
l'Hospital's Rule
Introduction to infinite series
Use of geometric series to approximate ln(x)
Use of geometric series to approximate integrals
Convergence tests
Power series approximation of the number "e"
Plot of partial sums of exp(x) power series
Power series approximation of area under the bell curve
Taylor series for sin(x)