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Math 125, Spring 2004

Calculus 1

Writing Assignments




Give brief but clear answers to the questions below. Click on this link to send me an email with your answers. Make sure to type 'Calculus Assignment' and the date in the subject line.


For Monday, May 3

Section 1.33: Related Rates
More Word Problems!!!
  1. Look up the formulas for the volume and surface area of a sphere and comment on their relationship.
  2. Suppose you know how fast the radius of a sphere is changing. How would you determine how fast the surface area was growing? How fast the volume was changing?
  3. What rule is being used in these calculations? (Finish the sentence: The change in volume with respect to time equals the change in volume with respect to radius times...)



For Wednesday, May 5

Section 1.23: Definition of a limit (NOTE: OUT OF ORDER)
  1. We have used terms like 'limit as x approaches c of f(x)' in class up to now. Explain how this section gives us a formal definition of the word 'approaches'
  2. What can be done to best help you review for the final?

You may download a copy of the practice final here. This is the final from last semester

Web evaluations are coming up, to fill out an evaluation please go to https://secureserver.whitman.edu/evals

Click on this link to send me an email with your answers. Make sure to type 'Calculus Assignment' and the date in the subject line.

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