Math 121 B
Spring 2006
Exam 3 Review
Disclaimer: I have attempted to be comprehensive in the
following, but important items may have been omitted by mistake. If
you see such an omission, please let me know, but you are responsible
for all of the lecture material to date.
The third hour exam for Math 121 will be held on Friday, March 31, and
will cover section 3.3 through section 3.8 of the textbook. In particular, be prepared
to:
- Be able to take the derivatives of trigonometric, exponential and
logarithmic functions.
- Be able to solve rate of change problems, including "word problems".
- State the chain rule and apply it to differentiation problems.
- Use implicit differentiation, including (but not limited to), the
calculation of functions implicitly defined by an equation, the calculation
of inverse functions (including the inverse trigonometric functions), and
the use of logarithmic differentiation
- Be able to approximate functions using differentials
- Be able to give approximate solutions to problems using the method of
bisection and the Newton-Raphson technique.
Any questions? Please ask!