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Honors Precalculus 1/20/12-2/6/12
#69 1/4/12 Day 1; In class: pp. 217-218: 1-2; Read 6.1; p. 218: 1, 3, 12
Coordinate Proofs; Journal: How are the streets of DC like a coordinate grid?
#70 1/5/12 Day 2; In class: p. 222: 1-9; Read 6.2; p. 222: 2, 6, 9, 12, 14, 18, 24, 29, 40
Equations of circles
#71 1/6/12 Day 3; pp. 223-224: 41, 42; Read 6.3; p. 228: 2, 5, 8, 13, 14, 18, 25
Equations of ellipses
#72 1/9/12 Day 4; p. 228: 4, 7, 15, 20, 26, 27
#73 1/10/12 Day 5; Study for Quiz; p. 219: 14; p. 223: 32; p. 230: 34
#74 1/11/12 Day 6; Quiz today on 6.1-6.3; p. 230: 35, 36; Read 6.4; p. 235: 1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 19, 22
Equations of hyperbolas
#75 1/12/12 Day 7; p. 237: 40, 41, 43; Read 6.5; p. 240: 5, 8, 11, 17, 26
Parabolas
Journal: What do the standard equations of circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas have in common?
#76 1/13/12 Assembly; p. 241: 30; Read 6.6; p. 245: 9, 13, 15, 23; p. 253: 1-6
Systems of Second Degree Equations
#77 1/17/12 Day 8; Chapter 6 review; p. 253: 7-12
Journal: Summarize the important concepts in Chapter 6
#78 1/18/12 Day 1; Review Chapter 6
#79 1/19/12 Day 2; Test Chapter 6; Read 7.1; p. 261: 2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 26, 32
Measurements of Angles; Journal: Explain why the “radian” is a dimensionless unit.
#80 1/20/12 Day 3; Read 7.2; p. 264: 1, 4, 10, 16, 17, 20; Sectors of Circles
#81 1/23/12 Day 4; Read 7.3; p. 272: 2, 6, 7, 10, 12, 17, 19, 29a, 33, 36, 40, 41
The Sine and Cosine Functions; Journal: Describe the inputs and outputs to the sine and cosine functions in terms of
the unit circle.
#82 1/24/12 Day 5; Read 7.4; p. 279: 3, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 21, 26, 29
Evaluating and Graphing Sine and Cosine
#83 1/25/12 Assembly; Read 7.5; p. 285: 2, 5, 8, 12, 13, 16, 21a, 25
The Other Trigonometric Functions;
Journal: Describe how the graph of the secant function is related to the graph of the cosine function. What is the
value of the secant when the output from the cosine function is 1? Suppose an angle in the first quadrant approaches
/2 radians. What value does the cosine function get close to? How about the secant function?
#84 1/26/12 Day 6; Quiz today; Read 7.6; p. 289: 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 15, 20, 23, 27
The Inverse Trigonometric Functions; Journal: Explain why arcsin(2) does not exist, while arctangent(2) does.
#85 1/27/12 Day 7; Chapter 7 review; p. 293: 1-12
#86 1/30/12 Day 8; Chapter 7 Worksheet; Study for test
#87 1/31/12 Day 1; Study Chapter 7
#88 2/1/12 Day 2; Test Chapter 7; Read 8.1; p. 299: 2, 5, 10, 15, 18, 20, 31, 34
#89 2/2/12 Day 3; Catch-up day
#90 2/3/12 Day 4; Read 8.2; p. 305: 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 27
Journal: In chemistry, why is the table of the elements called a Periodic Table?
#91 2/6/12 Day 5; Read 8.3; p. 313: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 19
Journal: The tides at Point Lookout, MD are periodic. Why? What is the amplitude of the tides?
#92 2/7/12 Day 6; Read 8.4; p. 321: 3, 6, 11, 16, 21, 24, 30, 31, 33, 40
Journal: Why is the identity sin 2    cos2    1called a Pythagorean Identity?
#93 2/8/12 Day 7; pp. 321-322: 10, 14, 20, 28, 32, 34
#94 2/9/12 Assembly; Read 8.5; p. 326: 1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 17, 20, 25
Journal: What do I need to concentrate on when preparing for the chapter 8 test?
#95 2/10/12 Day 8; Quiz today; pp. 326-327:6, 8, 10, 18, 24, 28
#96 2/13/12 Day 1; Review Ch 8; Do chapter test pp. 328-329
#97 2/14/12 Day 2; Ch 8 Review Problems
#98 2/15/12 Day 3; Read 9.1; p. 334: 4, 8, 14, 17, 23, 28, 39
Solving Right Triangles
Journal: Explain how the circular definitions of the sine, cosine, and tangent functions are consistent with the right
triangle definitions.
#99 2/16/12 Day 4; Study Chapter 8;
#100 2/21/12 Day 5; Test Chapter 8; Read 9.2; p. 342: 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 20, 22
The Area of a Triangle
Journal: What did I learn as the result of taking the Chapter 8 test that I did not know before?
#101 2/22/12 Assembly; Day 3; p. 343: 23; Read 9.3; p. 347: 2, 4, 8, 13, 18, 22
Law of Sines;
Journal: Explain how the area formula for a triangle from section 9.2 is used to derive the Law of Sines.
#102 2/23/12 Day 6; p. 349: 24; Read 9.4; p. 352: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18
Law of Cosines
Journal: Why is it not enough to have a Law of Sines? Why do we need a Law of Cosines, too?
#103 2/24/12 Day 7; Study for Quiz, Read 9.5; p. 362: 6, 7, 12, 14, 16;
Applications
#104 2/27/12 Day 8; p. 365: 1-5
#105 2/28/12 Day 1; p. 355: 2, 5, 9, 11, 15, 19
#106 2/29/12 Day 2; p. 362: 6, 7, 11, 14, 15
#107 3/1/12 Day 3; Journals are due
#108 3/2/12 Day 4; Review, Handout
#109 3/5/12 Day 5; STUDY
#110 3/6/12 Day 6; Chapter 9 Test
Honors Precalculus 3/7/12-4/17/12
#111 3/7/12 Day 7; Read 10.1; p. 373: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 14, 26, 29
Addition formulas for sine and cosine
sin  a  b   sin  a  cos b   cos  a  sin b  ; sin  a  b   sin  a  cos b   cos  a  sin b 
cos  a  b   cos  a  cos  b   sin  a  sin b  ; cos  a  b   cos  a  cos b   sin  a  sin b 
#112 3/8/12 Early Dismissal Day; Read 10.2; p. 377: 1, 6, 8, 12, 18, 25; p. 374: 42
tan  a   tan  b 
tan  a   tan  b 
tan  a  b  
; tan  a  b  
1  tan  a  tan  b 
1  tan  a  tan  b 
#113 3/9/12 Day 8; p. 378: 24, 26; Read 10.3; p. 383: 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 17, 22
Double-Angle and Half-Angle Formulas
sin  2a   2sin  a  cos  a  ;cos  2a   cos2  a   sin 2  a   2cos2  a  1  1  2sin 2  a 
2 tan  a 
1
1
; sin 2  a   1  cos  2a   ;cos 2  a   1  cos  2a  
2
1  tan  a 
2
2
#114 3/12/12 Day 1; Work on handout in class, study for Quiz; p. 384: 16, 26a, 28, 31, 32, 39, 49
#115 3/13/12 Day 2; Quiz; Read 10.4; p. 389: 1, 3, 9, 12, 17, 21, 23, 28, 38, 40
Solving (Still More) Trigonometric Equations
#116 3/14/12 Assembly; p. 393: 1-11
#117 3/15/12 Day 3; Chapter 10 review problems
#118 3/19/12 Day 4: Test Chapter 10; Read 11.1; p. 400: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 17
Polar Coordinates and Graphs
#119 3/20//12 Day 5: p. 401: 24, 25, 29, 31; Read 11.2; p. 406: 3-18 multiples of 3
Geometric Representation of Complex Numbers
#120 3/21/12 Day 6: pp. 406-7: 26-31
#121 3/22/12 Day 7: Read 11.3; p. 410: 3-12 multiples of 3; Study for quiz
Powers of Complex Numbers
#122 3/23/12 Day 8; Quiz today; p. 410: 5, 8, 10, 11, 14;
#123 4/10/12 Day 1; Read 11.4; p. 413: 1, 3, 5, 9 Chapter 11 test on Day 6, April 17
Roots of Complex Numbers
#124 4/11/12 Day 2: Same as assignment #123: Read 11.4; p. 413: 1, 3, 5, 9; Chapter 11 test on Day 6, April 17
Roots of Complex Numbers
#125 4/12/12 Day 3: p. 414: 11, 14; p. 415: 1, 2a, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
#126 4/13/12 Day 4; Study Chapter 11: Study Guide
#127 4/16/12 Day 5; Study Chapter 11
#128 4/17/12 Day 6; Chapter 11 Test
tan  2a  