Calculus for Phys./Life Sciences 2

Final Exam

Tuesday, May 6, 2:30 - 5:30 pm


The final exam is CUMULATIVE, that is, it covers all the material from the first day of class onwards. Approximately 17-20% will cover material from Chapter 11. This is sections 11.1 - 11.4. You should go over homework problems as well as your class notes. Many of the problems and questions we discuss in class are excellent examples of test questions.

I have listed some sample problems from the Chapter 11 Review below. For questions from other chapters, see previous exam review sheets. (Ch. 6, 7.1, 7.2 -> Exam 1, Ch. 7, 8.1, 8.2 -> Exam 2, 8.3, 8.4, Chs. 9 and 10 -> Exam 3.) To give you some good conceptual questions to work on, I have listed some sample problems from the Chapter 8, 9, 10 and 11 "Check Your Understanding" sections. It is also a good idea to go over your previous exams. The exam will be designed to take two hours although you will have the full 3 hours.

Note: You will be allowed one "cheat sheet" 8.5 x 11 piece of paper, front and back, full of whatever formulas, graphs, etc. you wish. You will be given a scientific calculator for the exam which does NOT have graphing capabilities so be prepared to answer questions without your personal calculator or computer. The only numerical computations required will be the kind a scientific calculator can perform.

Exam Review: We will review for the exam Sunday, May 4, 7:00 - 8:30 pm in Swords 359. Please come prepared with specific questions.

List of Topics By Chapter

Chapter 8 "Check Your Understanding", pp. 401
Problems:   1, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 23

The answers to the evens are:
8.   FALSE
12.   FALSE

Chapter 9 "Check Your Understanding", pp. 431
Problems:   6, 7, 11, 22, 23, 24

The answers to the evens are:
6.   FALSE
22.   TRUE
23.   FALSE
24.   FALSE

Chapter 10 "Check Your Understanding", pp. 473-474
Problems:   1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 19

The answers to the evens are:
8.   TRUE

Chapter 11 review, pp. 552-553
Problems:   3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 19, 31, 35

Note: For #35, the set up is dy/dt = k(350-y) where y(t) is the temperature of the roast at time t measured in hours. Solve the differential equation first and then use the information given to find k. Finally, calculate the time when the roast reaches a temperature of 140.

Chapter 11 "Check Your Understanding", pp. 555-556
Problems:   3, 5, 8, 9, 34, 37

The answers to the evens are:
8.   FALSE
34.   dy/dx = f(x), with f(x) a positive, increasing, differentiable function