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For Wednesday, please turn in solutions to these exercises
Section 3.4: 9, 11, 15, and 31.

Also, read section 4.4 of the text.

Read sections 4.1 and 4.2. Exercises to prepare for the next quiz (possibly on Friday): page 251, #11, 17, 19, 25.

  • Homework to hand in: Section 2.2, exercises #26, 30; Section 2.3, exercises 6, 8.

  • Homework to do, but not to hand in: Section 2.3, exercise 9, 13, 20

  • Read through section 2.3 of the text, skip section 2.4 and read section 3.1.

    • Homework to hand in: Section 1.5, exercise #14.

    • Homework to do, but not to hand in: Section 1.5, exercises 15, 17, 18

    • Read through section 2.1 of the text. (If you want, skip the topic “cubic modeling,” from the end of section 1.5. You won’t be responsible for that material.

    Finish reading Section 1.3 of the text.

    Try the following exercises (not-for-a-grade homework): p. 53: #3, 4, 13, 15, 23

    Read: Textbook sections 1.1-1.3

    Write up and turn in on Friday: Exercises from section 1.2, pages 36-40: #4, #10, #18(*)
    * For #18, add e. For what range of years is this model plausible, and why?

    Additional recommended exercises to study:
    Section 1.2, pages 36-40, Exercises 3, 7, 14, 17, 23, 27.