Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Wednesday, December 17

College Algebra - We completed the group portion of the final exam. No class on Thursday; Individual final exam on Friday.

Accl. Geometry - We continued reviewing for the individual portion of the final exam. No HW for Thursday; 1:00 Exam on Friday at 12:00 and 2:00 Exam on Thursday at 1:40.

Tuesday, December 16

College Algebra - We finished our Sec. 5.6 - 5.8 quiz and began working on the group final. No HW for Wednesday.

Accl. Geometry - We finished the partner portion of the final exam and began reviewing for the individual portion. of the final exam. No HW for Wednesday.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Monday, December 15

College Algebra - We began taking our quiz over Sec. 5.6 - 5.8. No HW for Tuesday.

Note: We will complete the Ch. 5 quiz on Tuesday and then begin the group portion of the final exam in class. Students will have at least the second half of class on Tuesday and all of the class period on Wednesday to complete the group portion of the final. Students will work in groups of 3 and will be able to use their text and all of their notes on this portions, which will account for 20% of the final exam grade.

Note: Each student will complete an individual portion of the final exam during the assigned exam period on Friday. Students should bring their calculator and may bring a one-page handwritten sheet of notes (8.5 x 11 piece of paper). This portion of the final will account for 80% of the final exam grade.

Accl. Geometry - We worked on the partner portion of our final exam.

Note: Each pair of students will be given two class periods in which to complete the partner portion. Students will work in groups of 2 and will be able to use their text and all of their notes on this portions, which will account for 20% of the final exam grade.

Note: Each student will complete an individual portion of the final exam during the assigned exam period on Friday. Students should bring their calculator and may bring a one-page handwritten sheet of notes (8.5 x 11 piece of paper). This portion of the final will account for 80% of the final exam grade.

Friday, December 12

College Algebra - We reviewed Sec. 5.6 - 5.8 in preparation for Monday's quiz over these same sections. HW for Monday - Complete Sec. 5.6 - 5.8 review worksheet.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed Ch. 7 and began preparing for the partner phase of our final exam. No HW for Monday.

Thursday, December 11

We had a substitute in both classes today.

College Algebra - We reviews Sec. 5.6 - 5.8. HW for Friday: Pg. 338 #45 - 48 and #51 - 58.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed Sec. 7. 3. HW for Friday -

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Wednesday, December 10

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 5.8 - using the law of cosines. No HW for Thursday.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed the algebra content that was assigned on Monday - graphing linear equations and solving systems of equations. HW for Thursday - Complete the algebra review worksheets distributed in class.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Tuesday, December 9

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 5.7 - the ambiguous case of SSA. HW for Wednesday - Complete pg. 324 #11 - 16 all and #20 - 28 even.

Accl. Geometry - We worked through Sec. 7.2 -properties of isometries. HW for Wednesday - Read Sec. 7.2 and complete pgs 380 - 382 #1 - 12 and #15 - 18.

HW answers from Monday - pgs 372 - 375
1) Rigid; reflected but the size and shape do not change
2) Nonrigid; the shape achanges
3) Nonrigid; the shape stays the same but the size changes

4) Reflect --> "flip" the figure over the given line
If the given line is the y-axis, then every point (x, y) maps onto the point (-x, y)

5) Rotate --> "spin" the figure around the given point
If the given point is the origin, then every point (x, y) maps onto the point (-x, -y).

6) Translate --> "slide" the figure in the direction of the given arrow
If the given vector is horizontal and has a length of 3 units, then every point (x, y) maps onto the point (x+3, y).

7) exapmle - a boat moving acorss a lake
8) example - a ferris wheel
9a) example - fold the paer so the the two images match up; crease the paper along this fold; the crease is the reflection line
9b) example - creat a segment that connects two corresponding points (one from each figure) and the construct the perpendicular bisector of this segment
10a) example - extend the three horizontal segments onto the other side of the reflection line, measure the distance form the reflection line to various critical points in the orignal figure and then locate the images of these points on the horizontal lines on the other side of the reflection line
10b) shaded square is now in the lower right, the shaded circle is now in the lower left, and the shaded triangle is located to the right of the center line

11) the circle should face due left, the pie shape should face the upper right, and the equal sign should face the lower right
12) 1 reflection
13) 4 reflections and 4 rotations
14) 1 reflection

19) P(-a, b); Q(-a, -b); R(a, -b)
16), 17), 18), and 20 - We will discuss the other problems in class tomorrow.


pg 289-290
1) - 3) - we will discuss in class tomorrow
4) y = -x + 2
5) y = -(6/13)x + (74/13)
6) y = x + 1
7) y = -3x + 5
8) y = (2/5)x - (8/5)
9) y = 80 + 4x
10) y = -3x + 26
11) y = -(1/4)x - 3
12) y = (6/5)x
13) y = x + 1
14) y = -(2/9)x + (43/9)


Pg 348
1) (-0.5, 3)
2) (-3, -3)
3) (0.4, 3)
4) (7, -2)
5) infinite solutions
6) no solution
9a) Plan A: y = 4x + 20 and Plan B: y = 7x; x = 6 hr 40 min and y = $46.67
9b) The point of intersection shows where the two plans have the same cost
9c) Plan B; $50 will get you 75 hours with Plan A

Monday, December 8, 2008

Monday, December 8

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 5.6 - the Law of Sines. HW for Tuesday - pg. 316 #12 - 22 even and #25.

Accl. Geometry - We completed the Ch. 4 test and began working on Sec. 7.1. HW for Tuesday - pg. 372 - 375 #1 - 4 and #16 - 20. Additionally, the following algebra review problems were assigned: pgs 289 - 290 #1 - 14 and pg 348 - 349 #1 - 6 and #9.

Friday, December 5

College Algebra - We completed a quiz covering Sec. 5.2, 5.4, and 5.5. HW for Monday - Complete the Take Home portion of the quiz.

Accl. Geometry - We completed the Ch. 4 Test in class. No HW for Monday.

Thursday, December 4

College Algebra - We reviewed for tomorrow's quiz covering Sec. 5.2, 5.4, and 5.5. HW for Friday - pgs. 336 - 337 # 23 - 26 and #37 - 44 and pgs A34 - A35 extra practice problems for Lesson 5.2, Lesson 5.4 and Lesson 5.5.

Accl. Geometry - We reviewed for tomorrow's Chapter 4 test. No HW for Friday.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Wednesday, December 3

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 5.5. HW for Thursday - Pgs. 309 - 310 #22 - 40.

Note: We will take a quiz on Friday covering Sec. 5.2, 5.4 - 5.5.

Accl. Geometry - We discussed the HL Thm for proving 2 triangles are congruent. HW for Thursday - complete worksheet packet.

Note: We will take a test on Friday covering Ch. 4.

Tuesday, December 2

College Algebra - We discussed Sec. 5.4. HW for Wednesday - Pg. 288 #14 - 22 and pg. 302 #5 - 8; #10 - 20.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our discussion of proving congruent triangles. HW for Wednesday - Complete review packet.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Monday, December 1

College Algebra - We discussed basic right triangle trig relationships. HW for Tuesday - Sec. 5.2 #5 - 8 and #10 - 13.

Accl. Geometry - We continued our work with congruent triangles. HW for Tuesday - complete proof packet and Sec. 4.6 #1 - 11 and #13 - 15.