• Exam 1 This past Friday. Solutions click here . Chapters 1 and 2 thru 2.5, Maple: DEplot, dsolve, and plot. (Well, and Maple as a calculator. But you could use your own calculator instead, if you were Maplephobic.)
  • 308 hwk week 4:

    p. 98 # 1, 2, 6 (incidentally, a dangerous level), 10, 11, 15, 23 [is this unrealistic?]

    p 106 # 1 (can the lady sue?), 2, (can the gentleman sue for warm beer trauma?), 5 (had the air temperature in Tampa changed during the past several hours? How much could this have affected the answer? Try using numerical solution and making different assumptions about the morning's temperature history.) Also, normal body temperature varies from one person to the next, and from hour to hour. Had the person been exercising, their body temp would have been elevated one or more degrees. How much could this have affected the answer? Forensics is difficult. 6, 9, 12, 16

    p 114 # 2, 4, 8, 24, 25.

  • The falling parachutist and terminal velocity with nonlinear wind resistance.
  • The codfish equation .
  • The dangling slinky .
  • Students: Your work, with commentary and additional challenges: fish , thin air , and something new to think about, the shuttle launch . house on a nice day .