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 \textbf{Tips for Studying for Math 126 Exam II}
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The exam is Thursday, November 9, 8:00--9:15 a.m. It is designed to be
done in an hour. Make sure you know what room your exam is in.

The exam will cover Sections 7.2--7.4, 7.6 and 8.1--8.7.

Calculators will be allowed. However, you must show all your work
and all important steps on each problem. You will get no credit 
for just writing down an answer you find on your calculator.
We have chosen the exam problems carefully to test your knowledge
and understanding of the topics we have studied, not to test your
ability to press buttons on a calculator.


 The ``Questions to Guide Your Review'' at the end of each chapter
of Thomas and Finney do an excellent job of giving you a review of what
the basic concepts are. The one for chapter 7 is on page 606 and the
one for chapter 8 is on page~699. If you don't have time to look at all
the questions, try to look at p.606: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 and p.699:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,~22.

A good strategy for practicing computation is to go back through the
homework problems and work problems similar to those assigned. At the end
of each chapter in Thomas and Finney, there are ``Practice Exercises''
and ``Additional Exercises---Theory, Examples." Begin by studying
the material, to make sure you have everything at your finger tips.
Then work an assortment of the odd-numbered problems. You might at
least try to look at p.608: 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 137, 141, 147 and
p.700: 1, 3, 5, 17, 19, 23, 25--39~odd.

We have covered lots of topics. On an exam designed to take an hour,
we cannot possibly ask you a question about each topic.

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