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Today we reviewed the Midterm Study Guide to start out with. OB explained what the exam will look like (25 multiple choice questions), and when it will be (2nd period Tuesday). Logically, we should have 3 minutes per question, and 5 extra minutes. We'll have Chapter 1, 2, and, as well as Section 9.1-9.3 which we just worked on. We'll have calculator for some portions, and some without. OB explained how the answer sheet will work. We'll have to rank the questions, in order for which we think is most likely. We'll get 8 points for a first choice being correct, 4 points for a second choice being correct, 2 for a third, 1 for a fourth, and none for a 5th. Hopefully, we should have at least a point on every question, meaning that we were able to identify which one was wrong every time.
OB gave us problems that we can use to review for the mid-term. We can bring in one 3x5 card, with anything we want to use, except for examples with actual problems in them, and they have to be in our own handwriting. We can also get extra points from out cards if we are on the 'border' or changing our grade higher. We then calculated fake grades, with Q1=85, Q2=83, and Exam=69, with a semester grade of 79, etc...
After we played around with our imaginary grades, we got our Homework, which is our "Sequences & Series Practice" Sheet. All we have to do is do the Sheet, and the homework at the bottom for next class. We reviewed questions 19, 29, 53, 57, 79, 63, 77, 73, 83, and 89 from last class's homework. Most of this was review, but we introduced another factor to a previous equation. When we are dealing with, we have to include, If .
Otherwise we should use .
We also got the formulas that we need for the midterm:
Arithmetic Sequence Formulas:
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and .

Geometric Sequence Formulas:
,
,
and .

Next Time's Scribe is Nathan.