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Weeks 14 - 16 our tutor, Mamadou Seck, will be available at Blackboard Collaborate on Thursdays, 5 pm - 9pm during the Spring break! https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/8b16b63c84024cda8bcf4ed46b003bd3 If you want to dial in: +1-571-392-7650 PIN: 5410048113 Note that the tutor is working one-on-one. I was told that it is the best to schedule the meetings with him through Starfish (although not necessary) . Updated office hours: Tuesdays, 4 pm - 5 pm and Fridays, 11 am - 12 pm All your grades are and will be available at Google Sheets |
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05/14 Thursday |
Review / Preparing for the
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05/13 Wednesday |
Review / Preparing for the
Final Exam, Chapter 3 ( I added two more problems, so there are 11 problems now) |
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05/11 Monday |
No online meeting. Day to take a test for extra points towards the Midterm Exam grade. I will be available a our Zoom meeting if you get any questions. Midterm Exam Extra Points Test 1 will be available at WeBWorK starting from 9:55 am till 12:00 pm sharp, on Monday. The test is timed at 60 minutes, so make sure to allocate yourself 60 minutes. If you start late, it will be stopped at 12pm! Test 1 is 22 points total. Midterm Exam Extra Points Test 2 will be available at WeBWorK on Tuesday, starting from 7:00 am till 7:00 pm sharp. The test is timed at 60 minutes, so make sure to allocate yourself 60 minutes. Test 2 is 18 points total. |
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05/07 Thursday |
Review / Preparing for the Final Exam, Chapter 2 Working on problems 1-5 (~35 mins) Working on problem 6 (~ 21 mins) Working on problem 7 ( ~ 16.5 mins) Working on problem 8-9 (~ 23.5 mins) Working on problem 10 (~ 37 mins) - too long, excluded from the review and the final exam Working on problem 11 (~ 12 mins) Working on problem 12: part 1 (~ 9.5 mins) and part 2 (~ 2 mins) - my computer was glitching. I had to stop the recording and then continue. Working on problem 13-14 (~ 12 mins) Working on problem 15 (~ 12 mins) |
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05/06 Wednesday |
Review / Preparing for the Final Exam, Chapter 1 Recording of the meeting |
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05/04 Monday |
We will finish covering Section 4.5 Recording of the meeting Lecture slides: MTH31Section4-5.pdf Some announcements: 1) Our Final Exam will be on two days: Wednesday, May 20th and Thursday, May 21st (the days are corrected from Monday and Wednesday). 1.5 hours each + extra time due to the "online version" ("extra time" to be determined closer to the exams). So allocate the time slots 10-12 on Wednesday and Thursday for MTH 31 Final Exam. If you have any problems with the times, let me know, in advance. If everything will be well with WeBWorK, then we will have it there. 2) The WeBWorK used to have some issues with some of the problems starting yesterday, but now (3:20pm) it is unavailable at all! As of 6 pm, WeBWorK is back and running! Let's wait for the reply from the IT, then I will send an e-mail out. 3) On Thursday I will give all the information about our Midterm Exam Extra Points tests |
Quiz 17 - Section 4.5 (due date: Friday, 05/15, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
04/30 Thursday |
Few more examples for the applications from Section 4.4(no videos as I think it is not necessary here): MTH31Section4-4moreExamples.pdf |
Quiz 16 - Section 4.4 (due date: Wednesday, 05/13, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
04/29 Wednesday |
We will start covering Section 4.4 Video Recording Lecture slides: MTH31Section4-4.pdf |
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04/27 Monday |
We will finish covering Section 4.3 Lecture slides: MTH31Section4-3.pdf Video recording: https://youtu.be/Fnxp6Yjn-0A Two more examples with solutions: MTH31Section4-3MoreExamples.pdf Video: https://youtu.be/rVjQU5oKOgM |
Quiz 15 - Section 4.3 (due date: Monday, 05/11, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
Week 13 our tutor, Mamadou Seck, will be available at Blackboard Collaborate on Thursdays, 5 pm - 9pm during the Spring break! https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/8b16b63c84024cda8bcf4ed46b003bd3 If you want to dial in: +1-571-392-7650 PIN: 5410048113 Note that the tutor is working one-on-one. I was told that it is the best to schedule the meetings with him through Starfish (although not necessary) . My office hours: Mondays, 2 pm - 3 pm and Tuesdays, 1pm - 2pm All your grades are and will be available at Google Sheets |
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04/23 | We will cover Section 4.3 Lecture slides: MTH31Section4-3.pdf We will not have an online meeting today. Instead I will post the videos to watch. Video materials: part 1: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (part 1) : only the theorem and two examples (~9 mins) part 2: the proof of the first part of the theorem (~16 mins) part 3: two more examples - they will be given after we cover the second part of the FTC |
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04/22 | We will continue covering Section 4.2 Lecture slides: MTH31Section4-2.pdf Video recording link: https://youtu.be/t3IJMdp7G50 |
Quiz 14-Section4.2 (due date: Wednesday, 05/06, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
04/20 | We will begin covering Section 4.2 Lecture slides: MTH31Section4-2.pdf Video recording: https://youtu.be/HfLTVYmo2Mo |
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Week 12 our tutor, Mamadou Seck, will be available at Blackboard Collaborate on Thursdays, 5 pm - 9pm during the Spring break! https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/8b16b63c84024cda8bcf4ed46b003bd3 If you want to dial in: +1-571-392-7650 PIN: 5410048113 Note that the tutor is working one-on-one. I was told that it is the best to schedule the meetings with him through Starfish (although not necessary) . My office hours: Mondays, 2 pm - 3 pm and Tuesdays, 1pm - 2pm |
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04/16 | We will not have an online meeting today. Instead, I will post two videos for you to watch. We will meet online on Monday and if you have any question about the material from the videos, you will have the opportunity to ask them. One more example for the area under the curve (~ 22 mins): https://youtu.be/FmM_Es5X-i0 Distance (~ 20 mins): https://youtu.be/XClWPgGPpPI |
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04/15 | We will cover Section 4.1 Lecture slides: MTH31Section4-1.pdf Video recording link: https://youtu.be/uj24MKa21fk |
Quiz 13-Section4.1 (due date: Friday, 05/01, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
04/13 | Review of Chapter 3 Lecture slides: MTH31Chapter3Review.pdf Video recording: https://youtu.be/LKro8Gcuczo |
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Week 11 our tutor, Mamadou Seck, will be available at Blackboard Collaborate on Thursdays, 5 pm - 9pm during the Spring break! https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/8b16b63c84024cda8bcf4ed46b003bd3 If you want to dial in: +1-571-392-7650 PIN: 5410048113 Note that the tutor is working one-on-one. I was told that it is the best to schedule the meetings with him through Starfish (although not necessary) . My office hours: Mondays, 2 pm - 3 pm and Tuesdays, 1pm - 2pm |
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04/08 - 04/10 Happy Spring Break!
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04/07 |
According to the BCC calendar, Tuesday runs by Wednesday schedule.
However, we will not be meeting. Have a wonderful spring break!
Stay well and safe! |
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04/06 | We will cover Section 3.9 Antiderivatives Lecture slides: MTH31Section3-9.pdf Video recording link: https://youtu.be/Njyozhq9r2U |
Quiz 12-Section3.9 (due date: Monday, 04/27, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
Week 10 our tutor, Mamadou Seck, will be available at Blackboard Collaborate on Thursdays, 5 pm - 9pm https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/8b16b63c84024cda8bcf4ed46b003bd3 If you want to dial in: +1-571-392-7650 PIN: 5410048113 My office hours: Mondays, 2 pm - 3 pm and Tuesdays, 1pm - 2pm |
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04/02 | We will cover Section 3.8 Newton's Method Lecture slides: MTH31Section3-8.pdf Recording of the meeing link: https://youtu.be/1z0xAkAFFpg |
Quiz 11-Section3.8 (due date: Friday, 04/24, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
04/01 | We will cover Section 3.7 Optimization Problems Lecture slides: MTH31Section3-7.pdf Recording of the meeing link: https://youtu.be/unQXT4oWBgY WeBWorK assignment walk though: https://youtu.be/wFgxdUFMixM |
Quiz 10-Section3.7 (due date: Wednesday, 04/22, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
03/30 | We will cover Section 3.5 Summary of Curve Sketching Lecture slides: MTH31Section3-5.pdf If you were not able to attend a meeting, no worries. The recording is posted. The due dates for the homeworks are generous. We didn't cover the last example (with the trigonometric functions) from the slides. I'm going to record it separately and will post here as well. Recording of the meeting: https://youtu.be/aeHAdMFAVF4 |
Quiz 9-Section3.5 (due date: Monday, 04/20, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
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03/26 | We covered Section 3.4 Limits at Infinity. Horizontal Asymptotes. Lecture slides for Section 3.4 Recording of the meeing link: https://us-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/48f72339fd144ac6ba13f4e039e45391 Recording of the last example's overview from Section 3.3 (previous online meeting): https://us-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/d475ed9364664e5e85c78973731394c1 We will continue the online meetings uninterrupted, although CUNY announced the re-callibration period from March 27th till April 1st. If you are not able to attend the meeting, the recording will be available. No worries! All the due dates for the quizzes-homewords have been extended! |
Quiz 8-Section3.4 (due date: Wednesday, 04/15, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK |
03/25 | We covered Section 3.3 How Derivatives Affect the Shape of the Graph Lecture slides for Section 3.3 (updated on March 25th at 6:05 pm) Recording of the meeting: https://us-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/faa66f14f78140bd987574b7c24c73e0 Class Announcement: From now on, the in-class quizzes and homework assignments will be replaced with online quizzes-homeworks at WeBWorK. Each quiz-homework has a due date and must be submitted on time. There are no late submissions possible. Almost each problem has unlimited number of attempts, so you can keep re-submitting the answers until you get it right. Here is a video tutorial on how to use the WeBWorK (~6 mins video) You will be getting instructions on how to login into the WeBWorK via e-mail. |
Quiz 5-Section3.1 (due date: Monday, 03/30, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK - the due date is extended to April 6th Quiz 6-Section3.2 (due date: Monday, 03/30, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK - the due date is extended to April 6th Quiz 7-Section3.3 (due date: Wednesday, 04/01, 11:59pm) see at WeBWorK - the due date is extended to April 8th |
03/23 | Midterm Exam Midterm Exam Questions: If your school id (EMPLID) ends with an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) or 0, this is your midterm exam: MTH31-MidtermExam_v1.pdf If your school id (EMPLID) ends with an even number (2, 4, 6, 8), this is your midterm exam: MTH31-MidtermExam_v2.pdf SHOW ALL YOUR WORK to get full credit. Blackboard Collaborate link (if you have any questions, I'm available online!) Start time: 10 am End Time: 12:30 pm Send all your work (take pictures or scan your work) to my e-mail address: natna20@gmail.com Warning: you must send everything to my e-mail address by 12:30 pm sharp! Warning: you must be well prepared. You will not have time to looks through the notes / homeworks to see how to solve a problem. You only have time to quickly check a step or two, what theorem you applied in a similar problem, what's a definition of the limit, etc. |
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Week 8 - instructional recess for distance-learning preparation March 12 - March 18th |
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03/19 | Video session: Midterm Exam Sample Blackboard Collaborate link: (use it to join the video session) instructions: 1) join the session 5-10 minutes in advance, look around for the tools that are available to you! 2) when you join the session, both microphone(share audio) and camera(share video) are turned off. So if you want to ask the question, make sure you turn the audio on. 3) you can also join these video meetings when you log-in into our Blackboard page. Slides from the meeting: MTH31SampleMidtermExam.pdf Video recordings from our meeting: Comments about the Midterm Exam Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 (I forgot to record this one) Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 (This is a new video, discussing the problem in more details) Question 11 (we didn't have time to work on this problem, the video solutions will be posted shortly) Question 12 (we didn't have time to work on this problem, so here is a video solution) |
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03/13 | Dear All, The classes will resume on Thursday, March 19th in a distance-learning form. Please fill out this Google Form by tomorrow evening, March 14th! During this recess, please prepare for the Midterm Exam! The new date is Monday, March 23rd, the format will be posted. Here are all the materials needed: 1) Sample Midterm Exam will be posted here and on the Midterm Exam and Final Exams page by tomorrow morning! 2) Miderm Exam Review problems are listed on the Midterm Exam and Final Exams page along with some solutions and answers Planned meetings for the next two weeks: Thursday, March 19th, 10 am - 12 pm. Online meeting. I will invite you to Blackboard Collaborate. You don't need to log-in to Blackboard. I will just post a link here. Follow it. If you have any questions about the review problems, this is the moment to ask them! Monday, March 23rd, TIME TBA Midterm Exam, the format will be posted (I'm working on it) All your grades are and will be available at Google Sheets |
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Week 7 Midterm Exam will cover Chapters 1 and 2. The details can be found on Midterm and Final Exams page |
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03/12 | Sample Midterm Exam The class is cancelled. BCC will have a five-day instructional recess March 12-18. The online classes resume on Thursday, March 19th. Meanwhile, 1) check that you are receiving messages from me! (I send them through CUNY First), 2) Here, at Google Sheets I will be putting all the grades. Use the last 4 digits of your school ID (EmployID) to see your scores 3) I'm planning to have live stream lectures at the time of our scheduled classes. More info will be posted. 4) I'm still deciding what to do with the quizzes and midterm exam. |
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03/11 | We covered Section 3.2 The Mean Value Theorem Lecture slides for Section 3.2 |
HW 16 (due date: Wednesday, 03/18) page 220/ 5 (#2 in solutions is similar to it), 14 (#12 in solutions), 16 (#14 in sols), 19, 22 (#20 in sols). |
03/09 | We covered Section 3.1 Maximum and Minimum Values Lecture slides for Section 3.1 |
HW 15 (due date: Wednesday, 03/18) page 211 / 6, 12, 34, 41, 46, 52 Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 3.1 |
Week 6 Midterm Exam will cover Chapters 1 and 2. The details can be found on Midterm and Final Exams page |
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03/05 | Review of Chapters 1 and 2 Some slides for Review, Few problems for Review |
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03/04 | We covered Section 2.9 Linear Approximations and Differentials Lecture slides for Section 2.9 |
HW 14 (due date: Wednesday, 03/11) page 192/ 6, 10, 18, 22, 27 (solutions have #24 - a similar problem) Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.9 |
03/02 | We covered Section 2.8 Related Rates Lecture slides for Section 2.8 |
HW 13 (due date: Monday, 03/09) page 185 / 4, 14 (#12 in solutions), 22 (#20 in solutions) Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.8 |
Week 5 Midterm Exam will cover Chapters 1 and 2. The details can be found on Midterm and Final Exams page |
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02/27 | We covered Section 2.7 Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences Quiz 4 based on Sections 2.2 and 2.3 material (see HW 7, 8) Lecture slides for Section 2.7 Plan for the next few weeks: M, 03/02: Section 2.8 W, 03/04: Section 2.9 Th, 03/05: Review M, 03/09: Chapter 3 topics W, 03/11: Chapter 3 topics Th, 03/12: Sample Midterm Exam M, 03/16: Midterm Exam |
HW 12 (due date: Thursday, 03/05) page 178/ 2, 8, 29 Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.7 |
02/26 | We will cover Section 2.6 Implicit Differentiation Lecture slides for Section 2.6 |
HW 11 (due date: Wednesday, 03/04) page 166/ 2, 7, 14, 26, 31 Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.6, Section 2.6-part2 |
02/24 | We will do a couple of examples for Section 2.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions and will cover Section 2.5 Chain Rule Lecture slides for Section 2.5 |
HW 10 (due date: Monday, 03/02) page 158 / 2, 11, 18, 26 (#36 in solutions), 35, 44, 50, 53, Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.5, Section 2.5 - part 2 |
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02/20 | We will finish covering Section 2.3 and will started to cover Section 2.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions Quiz 3 based on Sections 1.8 and 2.1 material (see HW 4, 5, 6) Lecture slides for Section 2.4 |
HW 9 (due date: Monday, 03/02) page 150/ 6, 13, 22, 28, 32, 44 Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.4 |
02/19 |
We finished covering Section 2.2 and will begin covering Section 2.3 Differentiation Formulas Lecture slides for Section 2.2, Section 2.3 |
HW 8 (due date: Wednesday, 02/26) page 125/ 52 (#46 in solutions) page 140 / 2, 5, 18, 21, 35, 38 (#40 in solutions), 51, 57, 62, 64, 69, 77, 81 Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.3 |
02/17 | President's Day. College is closed. | |
Week 3 Note that on Wednesday, February 12th the college is closed - Lincoln's birthday on Monday, February 17th the college is closed - President's day |
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02/13 | We finished last four examples from Section 2.1 and started to cover Section 2.2 The Derivative as a Function Quiz 2 based on Sections 1.5 and 1.6 material (see HW 2, 3) There is a nice video tha will help you to understand better how to do #2 from HW assignment: How to find a derivative from the graph |
HW 7 (due date: Thursday, 02/20) page 125 / 2, 21, 27, 28, 52 (#46 in solutions), Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.2 |
02/12 | Lincoln's birthday | |
02/10 | We started to cover Section 2.1 Derivatives Lecture slides |
HW 6 (due date: Monday, 02/17) page 113 / 4, 8, 10, 14, 22 (#20 in my solutions), 24 (#22 in my solutions), 32 (#28 in my solutions), 36 (#32 in my solutions), 37 (#34 in my solutions is a similar problem), 43 (#40 in my solutions is a similar problem) Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 2.1 |
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02/06 | We finished covering Section 1.8 Continuity Quiz 1 based on Section 1.4 material (see HW 1) Lecture slides |
HW 5 (due date: Thursday, February 13th) page 91 / 36, 56 (used to be 53) Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 1.8 |
02/05 | We started covering Section 1.8 Continuity Lecture slides |
HW 4
(due date: Thursday, February 14th) page 91 / 3 (used to be 4), 10 (a, d, e), 14 (used to be 14), 15, 18, 24, 40, 42, 45, 47 Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 1.8 |
02/03 | Section 1.6 Calculating Limits Using Limit Laws Handout: MTH31Section1_6Handout.pdf |
HW 3 (due date: Monday, February 10th) page 70 / 2, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 30, 36, 37, 43, 44, 45, 50 (used to be 48), 51 Answers and solutions to even numbered problems: Section 1.6 |
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01/30 | Section 1.5 The Limit of a Function Lecture slides |
HW 2 (due date: Thursday, February 6th) page 59 / 1, 4, 8, 12, 14, 18, 22, 23, 33, 34, 38, 40(a) Solutions |
01/29 | We will cover Section 1.4 The Tangent and Velocity Problems Lecture slides |
HW 1 (due date: Wednesday, Feb. 5th) page 49 / 2, 4, 6 Solutions: part1 , part2 |
01/27 | Welcome to the MTH 31 course! During this week: 1) make yourself familiar with this web site! In case if you miss a class, this is the place to visit and see what we covered, what is the homework assignment. In addition, any announcements I made in class will be also posted here. 2) Get the book! The first three chapters are available online through library e-reserves: http://bcc-cuny.libguides.com/er.php?course_id=50861# Note that there will be no excuses made due to you not having a book, since the first three chapters are immediately available to you at our library! 3) Work on the four diagnostic tests! You can work on them in a group. There in no need to submit your work. The answers are available and the solutions will be posted here shortly! 4) Today we covered: Sections 1.1 - 1.3 to brush up on our previously acqured knowledge. Lecture slides: MTH31Sections1_1-1_3.pdf 5) Scientific calculator is recommended for this class (see IT 84 Plus or CE) Useful links: 0) Desmos graphing calculator: there is a phone app as well as browser link: https://www.desmos.com/calculator 1) End behavior of polynomial functions: http://www.mathguide.com/lessons2/EndBehavior.html 2) Sine and cosine graphs: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/precalctwo/chapter/graphs-of-the-sine-and-cosine-function/ 3) Functions' transformations: https://mathbitsnotebook.com/Algebra2/FunctionGraphs/FGCompositeTransformations.html |
HW 0 (due date: Monday, Feb. 3rd) 1) 4 diagnostics tests on pages xxvi - xxx Here are the pages of the diagnostic tests: page xxvi, page xxvii, page xxviii, page xxix, page xxx Diagnostic tests will not be graded, but it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to go over them within the first TWO WEEKS of the semester. Here are the solutions of the problems from the tests (so that if you cannot get the right answer, you can consult with them): Diagnostic test A: DiagnosticTestAsols.pdf Diagnostic test B: DiagnosticTestBsols.pdf Diagnostic test C: DiagnosticTestCsols.pdf Diagnostic test D: will be posted shortly |