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Boyce & DiPrima Textbook Suggested Exercises

These are not assignments. These are suggested exercises that can be found in the Boyce & DiPrima textbook. Sometimes, however, exam questions are based on textbook exercises, so understanding the solutions to these problems should help you perform better on the exams. The exercises listed in [brackets] often require a bit more thought than the other exercises.

LAST UPDATED: 10 Jul 2017.

NOTE: These are from the 11th edition of the textbook.

Chapter 1    
  • Section 1.1: 1, 4, 7
  • Section 1.2: 1a, 3a
  • Section 1.3: 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14
Chapter 2    
  • Section 2.1: 1c, 3c, 4c, 10, 11, 12, 21
  • Section 2.2: 1, 2, 4, 9a, 11a, 12a, 15a, 16a, [25abcde, 27b]
  • Section 2.3: 9, 11, 13a, 14a
  • Section 2.4: 1, 3, 10, 11, [23, 24]
  • Section 2.5: 2, 8, 9, [16, 21, 22]
  • Section 2.6: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, [15, 16]
Chapter 3    
  • Section 3.1: 1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 15, 17
  • Section 3.2: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19
  • Section 3.3: 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, [25, 27]
  • Section 3.4: 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 18, 20
  • Section 3.5: 1, 5, 6, 12, 13
  • Section 3.6: 6, 8, 10, 13
Chapter 7    
  • Section 7.1: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9
  • Section 7.2: 2, 8, 17
  • Section 7.3: 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
  • Section 7.4: 10, 12, 13
  • Section 7.5: 1b, 2b, 3b, 10, 11
  • Section 7.6: 1b, 2b, 7, 8, 11ab, [21, 23ab]
  • Section 7.8: 1c, 2c, 6, 8, [14]
  • Section 7.9: 1, 2, 5, 8
Chapter 5    
  • Section 5.1: 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20
  • Section 5.2: 1, 2, 6, 7, [18]
Chapter 6    
  • Section 6.1: 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, 17
  • Section 6.2: 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 13
  • Section 6.3: 1, 3, 7, 10, 11
  • Section 6.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
  • Section 6.5: 1, 2, 5
  • Section 6.6: 4, 7, 11