Also, there are good notes on first- and second-order equation solving available here. And there are also two review exams worth studying: Review Exam 1 and Review Exam 2. Note, however, that on Review Exam 2 only problems #1 and #3 cover topics which will be on this exam.

Midterm 2: This exam will cover chapter 4 sections 1-3, chapter 5 section 5, and all of chapter 7 (sections 1-9). Suggested homework problems from these sections are highly recommended as review problems. Quizzes 5-9 are also good review.

There is a practice midterm and study guide available here. This midterm covers a somewhat different mix of material from what our midterm covers, but many of the problems are relevant to our midterm. Also, on Review Exam 2 (linked to above) problems 2,4,5,6,7 are all good practice for this midterm.

SPECIAL NOTE: I especially urge you to practice, practice, practice finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices. This procedure is at the heart of solution techniques for systems of equations. Many of you have shown, on the past 3-4 quizzes, that you still have trouble with it.

The only remedy for this is to do more practice problems. There is a whole block of them in Section 7.3, and the problems in Sections 7.5 and 7.6 which ask you to solve systems of equations also require you to compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Final: This exam will cover all the material we have covered in class. To wit: all of chapters 1,3,7; chapter 2 sections 1-7; chapter 4 sections 1-3; chapter 5 sections 1-6; chapter 6 sections 1-4; chapter 8 sections 1-3; and chapter 9 sections 1-4 and 7.

Since the final will cover the material from the first two midterms (plus the new stuff), all of the suggestions for studying for the midterms apply to this final. The practice final available here also provides a good list of problems. Quizzes 10-15 are also good review.