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The Student and Tutor extensively practiced differentiation, focusing on exponential and logarithmic functions, including those with general bases. They applied chain, product, and quotient rules to various complex expressions, covering a wide range of academic problems. The plan for the next session is to continue solving the remaining practice problems and reinforce the learned concepts through more problem-solving exercises.

The Student and Tutor reviewed the Student's homework on decimals and fractions, identifying areas needing more practice. They focused on converting improper fractions to decimals, decimals to mixed fractions, and the process of long division for decimal conversion. The Tutor noted the Student's difficulty with division and plans to dedicate a future session to this topic.

The tutor and student worked through advanced calculus topics including implicit differentiation, definite integrals, integration by parts, partial fractions, and an introduction to differential equations. They practiced solving various problems using these techniques and reviewed the steps involved in each method.

The Tutor and Student worked through problems involving Taylor and Maclaurin series, including finding polynomial approximations, derivatives, and error bounds. They also addressed the convergence and divergence of series, with an emphasis on alternating series and the alternating series theorem. The Student is scheduled to attend the next regular class, but can also schedule an earlier, extra session.

The Tutor and Student reviewed the concept of finding points of intersection for linear equations using algebraic methods like elimination and substitution. They practiced solving several linear equation problems and then applied this concept to a word problem involving cost analysis. The next steps would involve further practice on word problems.