Nedjla Ougouag, PhD

MATH 204 - Business Calclus

• Syllabus Math 204





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Just Math Tutorials: A very helpful site! (Scroll down to the Calculus videos).



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• Course Material:
  
  This course uses MyOpenMath, an Open Educational Resource. Zero cost course materials. The course covers all four chapters from Applied Calculus by Shana Calaway, Dale Hoffman and David Lippman. Since MyOpenMath is integrated in Brightspace, you don't need to create any account. You will access the assignments, videos and other MyOpenMath contents from Brightspace. Online computer access is an integral part of the course. Although no prior computer knowledge is required, you cannot be enrolled in this class without having online computer access outside of the classroom.
  
  

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• Resources by Topic:
  
  

  Review: Comprehensive Review of Functions Read! Check this out! Curve of forgetting

  Tutorial: Rates of Change and Tangent Lines Video: Using Limits and Average Velocities to Find Instantaneous Velocities Video: Introduction to Limits Video: One Sided Limits Video: Infinite Limits Video: Limits at Infinity

  Techniques for finding limits: Summary. Practice: Computing Limits Video: Practice finding limits of functions

  Tutorial and practice: Continuity

  Tutorial and practice: Interpretation of the Derivative.

  Tutorial and practice: Differentiation Formulas. Handout: Derivative Rules cheat sheet

  Additional Practice: Chain Rule --- Answers. Additional Practice: Implicit Differentiation --- Answers. Tutorial and practice: Chain Rule. Tutorial and practice: Implicit Differentiation.

  Tutorial and practice: Rates of Change. Tutorial and practice: Related Rates. Video: Related Rates: the Draining Tank Problem. Related Rates Problems (with answers!)

  Tutorial and practice: Critical Points. Tutorial and practice: Min and Max Values. Tutorial and practice: Mean Value Theorem.

  Tutorial and practice: Shape of the Graph and the First Derivative. Tutorial and practice: Shape of the Graph and the Second Derivative.

  Tutorial and practice: Limits at Infinity.

  Handout: Guidelines for solving Optimization problems Optimization Problems (with answers!)

  More practice with solutions here!

  Calculus Facts: Flashcards - on web or print for yourself

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• TI-83 stuff:
  
  
  • Using the TI-83/84 Graphing Calculator: Stewart Appendix D
  • Basic TI-83 Plus Tutorial (from the University of Illinois).
  • Quick Guide to the TI-83, TI-83+, TI-84, and TI-84+.
  
  
  

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• Tutorials:
  
  
  • Video Tutorials: Limits - Continuity - Derivatives
  • Visual Calculus - Great website with tutorials and self-tests!
    
    

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• Function Graphers:
  
  
  • Wolfram Alpha
    
  • GeoGebra
    
  • GeoGebra 3D
    
  • Desmos
  
  
  
  

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• Other Useful Links:
  
  
  • MATH2.org - This site provides mathematical tables for elementary through college level mathematics. It is designed for quick look-up of math terms and formulas when only brief table information is needed.
  • Doing Math with Calculator: Many Resources Here!
  • Cheat Sheets: Calculus and More
  
  
  

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