Math 122 - 019: Business Calculus (Spring 2024)
Course description: Derivatives and integrals of elementary algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Maxima, minima, rate of change, motion, work, area under a curve, and volume.
Textbook: Applied Calculus, 7th Edition by Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, Patti Frazer Lock, Daniel E. Flath - ISBN: 978-1-119-79908-5
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 111, MATH 111I or MATH 115 or placement through Algebra version of the Mathematics Placement Test.
Grading
- Assignments - 25%
- Exam 1 - 15%
- Exam 2 - 15%
- Exam 3 - 15%
- Final exam - 30%
Recommended problems
- Section 1.1: 18 to 21
- Section 1.2: 1 to 10
- Section 1.3: 1 to 9
- Section 1.5: 2, 3, 5 to 9
- Section 1.6: 1 to 31 (there is a lot of repition here)
- Section 1.8: 1 to 19, 32 to 51 (there is a lot of repition here)
- Section 1.9: 1 to 12
- Section 2.1: 1 to 5, 9, 10, 11, 13 to 15, 28, 36, 37 (after 9 do sparingly)
- Section 2.2: 1 to 25, 37, 38 (last two are harder)
- Section 2.3: 36 to 41
- Section 2.4: 4 to 19
- Section 2 (theory focus): 1, 7, 9, 12, 19 to 22, 34 to 43 (espicially the last group of problems)
- Section 3.1: 1 to 41, 46, 47, 51 to 56, 58 to 61,69 to 71, 78 (ignore trig functions, replace with other function if neccessary)
- Section 3.2: 1 to 39, 61 (ignore trig functions, replace with other function if neccessary)
- Section 3.3: 1 to 35, 41 to 51, 55 (ignore trig functions, replace with other function if neccessary)
- Section 3.4: 1 to 39, 49 to 51 (ignore trig functions, replace with other function if neccessary)
- Section 3.5: 1 to 25 (ignore trig functions, replace with other function if neccessary)
- Section 3 (theory focus): 1 to 12
- Section 4.1: 1 to 4, 8 to 31. 32 to 35, 46 to 55
- Section 4.2: 10 to 22, 25 to 3
- Section 4.3: 5 to 20, 16 to 20, 22 to 25, 42 to 49 (ignore trig functions)
- Section 5.2: 1 to 14, 27 to 34 (use a calculator or approximate like the first group of problems), 41 to 43
- Section 5.3: 1 to 6, 18, 22 to 36
- Section 6.1: 1 to 7, 40
- Section 6.2: 1 to 88 (ignore those with trig functions)
- Section 6.3: 1 to 30 (ignore those with trig functions)
Notes
Exams