Math 1303: Quantitative Methods

Topics covered: Functions, limits, continuity, derivatives applications of the derivative, in particular to mathematical economics. Exponential and logarithmic functions. Antiderivatives, area and applications to business models. Probabilities and applications. Matrices and an introduction to linear programming. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: MATH 1014 (grade C or better) or appropriate score on departmental placement test.

Things to download:

• DyKnow Collaboration software

Noteworthy:

• Tutoring Schedule
• Final Exam: Wed, Dec. 15, at 7:45am–10am in CH 76
• You will need: your laptop, charged, with Excel and Maple working properly
• Review Session: Tue, 10-12, McNulty 101

General Info:

• Syllabus
• Prereqs
• Tutoring

Practice Exams

• Final Practice
  (now with answers)
• Exam 3 take-home
  coming soon
• Practice Exam 2 (pdf)
  (now with answers)
• Practice Exam 1 (pdf)
  (now with answers)

Maple & Excel Stuff

• Excel Examples
• Maple in a Nutshell
  
• Maple Assignment 1
• Maple Assignment 2
    
• eBook: Math Analysis by Haeussler

Lectures

• 24 - Review Questions (pdf)
• 23 - Annuities (pdf)
• 22 - Present Value (pdf)
• 21 - Compound Interest (pdf)
• 20 - Area under curves (pdf)
• 19 - Definite Integrals (pdf)
• 18 - Anti-derivatives (pdf)
• 17 - Review (pdf)
• 16 - Calc recipes (pdf)
• 15 - Max/min and concavity (pdf)
• 14 - Higher order diffs, max/min (pdf)
• 13 - rate of change (pdf)
• 12 - more diff rules, Maple (pdf)
• 11 - rules of differentiation (pdf)
• 10 - limits and derivatives (pdf)
• 09 - limits and continuity
• 08 - exp and log equations
• 07 - exp and log functions
• 06 - HW-review
• 05 - Applications
• 04 - Parabolas and Systems
• 03 - Symmetry and Lines
• 02 - Shifting/Graphing (as PDF)
• 01 - Introduction

Assignments

• Slide 15 of Lecture 23 (pdf)
• Page 212: 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 17, 21, 22
  Page 216: 1, 3, 4, 13, 23
• Page 212: 8, 10, 18, 20, 24
• Page 678: 1, 3, 5, 9, 22, 24, 41, 43, 49, 51, 54, 57
• Page 665: 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 16, 18, 21, 22, 54
• Page 636: 1 to 15 odd, 22, 29, 31, 46
  Page 641: 2, 11, 13, 14
• Page586: 2, 10, 12, 17, 25, 65, 68, 71
  Page 596: 1, 7, 12, 17, 39, 40, 46, 68    
• Page 571: 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 36, 37, 39
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• Page 516: 3, 9, 13, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33, 43, 46
• Page 507: 2, 7, 13, 15, 22, 33, 35, 43, 45, 55, 57, 61, 63, 75, 78, 79, 83, 85
• Page 475: 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 35, 50
  Page 499: 4, 12, 18, 19, 24
  
• Page 467: 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 19, 21, 25, 28, 33, 37
  Page 475: 1 (a to j), 3, 4, 55, 56, 57
  Page 481: 1, 11, 19, 20, 29, 30  
• Page 184: 1, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, 21, 25, 31, 37, 39, 44, 47
  Page 191: 9, 11, 17 to 27 odd, 29, 34, 39, 43, 46, 49
• Page 157: 14, 16, 25, 33, 39
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• Page 147: 13, 16, 23 25, 29, 30
  Page 157: 1, 5, 8, 11
  Page166: 1, 2, 3
• Page 113: 2, 13, 15, 19 (except for symmetry about y = x)
  Page 134: 1, 6, 7, 9, 15, 27, 29, 34, 41, 45, 53, 58, 71, 72
  Page 140: 15, 17, 19
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• Page 86: 5-8, 13, 14, 29, 37
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