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MATH 1120 BUSINESS CALCULUS Section 003

Instructor: Gábor Hetyei
Office: Fretwell 335F, Phone: 687-2543, E-mail: ghetyei@uncc.edu
Office hours:  Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9:50-10:50 am
and Mondays 2:00-3:00 pm or by appointment.
Text: Calculus for the Managerial, Life and Social Sciences, S. T. Tan (5th Edition).
Topics and Sections:
Section Topic
1.1-1.4 Review of Chapter I
2.1 Functions and their Graphs
2.2 The Algebra of Functions
2.3 Functions and Mathematical Models
2.4 Limits
2.5 One-Sided Limits and Continuity
2.6 The Derivative
3.1 Basic Rules of Differentiation
3.2 The Product and Quotient Rules
3.3 The Chain Rule
3.4 Marginal Functions in Economics
3.5 Higher Order Derivatives
3.7 Differentials
4.1 Increasing and Decreasing Functions
4.2 Concavity and Points of Inflection
Section Topic
4.3 Curve Sketching
4.4-4.5 Optimization
5.1 Exponential Functions
5.2 Logarithmic Functions
5.3 Compound Interest
5.4 Differentiation of Exponential Functions
5.5 Differentiation of Logarithmic Functions
5.6 Differentiation of Exponential Functions as Mathematical Models
6.1 Antiderivatives and the Rules of Integration
6.2 Integration by Substitution
6.3 Area and the Definite Integral
6.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
6.5 Evaluating Definite Integrals
6.6 Area Between Two Curves
6.7 Applications of the Definite Integral to Business and Economics
Test Dates:
Test 1 Monday September 18, 11:00-11:50 am
Test 2 Monday October 16, 11:00-11:50 am
Test 3 Monday November 13, 11:00-11:50 am
Final Exam Wednesday December 13, 12:00-3:00 pm
(Double-check in the Fall Schedule of Classes !)
Homework: Assignments will usually be given at every lecture, due for next Monday. No late homework will be accepted. You are encouraged to do (or at least read) the unassigned exercises of the corresponding section as well. You may discuss the problems with others, but you must write your own solutions. Explain your solutions well, giving just the "final answers" is not sufficient. I will make an effort to regularly post the homework on the webpage http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~ghetyei/courses/1120/hw.html .  In case of a discrepancy, the "official version" is the one I have told in class.
Evaluation: Grades will be based on: 20% for each of the three tests, 30 % for the final exam, and 10% for the homework.
Class meeting: MWF 11:00-11:50 am in Denny 109.
Homepage: http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~ghetyei/courses/1120/index.html