All homework assignments are taken from the exercises in Applied Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences: a brief approach, 8th Edition by S.T. Tan. It is your responsibility to make sure you have the correct questions for each homework set and that each set is in the correct format.
due date | section | topic | question numbers | solutions |
July 6 | 1.1 - 1.3 | algebra review | page 48: 1 - 8 page 47: 30, 32 | key |
July 11 | 1.4 | straight lines | page 41: 2 - 5, 18, 28, 42, 46, 49, 55 | key |
July 11 | 2.1 | functions & graphs | page 57: 2, 16, 19, 21, 36, 43, 50, 56 - 58 | key |
July 11 | 2.2 | algebra of functions | page 72: 20, 29, 33, 42, 48 | key |
July 11 | 2.3 | functions & models | page 85: 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 74, 75, 77 | key |
July 13 | 2.4 | finding limits | page 111: 2, 5, 8, 12, 13, 20, 24, 27, 35, 43, 46, 52, 59, 64, 66, 70, 74, 75, 80, 85 | key |
July 13 | 2.5 | limits & continuity | page 126: 3, 13, 17, 26, 33, 35, 43, 59, 62, 82 | key |
July 18 | 2.6 | derivative definition | page 145: 3, 9, 12, 19, 26 | key |
July 18 | 3.1 | basic derivative rules | page 164: 2, 4, 14, 24, 29, 32, 36, 39, 43, 46, 69 | key |
July 18 | 3.2 | product & quotient rules | page 177: 2, 8, 17, 20, 32, 33, 36, 43, 45, 54, 61, 63 | key |
July 20 | 3.3 | the chain rule | page 189: 2, 14, 31, 33, 41, 49, 52, 56, 57, 79 | key |
July 20 | 3.4 | marginal functions | page 204: 6, 13, 33 | key |
July 20 | 3.5 | higher order derivatives | page 212: 7, 16, 22, 29, 37 | key |
July 25 | 4.1 | using the first derivative | page 255: 9, 11, 12, 18, 45 - 48, 60, 94 | key |
July 25 | 4.2 | using the second derivative | page 274: 12, 42, 47, 62, 73 | key |
July 25 | 4.3 | curve sketching | page 291: 30, 36, 41, 52, 62 | key |
July 27 | 4.4 | optimization: functions | page 305: 3 - 6, 20 - 22, 40, 42, 63 | key |
Aug 1 | 4.5 | optimization: story problems | page 319: 4, 9, 26, 29, 32 | key |
Aug 1 | 5.1 | exponential functions | page 334: 1, 4, 9, 13, 16, 17, 24, 25, 27, 37 | key |
Aug 1 | 5.2 | logarithms | page 343: 4, 17, 19, 28, 31, 38, 40, 45, 53, 56 | key |
Aug 1 | 5.3 | compound interest | page 356: 13, 23, 32, 40, 50 | key |
Aug 3 | 5.4 | derivatives of exponential functions | page 366: 6, 10, 11, 23, 25, 29, 33, 38, 44, 59 | key |
Aug 3 | 5.5 | derivatives of logarithmic functions | page 377: 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 14, 27, 34, 39, 45, 50, 51, 54, 57, 65 | key |
Aug 3 | 5.6 | exponential models | page 386: 6, 9, 20, 29 | key |
Aug 3 | 6.1 | antiderivatives | page 406: 4, 10, 30, 36, 37, 39, 43, 54, 58, 80 | key |
Aug 8 | 6.2 | u substitution | page 418: 2, 7, 17, 22, 37, 42, 45, 52, 60, 61 | key |
Aug 8 | 6.3 | Riemann Sums | page 428: 1, 5, 15, 17 | key |
Aug 8 | 6.4 | the FTC | page 438: 3, 8, 18, 22, 30, 34, 38, 39, 43, 47 | key |
Aug 8 | 6.5 | definite integrals | page 448: 2, 24, 27, 33, 44, 45, 51, 71, 72, 74 | key |
Aug 8 | 6.6 | area between two curves (extra credit hw set) | page 459: 4, 6, 8, 17, 21, 23, 36, 37, 43 | key |
Aug 8 | 6.7 | applications (extra credit hw set) | page 474: 1, 5, 10, 17, 24 | key |