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MAT 212 – Week 5 Homework Hints

Posted on February 21, 2012 by davidg

Most of the problems on this week’s homework came on problems involving instantaneous rate of change. There are two videos on instantaneous rate of change in the Chapter 11 Resources. Instantaneous Rate of Change Video Instantaneous Rate Application Video The … Continue reading →

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MAT 172 – Week 5 Homework Hints

Posted on February 21, 2012 by davidg

Most of you did very well on this week’s homework. The only issues that came up were on the last two problems in the Section 2.5 Homework. On number 6, you were given a system and asked to solve it … Continue reading →

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MAT 152 – Week 5 Homework Hints

Posted on February 21, 2012 by davidg

Lots of things to look at this week from Section 2.3 and 2.4. First let’s look at some of the problems from Section 2.3. You should have some experience with substitution and elimination from  Beginning Algebra and Intermediate Algebra. The … Continue reading →

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MAT 152 – Health Insurance Definitions

Posted on February 21, 2012 by davidg

I have already had a number of questions about Project 2. If you have read the Project Letter (under the Projects button, Project 2 link in MyLabsPlus), you know this is all about comparing two health insurance plans. For many … Continue reading →

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MAT 212 – Typing Limits in Equation Editors

Posted on February 20, 2012 by davidg

Since you need to prove your function is continuous, you have to find a way of typing a limit into your technical memo. It is pretty straightforward depending on whether you are using Mathtype or the equation editor in Word. … Continue reading →

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Wired Magazine: The Man Who Could Unsnarl Manhattan Traffic

Posted on February 17, 2012 by davidg

The article “The Man Who Could Unsnarl Manhattan Traffic” appeared in Wired magazine last Spring. At the time I thought it was very interesting considering that the person it describes, Charles Komanoff, did all of his work using Excel. And … Continue reading →

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MAT 172: Writing Your Technical Memo for Project 1

Posted on February 16, 2012 by davidg

You should now be thinking about writing the technical memo for Project 1. To help you, I posted a sample technical memo several weeks ago. Below you’ll find that memo with the feedback I left for the student who submitted … Continue reading →

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MAT 212: What Should Be In The Technical Memo for Project 1?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by davidg

A few weeks ago I posted a technical memo for a project in College Algebra. I wanted to give you an idea of what a technical memo looks like. In addition, you’ll find information on the parts of the memo … Continue reading →

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MAT 152: Week 4 Homework Hints

Posted on February 14, 2012 by davidg

Two types of problems caused consternation on the Week 4 Homework. In the homework from section 2.1, the last two problems led to some incorrect answer. In these problems, you must put a value into the given line and solve … Continue reading →

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MAT 152: What Should Be In Your Technical Memo for Project 1?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by davidg

I posted a sample technical memo in a earlier post. You might be curious with about the comments I gave to the student that submitted that technical memo. Annotated Technical Memo  As for the technical memo that you are working … Continue reading →

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