Course Description MTH1114 Calculus for Business and Economics

Student Population: College of Business or College of A&S Economics majors.

Goals: This course introduces the students to some of the concepts of calculus, especially with applications to business and economics. The greatest emphasis is on differential calculus, although ideas of area and antidifferentiation are covered near the end.

Topics:

• Average rates of change
• The derivative as an instantaneous rate of change
• Marginal analysis
• Applications of differentiation: curve sketching, optimization and related rates, especially as applied to financial questions
• Calculus of exponential and log functions
• Indefinite and definite integrals

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