University of San Antonio MAT1214 CALCULUS
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION Class Website PowerPoint Slides Formula Sheets Free Textbook MyMathLab Videos More to Come…..
WHAT IS CALCULUS?
Unchanging Force Speed Changing Steepness of incline Amount of energy MATHEMATICS OF CHANGE
MAKE IT LINEAR
WHO USES THIS STUFF? Electric company Determining length of cable between two towers Construction Football stadium Calculate area of a complicated, non spherical shape Cost of material, maximum force to withstand Businesses The sensitivity of demand to changes in price varies with product. Light bulbs (need) vs. iPad (want)
WHO USES THIS STUFF? Automobile industry Maximum impact on car crash to avoid head injury (thus air bags were born) Forensic Scientists Estimated time of death using “Newton’s Law of Cooling” Musicians Approximate wave functions (detect tones on guitar, pianos, etc.)
REVIEW MATERIAL Things You Should Already Know!
LINEAR EQUATIONS Equation of a liney = mx + b Slope of a line = m Y-Intercept = b Greek “delta” symbol
SLOPE PROPERTIES Positive Slope Graph: Lines Goes Up Function: Increasing Negative Slope Graph: Line Goes Down Function: Decreasing Zero Slope Graph: Flat Function: Constant
FUNCTIONS Math Models Equation, graph, table, verbal representation Relation Input/Outputs
FUNCTIONS
GRAPHS OF COMMON FUNCTIONS
Quadratic Function Cubic Function
PIECEWISE FUNCTION
INCREASING/DECREASING FUNCTIONS
MINIMUM/MAXIMUM FUNCTIONS
TRANSFORMATIONS
COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS
AVERAGE RATE OF CHANGE
LOGARITHMS & EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
CIRCLES
ANGLES & TRIGONOMETRY
Angles Identities Formulas Sum/Difference Double-Angle Half-Angle Sum-to-Product Right-Triangles Law of Sines/Cosines SEE TRIGONOMETRIC FORMULA SHEET