1. Section 0 – Review of Algebra and Calculus

2. Set Theory What is… Understand the relationships between these Subset
Union
Intersection
Complement
Understand the relationships between these

3. Quadratic Equations ax2 + bx + c = 0 What are the roots?
If simple, you can use the FOIL method, but if you don’t see them right away, use the equation rather than wasting time with guessing.

4. Properties of Logarithms

5. Rules of Differentiation
Power Rule
Product Rule
Quotient Rule
Chain Rule

6. Integration by Parts Must know:
Shortcut (may be safer to memorize general formula)
You’ll be doing this a lot for expectation exponential distribution in chapter 7

7. Geometric Sums Special Case (follows from above formula)
Careful: sum to n, but raise to (n+1) power
Special Case (follows from above formula)
Geometric progressions come up much more often (on P and FM / INS 410) than arithmetic progressions

8. So Many Formulas! You already know most of them
Just study the ones you don’t know
Write down formulas you don’t know
Look them over
Then trim the list down, getting rid of what you’ve learned
Working problems = “Muscle Memory”
Must-know formulas are bolded in Actex