How to Solve Word Problems in Calculus

✍ Scribed by Eugene Don, Benay Don

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 239
• Series: How to Solve Word Problems
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Considered to be the hardest mathematical problems to solve, word problems continue to terrify students across all math disciplines. This new title in the World Problems series demystifies these difficult problems once and for all by showing even the most math-phobic readers simple, step-by-step tips and techniques. How to Solve World Problems in Calculus reviews important concepts in calculus and provides solved problems and step-by-step solutions. Once students have mastered the basic approaches to solving calculus word problems, they will confidently apply these new mathematical principles to even the most challenging advanced problems. Each chapter features an introduction to a problem type, definitions, related theorems, and formulas. Topics range from vital pre-calculus review to traditional calculus first-course content. Sample problems with solutions and a 50-problem chapter are ideal for self-testing. Fully explained examples with step-by-step solutions.

✦ Table of Contents

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction Strategies for Solving Word Problems......Page 12
1 Extracting Functions from Word Problems......Page 14
2 Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences......Page 40
3 Related Rates......Page 59
4 Applied Maximum and Minimum......Page 83
5 Trigonometric Functions......Page 142
6 Exponential Functions......Page 163
7 Problems Involving Integrals......Page 188
8 Application to Business and Economics......Page 218