Applied Calculus

Return to the:    http://library.thinkquest.org/C006002/ (The ThinkQuest Portal) and enter the “Realizing Calculus” website take a look around.  This is the site containing content for this subject.  There are some minor English language problems in the site and the website design is very basic but just keep in mind that the site was designed by high School students in Egypt.

Now take the “Applications” link on the top of the page.  You will find links to the topics listed below.  Concentrate on the topics in bold print.

• Related Rates
• Equations of Tangents and Normals (know what a tangent is, ignore normals)
• The Mean Value Theorem
• Monotonicity
• Concavity
• Relative Maxima and Minima
• True Maximum and Minimum Values
• Newton's Method for Solving Equations
• Proofs

             (Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/)

Good example of minimizing a cost function:

http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~coadym/engr4102/contents/calculus_review.html

This completes the Basic Calculus Review.

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