MAT 211 -- Mathematics for Business Analysis

Fall 2011

Instructor: Igor Fulman

For the sillabus of the course:

• The class meeting at 9:40am (class number 72798), please click here. For the .doc file, please click here.
• The class meeting at 10:45am (class number 72797), please click here. For the .doc file, please click here.

Textbook needed for the course: MAT 210/211 Brief Calculus and Mathematics for Business Analysis by Waner and Costenoble, published by CENGAGE Learning, custom edition for the ASU. The book is sold at the ASU bookstore.

Online homework system: This course is using WebAssign homework system. Students must have a so-called access code . If you buy a new textbook, access code for WebAssign is included with the book. If you buy a used textbook, you will have to buy the access code separately ($47).

Electronic book: Instead of the paper textbook, students may use the following electronic book: Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus by Waner and Costenoble, 5th ed,. published by CENGAGE Learning. Electronic book comes with access to WebAssign.
Warning! If you decide to use the electronic book, don't buy it from the publisher's web site! You should buy it from the WebAssign web site at http://www.webassign.net.

Former students of MAT 210: If you have studied MAT 210 with the same textbook and WebAssign, you should NOT buy any new textbook or access code! You will continue using your old textbook and your old WebAssign account for MAT 211.

Additional chapters of the textbook. These chapters are located at the end of the paper textbook. Students who use an E-book (electronic book), must follow the following links:

• For the chapter "Extreme Values: Boundaries and the Extreme Value Theorem", please click here for a PDF file. Otherwise, you may right-click the same link and save the file.
• For the chapter "Determinants", please click here for a PDF file. Otherwise, you may right-click the same link and save the file.
• For the chapter "P. Calculus Applied to Probability and Statistics", please click here for a PDF file. Otherwise, you may right-click the same link and save the file.

1. Problems from the textbook, to be completed manually and collected in class. For the list of textbook assignments, please click here.

2. Online assignments, to be completed online using so-called WebAssign. This has nothing to do with Blackboard, it's an absolutely different system! To access the WebAssign, please open the page http://webassign.net and follow the instructions. If you already have a login name, log in and enroll in the class with Class Key asu 2560 8736. Students who studied MAT 210 with this book and with WebAssign before, can use their old login! However if you don't have login name, you should buy access to WebAssign either from a bookstore or online. Please click on the link "I Have a Class Key", type in the Class Key asu 2560 8736, and follow instructions. Then, click on the course title "MAT 211 Fall 2011", read any announcements, and complete any homework assignments. At the beginning, no homework is assigned. The assignments will appear as assigned.

   Improtant! Students who have studied MAT 210 with the same textbook and the same online homework system WebAssign, don't have to buy a new access code! They can continue using the same login name. They only need to enroll in our class by clicking on "I have a Class Key" and entering the Class Key asu 2560 8736.

The grades for the quiz, tests 1 and 2, and the final exam are ready (for most students)! To see them, please click here. Grades for each individual question are posted, together with the total grade for the test.

AND NOW: the overall grades are ready (for most students)! To see them, please click here.

Information about the 3D graphing tool
You may use the 3D graphing tool located at the address http://www.finiteandcalc.org - click on the picture of the book, then on the tab "On Line Utilities", then on the link "Surface Graphing Utility" on the left.
Otherwise, you may use the direct link http://www.zweigmedia.com/RealWorld/threeDgraph/threedgrapher.html

Information about graphing calculators
A graphing calculator is required for this course. Recommended: TI-83, TI-83+, TI-84+.

Other types of calculators
If you have CASIO, you will need to download the program RREF. If you have TI-85/86, you will need to download the programs dealing with distributions. For more information, please click here.

Resources for students

• Free online resource that comes with the textbook. It has a lot of material to explore! To access it, please click here.

• There are 3 chapters that appear in paper textbook but missing from electronic book. You may access them by following this link and clicking on a relevant chapter on the left.

• Tutoring Center. Students of MAT 211 are allowed to visit Math Department Tutoring Center and get FREE help. The Center is located in PSA 116, entrance from outside, from the Tyler Mall. You need to have your ASU ID card with you.
  For more information, please visit the home page of the Math Tutoring Center -- click here.

• ASU Student Success Centers.They provide counseling, tutoring in math (and many other subjects), supplemental instruction, and other types of support to students. For more information, please click here.

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