These notes correspond to the book Finite Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences, 14th edition, by Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen, and Stocker.
Tuesday, September 4 (Parts of Sections 4.1 and 4.2)
Thursday, September 6 (Sections 4.2/4.3 and 4.4)
4.5: The inverse of a square matrix (Tuesday, September 11)
4.6: Matrix equations (Thursday, September 13)
5.1: Linear inequalities in Two Variables (Tuesday, September 18)
5.2: Systems of Linear inequalities in Two Variables (Tuesday, September 18 and Tuesday, September 25)
5.3: Linear Programming in Two Dimensions – A Graphical Approach (Tuesday, September 25 and Thursday, September 27)
6.1/6.2: The Simplex Method – Standard Maximization Problems (Tuesday, October 2 and Thursday, October 4)
6.3: The Dual Problem- Standard Minimization Problems (Thursday, October 4)
7.2: Sets (Tuesday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 16)
7.3: Basic Counting Principles (Tuesday, October 16)
7.4: Permutations and Combinations (Tuesday, October 16)
8.1: Sample spaces, Events, and Probability (Thursday, October 18 and Tuesday, October 23 and Thursday, October 25)
8.2: Unions, Intersections, and Complements; Odds (Thursday, October 25)
8.3: Conditional Probability and Independence of Events (Tuesday, October 30)
8.4: Bayes’ Formula
10.1: Graphing data (Thursday, November 8)
8.5: Random Variables, Probability Distributions, and Expected Value (Tuesday, November 13)
10.2: Measures of Central Tendency (Tuesday, November 13 and Thursday, November 15)
10.3: Measures of Dispersion (Thursday, November 15 and Tuesday, November 20)
3.1: Simple interest (Tuesday, November 22)
3.2: Compound interest (Tuesday, November 27)
3.3: Future Value of an Annuity; Sinking Funds (Thursday, November 30 and continued on Tuesday, December 4)
3.4: Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization (Thursday, November 30 and continued on Tuesday, December 4)