A Different Approach to Optimization Problems
Historically, maximization problems have been a problem for calculus students. Not so much in finding critical points from functions and...
Medical Insurance Project
In a previous post, I described a choice I had to make regarding health insurance during the summer. In short,...
Engage Students By Making Them Board
Back around 1980, I got my first computer. As I recall, it had the brand name Sinclair and it was...
Find the Demand Function
Suppose that the demand and price for strawberries is related by a linear demand function of the form
p= D(x)
where p...
Use a Blog to Help Teach Your Math Class (Part 2)
So you have created your first post and are thinking about how you might use a blog in your class....
Use a Blog to Help Teach Your Math Class (Part 1)
Before I tell you about how you might use a blog in the classroom, let’s look at one of the...
Creativity in Math?
In an earlier post, I mentioned a on creativity killers. This post spurred me to examine my own teaching strategies...
What does the term marginal mean?
In economics, the term marginal is used to indicate the change in some benefit or cost when an additional unit...
What is an average cost function?
When a business produces goods or services, it incurs costs associated with the production of these goods and services. Some...
Real Points of Inflection
Real world examples help students to see where the mathematics we teach them can be used. Let’s look at a...
