A Different Approach to Optimization Problems

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Historically, maximization problems have been a problem for calculus students. Not so much in finding critical points from functions and...

Medical Insurance Project

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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

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Back around 1980, I got my first computer. As I recall, it had the brand name Sinclair and it was...

Find the Demand Function

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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)

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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)

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Before I tell you about how you might use a blog in the classroom, let’s look at one of the...

Creativity in Math?

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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?

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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?

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When a business produces goods or services, it incurs costs associated with the production of these goods and services. Some...

Real Points of Inflection

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Real world examples help students to see where the mathematics we teach them can be used. Let’s look at a...

Smartphone Fixes for Beginners – What You Can Repair Without Professional...

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Technology evolves fast, but that doesn't mean fixing a smartphone should always require a professional. Many issues can be handled at home with the...