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Course Syllabus Business Mathematics ( THM 121 ). Course Description. This course aims to teach students the basics of Algebra: Operations with fractions and ratio / proportions as well as operations with algebraic expressions .
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This course aims to teach students the basics of Algebra: • Operations with fractions and ratio/proportionsas well as operations with algebraic expressions. 2. Factoring polynomials, details of linear equations, linear and absolute value inequalities. 3. Functions (lines and linear functions, limits, graphs and continuity).
Textbook • Laurence Hoffmann, Gerald Bradley, Dave Sobecki & Michael Price, Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social Sciences (11th Ed.), McGraw Hill Education. • Instructor’s Web Page : • bilkent.edu.tr/~chafra
Grading • In-Class Attendance: 5% • In-Class Participation: 5% • Assignments: 25 % • Midterm Exam: 30 % • Final Exam: 35 %
Things to Remember • All Students should have an undergraduate e-mail address (i.e.…@ug.bilkent.edu.tr ) along with an SRS Password. • Maximum 25% Absenteeism! • Come Prepared for Chapters that will be taught. • Late Homework and/or Assignment 0! • Failing to attend 75 % of class sessions and / or totaling less than 35.75 / 65 (before final exam) would mean that student in question will NOT be allowed to be seated to Final Exam → FZ!
Weeks 1 through 7 • Week 01: A Brief Review of Algebra (Appendix A.1) • Week 02: Factoring Polinomials and Solving System of Equations (Appendix A.2) • Week 03: The Summation Notation (Appendix A.4) • Week 04: Functions (Chapter 1) 1.1 • Week 05: The Graph of a Function (Chapter 1) 1.2 • Week 06: Drawing a Graph using Excel and Other Softwares • Week 07: Revision
Weeks 9 through 14 • Week 09: Mid-Semester Evaluation • Week 10: Lines & Linear Functions (Chapter 1) 1.3 • Week 11: Functional Models (Chapter 1) 1.4 • Week 12: Limits (Chapter 1) 1.5 • Week 13: One-Sided Limits and Continuity (Chapter 1) 1.6 • Week 14: Overall Review
Final Exam Semester Holiday!