The Compound Interest Formula and Its Many Faces

The compound interest formula appears in many classes. It can be confusing to students when it appears in one class as

Compound Interest Formula

and in another as

These are basically the same formulas, but used in a different context. However, how you solve for the different quantities in either one is the same. The Math-FAQs below demonstrate how to solve forĀ 

Calculating Rates from the Limit Definition

Students often struggle with calculating rates from the limit definition,

Because of this, there are many FAQs available to help you work through these problems.

These examples should help you to solve problems from Section 11.2 and Section 11.3.

Another System of Linear Equations

Often the most difficult part of solving a system of equations problem is writing out the system from a word description. In this FAQ, we look at a complicated sounding problem and form a system of linear equations from the problem.

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This FAQ explores how to take a story problem and write it out as a system of linear equations.