Desmos recently introduced a scientific calculator that can be helpful in many classes.
In this Math-FAQ, learn how to compute factorials, permutations, and combinations using the Desmos scientific calculator.
Desmos recently introduced a scientific calculator that can be helpful in many classes.
In this Math-FAQ, learn how to compute factorials, permutations, and combinations using the Desmos scientific calculator.
In a previous Math-FAQ, we looked at the different parts of a parabola. Based on this information, you know that to find the x intercepts of a parabola we need to solve a quadratic equation. When we solve a quadratic equation to find the x intercepts of the graph, you might expect to always have solutions. But as the Math-FAQ below shows, this is not always the case.
The compound interest formula appears in many classes. It can be confusing to students when it appears in one class as
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 forÂ
Extrema are the high and low points on a function’s graph.
It can be difficult to distinguish between the bumps and dips on a graph, the relative (or local) extrema, and the very highest and lowest points on a graph, the absolute extrema.
The Math-FAQ belows show how to find each type of extrema using derivatives.
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.