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Applied Calculus with Microsoft Excel

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ISBN-10: 0534370586

ISBN-13: 9780534370589

Edition: 4th 2000

Authors: Chester Piascik

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This supplementary text illustrates key topics in Applied Calculus, through the use of Microsoft Excel. Explanations of Excel instructions and formulas reinforce the underlying mathematical concepts. The author encourages students to be active learners, asking them to verbalize and verify the mathematical concepts behind spreadsheet results.
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Book details

List price: $78.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 12/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 150
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Joseph A. Micucci, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also is in private practice in Bala Cynwyd and Rosemont, Pennsylvania, specializing in the problems of adolescents and families. From 1984-1993, Dr. Micucci was on the staff of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center, where he served as Director of the Adolescent Unit from 1987-1993 and as Chief Psychologist from 1991-1993.

Spreadsheet Basics
Linear Functions
Slope-Intercept Form
Break-even Analysis
Using Excel's Goal Seek to: (A) Solve for x, given y; (B) Solve for y, given x
Inserting a Trendline
Power Functions and Quadratic Functions
Power Functions
Graphing Concepts: Shifts and Reflections
Quadratic Functions: Graphs of y = ax[superscript 2] + bx and y = ax[superscript 2] + bx + c
Revenue Functions and Break-even Analysis
Selected Rational Functions
Odd and Even Powers of y = a / x[superscript n]; Sums of Functions
Average Cost Function; Inventory Cost
Derivatives
Limits
Instantaneous Rate of Change: Numerical Approximation
Differentiability: A Numerical Perspective
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Exponential Growth and Decay
Simple versus Compound Interest
The Constant e and Continuous Compounding
Logarithmic Functions
Y', Y", Acceleration, and Graphical Analysis
Tables of y'- and y"-Values; Acceleration
Graphs of f, f', and f"; Concavity and Acceleration
Optimization
Definite Integrals
Rate-of-Change Step Functions
Riemann Sums
Optimization: Functions of Two Variables
Optimization
Method of Least Squares
Constrained Optimization: Lagrange Multipliers
Answers to Selected Exercises