Qatar University

College Of Arts & Sciences

Mathematics, Statistics & Physics Dept.

Math 119: Business Mathematics

Course Information Sheet
Spring 2010

Course: Math 119: Business Mathematics Credit Hours: 3

Pre-requisite: Math II (Foundation Math002)
Room #: SB231 (Science Building)
Lectures: Mondays & Weds.: 8:00- 9:15 ,
Tuesday: 8:00 -8:50 a.m.
Semester: Spring 2010
First day of classes Date: Feb. 21,
2010
Last day of classes: June 3rd, 2010
Text Book: Introductory Mathematical
Analysis for Business Economics, and the
Life and Social Sciences. By Ernest F,
Haeussler, Jr., and Richard S. Paul, 12th
Edition, 2008, Prentic-Hall International, Inc.

REFERENCES

Mathematics for economics and Business. By Ian Jacques, 3rd Edition, 1999,
PrenticeHall.

CalculusforBusinessEconomics,andtheLifeandSocialSciences.ByLaurenceD.
Hoffmann.GeraldL.Bradley,10thEdition,2010McGrawHillCompanies,Inc.

AppliedmathematicsfortheManagerial,LifeandSocialSciencesBySooT.Tan,5th
Edition,2010,brooks/ColeCengageLearning.

Instructor

Name: Wesam T. Al-Madhoun

Program: Mathematics
Office Number: 111(Women Building)
Tel.: 485-2336/ 2326
Email: welmadhoun@qu.edu.qa
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesdays: 9:30- 10:30 a.m.

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EvaluationScheme

Studentswillbeevaluatedbasedonquizzes,twoexams,assignment,andafinalexam.Hereis
thetentativeplanforthecourse:

FirstMidtermExam:Saturday,20/3/2010,Time:10:0012:00(20%)

SecondMidtermExam:Saturday,24/4/2010,Time:10:0012:00(20%)
ThirdMidtermExam:Saturday,22/5/2010,Time:10:0012:00(20%)

Quizzes(2quizzes):(5%)

Assignment:(5%)

FinalExam:Saturday,June5th,2010,Time:10:0012:00(30%)

RecommendedproblemsassignedforeachChapterandincludedinthissheet,whichyou
arestronglyrecommendedtosolve.
Studentsareexpectedtoparticipateinclassdiscussionsandaskquestions.
Implanningtogive3shortquizzesandthebesttwowillbeconsidered.

Coursedescription
Thiscoursehasbeendesignedtoprovidemathematicalfunctionsforstudentsenrolledin
Businessandeconomics.Itbeginswithnoncalculustopicssuchasfunctions,equations,and
matrixalgebra,thensomecalculustopicswillbecoveredwithapplications.
Grading
Gradesforthecoursewillbeassignedasfollows:
LetterGrade Description Percentage GradePoints

A Excellent 90to100 4.00
B+ VeryGood 85to<90 3.50
B VeryGood 80to<85 3.00
C+ Good 75to<80 2.50

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C Good 70to<75 2.00

D+ Pass 65to<70 1.50
D Pass 60to<65 1.00
F Fail lessthan60 0.00

Generalrules:

Nomakeupforexamsunlessinthecaseofillnessoremergencies.
Therewillbenomakeupforquizzesforanyreason.
Daily attendance is mandatory. Failing to attend 75% of the classes will result in failing
grade.Ifyourabsencerateexceeds25%,includingbothexcusedandunexcusedabsences,
youwillNOTbeallowedtotakethefinalexaminationandwillreceiveanFbarredgrade
forthecourse.
Ifyoumissalectureitisyourresponsibilitytomakeup.
Homework assignments and library assignment should be worked independently.
Exchangingideasarepermittedorallybutdon'trequireanykindofcopying.

Plagiarism(AcademicDishonesty)

Allstudentsareexpectedtoturninworkthatistheirown.Anyattempttopassoffanother's
workasyourownwillconstitutean"F"intheentirecourse.
Usingpartof,ortheentirework,preparedbyanotherorturninginahomeworkassignment
preparedbyanotherstudentorpartyareexamplesofplagiarism.
You may discuss assignments and projects with each other, but you should do the work
yourself.Inthecaseofgroupprojects,youwillbeexpectedtodoyourshareofthework.If
youusesomeoneelse'swordsorideas,youmustciteyoursources.

Plagiarismisconsideredaseriousacademicoffenceandcanresultinyourworklosingmarksor
beingfailed.QUexpectsitsstudentstoadoptandabidebythehigheststandardsofconductin
their interaction with their professors, peers, and the wider University community. As such, a
studentisexpectednottoengageinbehavioursthatcompromisehis/herownintegrityaswell

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asthatofQU.Youmaydiscussassignmentsandprojectswitheachother,butyoushoulddothe
workyourself.Inthecaseofgroupprojects,youwillbeexpectedtodoyourshareofthework.
Ifyouusesomeoneelse'swordsorideas,youmustciteyoursources.

Plagiarism includes the following examples and it applies to all student assignments or
submittedwork:

Useofthework,ideas,imagesorwordsofsomeoneelsewithouthis/herpermission.
Use of someone else's wording, name, phrase, sentence, paragraph or essay without
usingquotationmarks.
Misrepresentationofthesourcesthatwereused.
Forfurtherinformationsee:http://www.plagiarism.org/

Theinstructorhastherighttofailthecourseworkordeductmarkswhereplagiarismisdetected

ClassroomDiscipline
TheuseofmobiletelephonesinsidetheclassroomisNOTallowed.
Attendance record begins on the first day of class irrespective of the period allotted to
drop/addandlateregistration(QUStudentHandbook2009/2010).
Any student disciplinary issues, which may arise, will be referred to the head of the
Department.

DeliveryMethods

Themethodsofteachingwillinclude:

Coursedocuments,lectures
Interactiveteaching
Inclassgroupwork

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Learning/activitiesandTeachingAids

Lectureprovided;
OnlineToolsandInteractivesolvers;
Extraweeklyproblemsandexercises;
Smallprojectandreallifeapplications.

Students with special needs:

Ifyouareastudentwithspecialneedspleasedonthesitatecontactthespecialneedscenter
foranyassistantorinquires.
Email:specialneeds@qu.edu.qa

WebSite:http://www.qu.edu.qa/html/SpecialNeedsOffice.html

StudentsLearningOutcomes

1. Solve linear and quadratic equations and inequalities including those involving
absolutevalues.

2.Performoperationsonmatricesandsolvesystemsoflinearequations.

3.Findcombinationandcompositionoffunctionsandinversefunction.

4.Graphanddeterminetheslope(ifexists)andtheequationofastraightline

5.Graphfamiliesofbasicalgebraicfunctionsbyverticalandhorizontalshift,reflection
andmultiplyingthescaleoftheaxisbyapositivenumber.

6. Apply the properties of the exponents and logarithms, solve exponential and
logarithmicequationsandgraphfamiliesofexponentialandlogarithmicfunctions.

7.Evaluatethelimitofafunctionanditscontinuityatapoint

8. Determine the derivative by both using the definition and applying the algebra of
derivativesandthechainrule.

9.Applytheconceptofthederivativetofindtherateofchange,thetangenttoagraph
andtheextremumofafunction.

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10.Evaluateindefiniteanddefiniteintegralsandapplytheconceptinfindingareas.

CourseObjectives:

1. ToreviewsomenecessarytermsandmethodsofAlgebra;
2. To discuss the equivalent equations and to develop techniques for solving linear,
quadratics,fractionalandradicalequations;
3. Toexploretherealmoffunctions;
4. To find the different forms of equation lines, graph quadratic functions, and solve linear
systems
5. Tostudyexponentialandlogarithmfunctions;
6. Tointroducematrices,homogeneous,andnonhomogenoussystems;
7. Toknowthedefinitionofderivative,andapplytherulesofdifferentiation;
8. Toknowindefiniteintegralsandbasicintegrationformulas.

Course weekly plan

Week# Dates Topicstobecovered sections

Week1 Feb.21st25th ReviewofAlgebra Sections:0.10.8.(Pages:1

Sets and numbers, exponents and radical. 41)
Operation on algebraic expressions including Sections:1.2
Week2 Feb.28March4th
quotients.Equations:Linear,fractional,radical (Pages:5457),
and quadratic. Linear inequalities including
absolutevalue inequalities. Sumation Sections:1.41.5
notation. (pages:6169)
Week3 March711th Lines:Straightlines,slope. Sections2.12.7
Week4 March14th18th (pages:74124)
Functions: Sections3.13.5
Week5 March2125 (Basicconcepts:domain,image,range, (pages117149)
equalityoffunctions),Operationonfunctions Sections4.14.4
(Combination,compositionandfindingthe (pages162190)
inverse).
Rectangularcoordinates(Basicconcepts:
Coordinates,graph,xintercept,yintercept,
graphsofthebasicalgebraicfunctions,vertical
andhorizontallinetests,symmetry,
translationandreflection),Straightlines(
graphs,slope,equationforms),quadratic
functions(completingthesquaretorewritea
quadraticfunctionasamemberofthefamily
ofthesquaringfunction).

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Systemsofequations:Linear2variables
variablessystem,(The3variablessystem
postponedtopartIII),nonlinearsystems.

Exponentialandlogarithmicfunctions:graphs
andproperties.
Week6 March28Apr.1 Matrices: Sections6.16.6
(pages:227269)
Basic concepts (Row, column, size, transpose
of a matrix, equality of matrices, square,
diagonal and triangular matrices), Operation
on matrices (Addition, subtraction, scalar
multiplication, matrix multiplication and its
properties), Matrix equations. Solving systems
oflinearequations.

Week7 April48th Limits&Continuity: Sections10.110.4
(Pages449474)
Week8 April1115th Algebra of limits, the case 0/0, e as a
MidtermHoliday limit, onesided limits, infinite limits, Sections11.111.5
limits at infinity, continuity, (pages481495,499,519)
Week9 April1822nd discontinuities,Solvingpolynomialand
rational inequalities thanks to the Sections12.112.2
Week10 April2529th conceptofcontinuity. (pages528537)
Differentiation:
Week11 May26th The derivative as a limit, continuity Sections12.412.5
Week12 May913th and differentiability. Rules of (pages544552),
differentiation.Thederivativeasarate
of change. The derivative of a Section12.7
composite function and implicit (pages557559)
differentiation. Derivatives of
logarithmicandexponentialfunctions. Sections13.113.5
Logarithmic differentiation. Higher (Pages566598)
order derivatives. Relative and
absolute extrema and concavity (First
and second derivative tests for
extremaandsecondderivativetestfor
inflection).Asymptotes.
Week13 May1620th Integration: Sections14.114.7
(pages619656)
Week14 May2327th
Thedifferential.Theindefiniteintegral

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Week15 May30June3rd including the case of initial Sections14.914.10

condition. Evaluating integrals (pages664672)
including those involving exponential
nd logarithmic functions. The definite
integral. The fundamental theorem of
calculus.Areas
FinalExam:Saturday,June5th,2010
Time:10:0012:00am

Last day to drop a course ( Spring 2010)

RecommendedProblems:

Topicstobe RecommendedProblems
covered
ReviewofAlgebra Exercises:0.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to11
Exercises:0.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to79
Exercises:0.3:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to89
Exercises:0.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to55
Exercises:0.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to51
Exercises:0.6:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to59
Exercises:0.7:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to85
Exercises:0.8:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to73
Exercises:0.8:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to73
Exercises:1.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to33
Exercises:1.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to35
Exercises:1.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to21

Functions Exercises:2.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to43
Exercises:2.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to21
Exercises:2.3:allfrom1to15

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Exercises:2.4:allfrom1to11
Exercises:2.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to39
Exercises:2.6:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to18
Exercises:2.7:18andalloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to19
Review:Alloddnumbered
Exercises:3.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to61
Exercises:3.3:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to27
Exercises:3.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to23
Exercises:3.5:allproblemsfrom1to14
Exercises:4.1:allproblemsfrom1to14
Exercises:4.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to55
Exercises:4.3:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to53
Exercises:4.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to35
Review:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to57
Matrices Exercises:6.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to27
Exercises:6.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to39
Exercises:6.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to25
Exercises:6.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to23
Exercises:6.6:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to35

Differentiation Exercises:10.1:problems143andalloddnumberedproblemsfrom9to43
Exercises:10.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to57
Exercises:10.3:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to33
Exercises:10.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to25
Review:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to29andalloddnumbered
problemsfrom33to51
Exercises:11.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to27
Exercises:11.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to89
Exercises:11.3:allproblemsfrom33to38
Exercises:11.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to55
Exercises:11.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to63
Review:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to43
Exercises12.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to47
Exercises12.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to39
Exercises12.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to29
Exercises12.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to33
Exercises11.7:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to35
Review:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to49
Exercises13.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to65
Exercises13.2:allproblemsfrom1to11
Exercises13.3:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to29
Exercises13.4:allproblems
Exercises13.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to49

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Review:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to49

Integration Exercises14.1:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to35
Exercises14.2:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to55
Exercises14.3:allproblemsfrom1to8
Exercises14.4:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to83
Exercises14.5:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to55
Exercises14.7:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to47
Exercises14.9:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to35
Exercises14.10:alloddnumberedproblemsfrom1to33

AssignmentsRubrics
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Organization Informationisvery Informationis Informationis Theinformation
organizedwith organizedwith organized,but appearstobe
wellconstructed wellconstructed paragraphsarenot disorganized.8)
paragraphsand paragraphs. wellconstructed.
subheadings.

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Amountof Alltopicsare Alltopicsare Alltopicsare Oneormoretopics

Information addressedandall addressedand addressed,and werenot
questions mostquestions mostquestions addressed.
answeredwithat answeredwithat answeredwith1
least2sentences least2sentences sentenceabout
abouteach. abouteach. each.
Qualityof Informationclearly Informationclearly Informationclearly Informationhas
Information relatestothemain relatestothemain relatestothemain littleornothingto
topic.Itincludes topic.Itprovides1 topic.Nodetails dowiththemain
severalsupporting 2supportingdetails and/orexamples topic.
detailsand/or and/orexamples. aregiven.
examples.
Sources Allsources Allsources Allsources Somesourcesare
(informationand (informationand (informationand notaccurately
graphics)are graphics)are graphics)are documentedor
accurately accurately accurately thereareno
documentedinthe documented,buta documented,but references
desiredformat. fewarenotinthe manyarenotinthe included.
Referencesclearly desiredformat. desiredformat.Not
stated. Referencesclearly allreferencesare
stated included
Mechanics Nogrammatical, Almostno Afewgrammatical Manygrammatical,
spellingor grammatical, spelling,or spelling,or
punctuationerrors. spellingor punctuationerrors. punctuationerrors.
punctuationerrors
Diagrams& Diagramsand Diagramsand Diagramsand Diagramsand
Illustrations illustrationsare illustrationsare illustrationsare illustrationsarenot
neat,accurateand accurateandadd neatandaccurate accurateORdonot
addtothereader's tothereader's andsometimesadd addtothereader's
understandingof understandingof tothereader's understandingof
thetopic. thetopic. understandingof thetopic.
thetopic.
Paragraph Allparagraphs Mostparagraphs Paragraphs Paragraphing
Construction include include includedrelated structurewasnot
introductory introductory informationbut clearandsentences
sentence, sentence, weretypicallynot werenottypically
explanationsor explanationsor constructedwell. relatedwithinthe
details,and details,and paragraphs.
concluding concluding
sentence. sentence.

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