The following are the materials that were generated for the Fall 2026 business calculus class given by Steve Butler.
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[Aug 24] Introduction; polynomials (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Aug 28] Rational expressions; equations (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Aug 31] Exponents and radicals (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Sep 4] Lines (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Sep 11] Exponential functions and logarithms (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Sep 14] Limits (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Sep 18] Continuity and rates of change (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Sep 21] Definition of the derivative and tangent lines (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Sep 28] Rules for derivatives (powers of x) (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Oct 2] Rules for derivatives (product and quotient) (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Oct 5] Rules for derivatives (chain rule and exponential function) (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Oct 9] Rules for derivatives (logarithms) (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Oct 12] Increasing and decreasing (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Oct 16] Relative extrema (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Oct 19] Concavity and the second derivative test (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Oct 23] Absolute extrema (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)