Business math - Fall 26

Materials (Fall 2026)

The following are the materials that were generated for the Fall 2026 business calculus class given by Steve Butler.

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[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)

[Oct 26] Applications of extrema (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Nov 2] Business applications (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Nov 6] Implicit differentiation (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Nov 9] Related rates (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Nov 13] Antiderivatives (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Nov 16] Substitution (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Nov 20] Area and the definite integral (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Nov 30] Fundamental Theorem of calculus (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)

[Dec 7] Area between curves (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)
[Dec 11] Review (handout; blank slides; filled slides; Vimeo; YouTube)