MATH 123 FINITE MATHEMATICS
DEPARTMENTAL SYLLABUS FOR TUESDAY-THURSDAY SCHEDULE

Texts: Finite Mathematics, by Berresford and Rockett, Houghton Mifflin Publishers.

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1 1.1 Introduction, Application Preview and Review of lines, (p. 2,3,7-13): 7,9,23,29,31,41,43,45,47,49,51,53,65,66,67,68,73,74 
(Instructor may assign the rest of section 1.1 and 1.2 as a reading assignment)
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1.3
Functions: 9,10,11,13,15,17,23,25,27,29,31,33,39,41,43,47,49,51,59,61,67,71,73,79,81,83,87,88,89 
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1.4
Functions, continued: 1-21 odd,21,27,31,57,59,60,61,67,70,71,75 
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1.5
Exponential Functions: 1,3,5,9,11,15,17,19,23,25,27,33
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1.6
Logarithmic Functions: 1,3,5,9-19 odd, 25,31,32,35
5   Chapter 1 Project: p. 96, #5
5 2.1  Simple Interest: 7,13,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,39,41
6 2.2 Compound Interest: 1,5,7,11,13,19,21,23,31,33,35,36,38,39,44
7   Review Chapter 1: 7-13 odd, 29,30,31,35,37,39,41,43,45,49,50,51,53, 55,59,60,63,64,66,75,77,    79,81,82,83,84 
Review Chapter 2, p. 152: 3,9,13,16,19,28,31,34,36,39,43,47
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Exam 1
9 2.3 Annuities: 5,11,15,25,26,27,29,31
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2.4
Amortization: 5,9,12,13,1519,21,22,23,24,29,30,31,34,37
11   Chapter 2 Project: Balance Sheets and Amortization Tables
11
3.1
Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables: 5,7,9,11,13,17,19,31,35,39,41,44,45,47,49
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3.2
Matrices and Linear Equations in Two Variables: 3,13,15,21,29,33,39,41,45,47,53,57,65,69, 73, 75,77,79 
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3.3
Gauss-Jordan Method: 3,13,21,25,29,33,41,43,47,50,61,63,68,81,85
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3.4
Matrix Arithmetic: 1,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,23,25,29,31,35,37,51,53,55,57,59,60,81,83
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extra day
16   Review Chapter 2:  51,54,59,72,74,75,77,78,79,83,85 
Review Chapter 3, p. 254: 1,2,4,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,17,20,21,22,23,25,29,33,35,40
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Exam 2
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3.5
Inverse Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations: 3,5,11,13,15,17,21,31,33,35,37,51,52,53,58
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3.6
Two Applications: 1-19 odd, 20, 21,25,31,33,35,37,38,39
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Chapter 3 Project:  Linear Regression
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4.1
Linear Inequalities: 1,5,9,11,13,15,17,21,26,25,29,31,33,35,36
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4.2 Two Variable Linear Programming: 3,7,9,11,17,19,21,2531,35,39
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4.3
The Simplex Method for Standard Maximum: 1,5,9,11,13,17,19,21,25,33,35,37,41,47,49
24 4.4 Duality and Standard Minimum: 1,7,11,17,25,31,33,40
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Review Chapter 3, p. 257: 43,44,45,46,47,50,51,52,53,55,57,59,60,63,65,67,69,70
Review Chapter 4, p. 379: 1,7,9,11,13,16,17,20,21,23,24,25,29,31,35,39
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Exam 3
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4.5
Nonstandard Problems...Two-Stage Method: 1,3,13,33,35; and p. 382: 41,45
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