Syllabus
Tulsa Community College, SE Campus
Spring 2010
Course MTH 2513 - Finite Mathematics
Section No.: 301
CRN: 22533
Monday, 7:00 PM to 9:50 PM
Room Number: SE 8179
Instructor
Steve Platner
Contact Information: Paul_Platner@mail.tulsacc.edu
Office Hours: N/A
To Contact Your Instructor
To Contact the Division Office
Academic and Campus Services, SE Campus
Director: Ms. Leanne Brewer
seacs@tulsacc.edu
Office: SE 2202
Phone: 595-7673
Division Name: Science and Mathematics
Division Associate Dean: Dr. Joe Parli
Office: SE 8125
Phone: 595-7742
Prerequisites For This Course
MTH 1513 (College Algebra). It is vital that you have completed this course or equivalent material.
Course Description
A survey course in mathematics designed for business and economics students. The emphasis is on
understanding the concepts and applications rather than mathematical proofs. The course covers set
theory, logic probability, matrices, vectors, linear programming, game theory, and mathematics of finance
and accounting. No Laboratory.
Next Courses in Sequence
MTH 2523 – Calculus for Business, Life, and Social Sciences
Course Objectives
This course will cover the following subjects:
 Linear Equalities and Inequalities
 Linear Programming
 Logic
 Probability
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Statistics
Game Theory
Markov Chains
Mathematics of Finance
Textbook and Other Materials
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Finite Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences, Raymond A. Barnett /
Michael R. Ziegler / Karl E. Byleen; Eleventh Edition; Prentice Hall
Graphing calculator, a TI-84 will be used during class
Student Solutions Manual
Teaching Methods
The class will be taught via lecture and working problems. Please ask questions at any time to clarify a
point. There will be homework assigned to reinforce the topics. At the beginning of class we will review the
previous week’s material and work any problems from the previous homework assignment.
Attendance Policy
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You are expected to attend all class sessions, to arrive on time and to be prepared with the previous
week’s homework. I realize there are circumstances that may require your missing class. Students
who are absent from class are still responsible for all materials covered and for any assignments or
announcements made during the absence.
Excessive absences will impact your quiz points and therefore your final course grade.
Course Withdrawal
The deadline to withdraw from a course shall not exceed 3/4 the duration of any class. Contact the
Counseling Office at any TCC campus to initiate withdrawal from a course (“W” grade) or to change from
Credit to Audit. Students who stop participating in the course and fail to withdraw may receive a course
grade of “F,” which may have financial aid consequences for the student. Friday, April 9th is the last day to
change from Credit to Audit and the last day to withdraw.
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Evaluation Techniques
There will be 6 quizzes during the semester, each worth 10 points. The best 5 scores will be used to make
up the 50 points possible on quizzes.
Course grades will be determined as follows:
Quiz Total
Exam 1: Chapter 4:
Exam 2: Chapter 5
Exam 3: Chapter 6
Exam 4: Chapter 7:
Exam 5: Chapter 8:
Exam 6: Chapter 9:
Exam 7: Chapter 10:
Exam 8: Chapter 11:
Exam 9: Chapter 3:
Total:
50
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500
The grading will be based on the following percentage scale:
89.5% - 100% = A
79.5% - 89.4% = B
69.5% - 79.4% = C
59.5% - 69.4% = D
Below 59.5%
= F
Make-up and Late Assignment Policy
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Exams can be made up if I am notified in advance that you will be absent. Contact Academic and
Campus Services and leave me a message no later than 6:00PM the day of the Exam.
Makeup Exams will be given in the Testing Center, room 8148. Center hours are:
Mon & Wed: 10am-7pm, Tues & Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri & Sat: closed.
I only pick up messages in Academic and Campus Services on Monday evening before class. If you
need to talk with me immediately, ask Academic and Campus Services to contact me. I will call you
back. You can also contact me via e-mail.
Quizzes cannot be made up. If you miss a quiz, it will count as one of the two scores that are dropped.
Classroom Etiquette
Open and mutually respectful communication of varied opinions, beliefs and perspectives during classroom
or online discussion encourages the free exchange of ideas that is essential to higher learning and to the
ability to learn from each other.
 All cellular phones, pagers and PDAs, etc. must be turned off or placed in silent mode during class.
They are not to be out during class.
 Questions and discussion are encouraged, but should be directed to the instructor. Side conversations
disturb the other students and are not tolerated.
 Eating is prohibited in all of the classrooms. There will be no drinks allowed in the computer rooms.
You may bring water to the other classrooms. If you have food, please finish it in the lounge areas.
Institutional Statement
Each student is responsible for being aware of the information contained in the TCC Catalog, the TCC
Student Policies & Resources Handbook and semester information listed in the class schedule. All
information may be viewed on the TCC website: www.tulsacc.edu.
Learning Support Services
The Southeast Campus Learning Center is located in room SE 8150. Tutors are on duty to assist you with
your homework and to answer questions. Learning Center Hours of Operation are:
Mon - Thurs: 8am - 9pm, Fri: 8am - 4pm, Sat: 9am - 1pm.
Note: The lab will not teach you what you miss by not attending class.
Communications:
a. Email communications: All TCC students receive a designated “MyTCC” email address (ex:
jane_doe@mail.tulsacc.edu). All communications to you about TCC and course assignments will be
sent to your MyTCC email address; and you must use MyTCC email to send email to and receive email
from the instructor regarding this course. If you do not want to use the MyTCC email address, please
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auto-forward this account to another email account that you do check. You can communicate with me
using the address at the top of the syllabus. Note: If you auto-forward email from MyTCC, it is not
deleted from MyTCC. You need to occasionally go in to the account and clean it up.
b. Inclement Weather: TCC rarely closes. If extreme weather conditions or emergency situations arise,
TCC always gives cancellation notices to radio and television stations. This information is also posted
on the TCC website (www.tulsacc.edu).
General Education Goals
General Education courses at TCC ensure that our graduates gain skills, knowledge, and abilities that
comprise a common foundation for their higher education and a backdrop for their work and personal lives.
TCC’s General Education goals are: Critical Thinking, Effective Communication, Engaged Learning, and
Technological Proficiency.
Students with Disabilities
TCC provides accommodations for qualifying students in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act. For information, students may contact the disabled Student Resource Center, 918-595-7115, or the
Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 918-595-7428V, 918-595-7434TTY.
Academic Integrity
Academic dishonesty (cheating) is defined as the deception of others about one’s own work or about the
work of another. Academic dishonesty or misconduct is not condoned or tolerated at campuses within the
Tulsa Community College system. Tulsa Community College adopts a policy delegating certain forms of
authority for disciplinary action to the faculty. Such disciplinary actions delegated to the faculty include, but
are not limited to, the dismissal of disrespectful or disorderly students from classes. In the case of academic
dishonesty a faculty member may:
 Require the student to redo an assignment or Exam, or require the student to complete a substitute
assignment or Exam;
 Record a "zero" for the assignment or Exam in question;
 Recommend to the student that the student withdraw from the class, or administratively withdraw the
student from the class;
 Record a grade of "F" for the student at the end of the semester.
Faculty may request that disciplinary action be taken against a student at the administrative level by
submitting such request to the Dean of Student Services.
Syllabus Changes
Occasionally, changes to the syllabus may be necessary. Students will be notified of any changes to the
syllabus in writing.
Tentative Class Schedule / Assignments
Week
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Class Date
Sections
Homework
January 11
Introduction
4-1, 2, 3 & 4: Systems of
Linear Equations; Matrices
4-1: 5, 9, 15, 17, 25, 51, 55, 61, 63
4-2: Use row operations and the calculator: 1, 5, 7,
19, 43, 47, 53, 57
4-3: Use row operations and the calculator: 1-15
(odd), 29, 33, 35, 37. Use RREF function: 65,
75, 77
4-4: 1, 5, 7, 9, 19, 29, 33, 65, 69
January 18
No class
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 25
4-5, 6 & 7: Systems of Linear
Equations; Matrices
4-5: 1, 9, 15, 31, 37, 39, 45, 67
4-6: 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 23, 29, 45, 51
4-7: 1, 3, 5, 13, 17, 27, 31
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Week
Class Date
Sections
Homework
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February 1
Review & Exam 1: Chapter 4
5-1, 2 & 3: Linear Inequalities
& Linear Programming
5-1: 1, 7, 15, 23, 27, 29, 39, 43
5-2: 5, 17, 23, 25, 39, 43
5-3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 31A. For the following stop
after setting up the application problem 35, 39A,
43
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February 8
Review & Exam 2: Chapter 5
6-1 & 2: Linear Programming:
Simplex Method
6-1: 5, 7, 11
6-2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 27. For the following stop after
the first pivot: 37, 41, 43A, 45A
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February 15
6-3 & 4: Linear Programming:
Simplex Method
6-3: 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 29. For the following stop after
determining the first pivot: 49, 51
6-4: 1, 15 (minimize), 19, 25. For the following stop
after determining the first pivot: 33, 35, 39, 47
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February 22
Review & Exam 3: Chapter 6
7-1, 2, & 3: Logic, Sets &
Counting
7-1: 3, 5, 15, 19, 27, 31, 33, 43, 47, 53
7-2: 13, 15, 27, 29, 35, 77, 83, 85, 89
7-3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 21, 29, 39, 55, 59, 63
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March 1
7-4: Logic, Sets & Counting
8-1 & 2: Probability
7-4: 1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 25, 27, 31, 33, 39, 41,53, 55, 65
8-1: 3, 11, 13, 15, 21, 29, 37, 41, 43, 51, 59, 75, 79,
83, 91, 93, 95
8-2: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 23, 29, 31, 33, 43, 53, 57, 71, 73,
75, 81
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March 8
Review & Exam 4: Chapter 7
8-3, 4 & 5: Probability
8-3: 1, 3, 7, 13, 17, 21, 25, 31, 37, 49, 59, 65
8-4: 3, 5, 11, 15, 25, 29, 47, 49, 53, 55
8-5: 1, 7, 11, 21, 27, 29, 37, 41
March 15
No class
Spring Break
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March 22
Review & Exam 5: Chapter 8
9-1 & 2: Markov Chains
9-1: 1, 5, 17, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35, 49, 59, 63
9-2: 15, 21, 39, 43, 45, 53
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March 29
9-3: Markov Chains
10-1 & 2: Games & Decisions
9-3: 1, 7, 9, 23, 27, 29, 33, 35, 55, 59
10-1: 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 23, 25, 27, 41, 43
10-2: 7, 11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 41, 43
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April 5
Review & Exam 6: Chapter 9
10-3 & 4: Games & Decisions
Complete the following down to the initial simplex
tableau and stop.
10-3: 7, 21, 25 (Use 10-4 techniques)
10-4: 1, 3, 11
Homework sheet
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April 12
Review & Exam 7: Chapter 10
11-1: 1(A&B), 5, 9, 13(A,B&C), 17, 27(A&B)
11-2: 1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 19, 23
11-3: 1, 3A, 5, 13
11-1, 2 & 3: Data
Descriptions & Probability
Distributions
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April 19
11-4, & 5: Data Descriptions
& Probability Distributions
11-4: 1, 9, 15, 21, 25, 35, 45, 51, 55
11-5: 3, 7, 11, 13, 17, 23, 39, 53, 57, 61, 63
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April 26
Review & Exam 8: Chapter 11
3-1:
3-2:
3-3:
3-4:
3-1, 2, 3 & : Mathematics of
Finance
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1, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23, 33, 35, 41, 55
1, 5, 11, 19, 23, 33, 43, 61, 69, 77
1, 5, 9, 13, 21, 25, 33
1, 11, 15, 23, 25, 31, 43A
Review & Exam 9: Chapter 3
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