FACULTY OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

2023

MAT01B1/MAT1B01

Applications of Calculus

Learning Guide

Mr IK Letlhage

Ms S Richardson

Mr F Zottor

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Administrative details
Welcome
Welcome to MAT01B1/MAT1B01 – Applications of Calculus. In this module you will build on
the foundation you have laid in MAT01A1 or MAT1A01. In MAT01A1 we built the theoretical
foundation of Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus. In this course we look at how these two
techniques, differentiation and integration are used in solving problems in mathematics.

Contact information
The following are contact details for the lecturers for this module:

Name: Mr IK Letlhage (course coordinator)

Office: John Orr Building 7129 (Doornfontein Campus), B-Ring 534A (APK Campus)
Tel no: (011) 559-6346
Email: karabol@uj.ac.za
Consulting:

Name: Ms S Richardson
Office: C-Ring 503 (1st passage)
Tel no: (011) 559-4723
Email: susannr@uj.ac.za
Consulting:

Name: Mr FS Zottor
Office: B-Ring 513
Tel no: (011) 559-7782
Email: fszottor@uj.ac.za
Consulting:

The contact details for the secretary are:

Name: Mrs P Mapimele

Office: C-Ring 501 (1st passage)
Tel no: (011) 559-2831
Email: pmapimele@uj.ac.za

When contacting a lecturer or administrator by email please include the following:

ˆ A polite greeting

ˆ The course code (MAT01B1)

ˆ Your query

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 ˆ Your name and student number at the end of the email

ˆ Your title – i.e. whether you are Ms, Miss, Mrs, Mr, Dr etc.

General information
Textbook
The prescribed textbook for MAT01B1/MAT1B01 is
Calculus: Early Transcendentals (8th edition) by James Stewart
Metric International Version, Thomson Brooks/Cole
ISBN nr: 978-0-538-49887-6

If you have the e-book version (all students who took MAT01A1 in 2017 or 2018 will have this)
please go to www.gradnet.com/uj for assistance in accessing the e-book.
Please note that there are many copies of this textbook available for use in the library. They are
of the 7th edition. These are reserved, meaning that you are not allowed to taken them out of the
library, and are thus more easily available for many students to use.
Solutions manuals for all exercises in the textbook are available for use in the Mathematics
Learning Centre (C-Ring 512). Please ask one of the tutors on duty for a solutions manual. Second-
hand copies of earlier editions (3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th) can also be used. The explanation of the
material is almost identical. The numbering of the exercises is sometimes different, but these older
second-hand versions are often a more affordable option.
If you are not able to access your own textbook or a copy in the library, the following textbooks
are available for free online. They provide a good explanation of most of the topics covered as well
as additional exercises on which to practise:

Calculus by Gilbert Strang URL:

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/Edited/Calculus/Calculus.pdf
APEX Calculus by Hartman et al.
URL: http://www.apexcalculus.com/downloads/

Lectures and Tutorials

Lectures
The timetables are as listed below. For lectures, you are required to attend 2 single (45 minutes)
periods and 1 double (90 minutes) period. The sessions are scheduled according to groups (K, L and
M). You must choose the seesions that fit in with your timetable. The lecture sessions are scheduled
as follows:

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 Day Period Start Time Venue
Monday 4 10:30 C Les 102
Wednesday 3 9:40 B Les 100
Friday 4 10:30 C Les 102
Friday 5 11:20 C Les 102

Table 1: Lecturing schedule (Group K)- Ms Richardson

Day Period Start Time Venue

Monday 4 10:30 D Les 102
Tuesday 8 13:50 D Lab Basement K01
Friday 4 10:30 D Lab Basement K01
Friday 5 11:20 D Lab Basement K01

Table 2: Lecturing schedule (Group L) - Mr Zottor

Day Period Start Time Venue

Monday 13 18:00 D1 Lab K10
Wednesday 1 8:00 D1 Lab K10
Friday 4 10:30 D1 Lab K09
Friday 5 11:20 D1 Lab K09

Table 3: Lecturing schedule (Group M) - Mr Letlhage

Tutorials
You cannot learn how to ride a bicycle by watching how someone else rides one. You will not learn
mathematics if you only attend lectures. We learn mathematics by solving problems.
Each week a list of problems (from the textbook) will be posted on Blackboard. Your work (in
addition to attending lectures) is to do as many of these problems as possible. We learn very little
by watching someone else solve a mathematics problem. We learn only when we struggle through
solving a problem by ourselves. We will load solutions onto Blackboard for the problems loaded in
the previous week. Please note, simply reading though the solution of a problem is also not enough.
By the time the solutions are posted you must already have attempted solving the problems yourself.
If you need feedback on attempted problems you will be able to contact a tutor (via whatsapp or
email) or a lecturer (via email). We will attempt to get an answer back to you within 72 hours
(assuming we are not flooded with queries).

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Assessment
Assessment Opportunities and Mark Calculation
Below we describe how you will be assessed for this module, as well as how your Final Mark (FM)
will be calculated:

a) During the semester you will have the opportunity to write two semester tests. You will also
have opportunities to complete a number of WeBWorK exercise sets and write Class Tests.
The class tests will be written during the tutorial sessions. WeBWorK exercise sets and Class
Tests will contribute 30% towards your Semester Mark (SM). The remaining 70% of your SM
will come from your semester tests.

b) If your SM is 40% or more you will be allowed to write the examination for the module. If
your SM is less than 40% , you will NOT be allowed to write the examination and, hence, you
will have failed the module.

c) If you satisfy the SM criterion above, then during the examination period for semester 2 of
2023, you will write a summative assessment (examination). The percentage of the mark you
obtain for that examination is referred to as your Examination Mark (EM).

d) Your FM is made up of 50% of your SM and 50% of your EM.

Passing this module

a) To pass the module you need to obtain a Final Mark (FM) of at least 50%, as well as an Exam
Mark of at least 40%.

b) To qualify to write the supplementary exam you need to obtain a FM of between 40% and
49%.

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WeBWorK matters
Connect to our WeBWorK instance here:

https : //webwork.uj.ac.za/webwork2/MAT01B1 2023/

Make sure you read through and understand the Honesty Declaration on the landing page.
When you log in for the first time use your student number as both username and as password. You
can change your password if you want to, but make a note of it. If you forget your password it has to
be reset. If this happens, please send an email to webwork@uj.ac.za and request that your password
be reset. Include your student number and module code in the email.

Module information
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:

ˆ Communicating administrative information on the course.

ˆ Important announcements.

ˆ Distributing lecture notes.

ˆ Collaborate sessions.

You should log on to Blackboard at least twice a week.

Module details

Module name MAT01B1/MAT1B01

Pre-requisite MAT01A1 or MAT1A01
Module NQF level 5
NQF Credits 15
Duration of module 1 Semester (13 weeks)

Table 4: Module details

Purpose of the module

The purpose of this module is to develop a thorough knowledge of the main applications of the theory
of differentiation and integration of one variable functions, and to include an understanding of the
key terms, concepts, facts, principles, rules and theories.

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Description of the module
The content of this module is focused on applications of various Calculus concepts. The main topics
covered are

− Integration techniques

− Minimum and maximum values of functions

− The Mean Value Theorem and Rolle’s Theorem

− Curve sketching

− Areas between curves

− Volumes and surface areas of solids of revolution

− Lengths of curves

− Differential equations

− Parametric equations

− Polar coordinates

− Elementary Linear Algebra

− The Binomial Theorem

Module outcomes
At the end of this module the student should be able to do the following:

− Apply different integration techniques such as integration by parts, trigonometric integration,

trigonometric substitution and partial fractions to integrate functions.

− Determine indefinite integrals.

− Define the terms absolute maximum and minimum values and determine these values.

− Apply Rolle’s Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem to functions.

− Use Differential Calculus to sketch the graphs of functions.

− Determine the area between two curves.

− Find the volume of the solids of revolution formed by rotating functions about the different
axes.

− Use the formulas for arc length and surface area to determine these values for curves.

− Solve separable and linear differential equations.

− Express curves in terms of parametric equations and apply several methods of Calculus to these
parametric equations.

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 − Determine the polar coordinates of Cartesian points and sketch the graphs of polar curves.

− Represent systems of linear equations using matrices and solve such systems using Gaussian
elimination.

− Comprehend the binomial theorem and use it to expand binomial expressions.

Semester programme

Week Day Date Content Tutorial and Assignment

1 Mon/Tue/Wed 17/18/19 July 7.1 Tutorial 1
Friday 21 July 7.2
2 Mon/Tue/Wed 24/25/26 July 7.3 Tutorial 2, WeBWorK 1
Friday 28 July 7.4
3 Mon/Tue/Wed 31 Jul/01/02 Aug 7.8 Tutorial 3, WeBWorK 2
Friday 04 August 7.5 and 4.1
4 Mon/Tue 7/8 August 4.1 Tutorial 4, WeBWorK 3
Wednesday 09 August Public holiday
Friday 11 August 4.2
5 Mon/Tue/Wed 14/15/16 Aug 4.3 Tutorial 5, WeBWorK 4
Friday 18 August 4.5
6 Mon/Tue/Wed 21/22/23 Aug 4.5 and 4.7 Tutorial 6, WeBWorK 5
Friday 25 August 4.7 and 3.9
Saturday 26 August SEMESTER TEST 1
7 Mon/Tue/Wed 28/29/30 Aug 6.1 Tutorial 7, WeBWorK 6
Friday 1 September 6.2
MID SEMESTER BREAK
8 Mon/Tue/Wed 11/12/13 Sep 6.3 and 6.5 Tutorial 8, WeBWorK 7
Friday 15 September 8.1
9 Mon/Tue/Wed 18/19/20 Sep 8.2 Tutorial 9, WeBWorK 8
Friday 22 September 9.3
10 Mon/Tue/Wed 25/26/27 Sep 9.5 Tutorial 10, WeBWorK 9
Friday 29 September 10.1 and 10.2
Monday 2 October SEMESTER TEST 2
11 Mon/Tue/Wed 2/3/4 Oct 10.2 Tutorial 11, WeBWorK 10
Friday 6 October 10.3
12 Mon/Tue/Wed 09/10/11 Oct 10.3 and ELA 1.1 Tutorial 12, WeBWorK 11
Friday 13 October ELA 1.2
13 Mon/Tue/Wed 16/17/18 Oct ELA 1.3 Tutorial 13, WeBWorK 12
Friday 20 October Binomial Theorem

Table 5: Semester Programme

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Academic Integrity
Any form of academic dishonesty is taken extremely seriously by the University. The following is an
extract from the Student Ethics and Judicial Services summary:
Students should take special notice of the importance with which the University regards academic
integrity. A student who is found guilty of a transgression relating to academic dishonesty (for
example possessing notes during a test or examination or plagiarising an assignment) may face a
penalty that ranges from cancellation of the module in which the transgression was committed to
permanent expulsion from the University.
The full set of student regulations can be found here:
https://www.uj.ac.za/studyatUJ/Student-Accommodation-Residence-Life/Documents/Student

Plagiarism
Students must make themselves aware of the definition of plagiarism. The full University plagiarism
policy can be found here:
https://www.uj.ac.za/about/Documents/policies/Policy