Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Students who have not completed the pre-requisite units MAS164 need to at least have a pass in the Year 11 course Introduction to Calculus together with a final scaled score of 55% or more in TEE Applicable Mathematics OR a final scaled score of 55% or higher in ATAR Mathematics Methods (WACE Mathematics 3C/3D).
Students who have successfully completed a calculus unit of the level of MAS161 Calculus and Matrix Algebra or higher may not enrol in this unit for credit.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Use the basic ideas, rules and techniques of differentiation and integration.
2.
Analyse problems and use a range of calculus techniques to solve them. a. Apply differential equations to mathematical models of physical and biological phenomena. b. Use simple differential equations to describe growth and decay and to solve problems. c. Use trigonometric functions in various applications.
3.
Express complex numbers in Cartesian and polar form. Do basic algebra of complex numbers.
4.
Present coherent written solutions to various problems related to the material in the unit.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:· Algebra reference · Linear functions · Nonlinear functions · The derivative · Calculating the derivative · Graphs and the derivative · Applications of the derivative · Exponential and logarithmic functions · Integration · Further techniques and applications of integration · Differential equations · The Trigonometric functions · Complex numbers