MA101: Single-Variable Calculus I

With a sufficient amount of sophisticated machinery under your belt, you will now start to look at how differentiation can be used to solve problems in various applied settings. Optimization is an important notion in fields like biology, economics, and physics when we want to know when growth is maximized, for example.

In addition to providing methods to solve problems directly, the derivative can also be used to find approximate solutions to problems. You will explore two such methods in this section: Newton's method and the method of differentials.

Completing this unit should take you approximately 13 hours.