| Modulekode | WTW 143 |
| Kwalifikasie | Undergraduate |
| Fakulteit | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
| Module-inhoud | Functions: exponential and logarithmic functions, natural exponential and logarithmic functions, exponential and logarithmic laws, exponential and logarithmic equations, compound interest. Limits: concept of a limit, finding limits numerically and graphically, finding limits algebraically, limit laws without proofs, squeeze theorem without proof, one-sided limits, infinite limits, limits at infinity, vertical, horizontal and slant asymptotes, substitution rule, continuity, laws for continuity without proofs. Differentiation: average and instantaneous change, definition of derivative, differentiation rules without proofs, derivatives of polynomials, chain rule for differentiation, derivatives of trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, applications of differentiation: extreme values, critical numbers, monotone functions, first derivative test, optimisation. |
| Modulekrediete | 8.00 |
| Programme | |
| Service modules | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Faculty of Education Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences |
| Prerequisites | BSc Extended programme and BEd programmes: WTW 133 BCom Extended programme: Students with WST 133 concurrently with WTW 143: WTW 133. Students with STK 133 concurrently with WTW 143: at least 65% for WTW 133. |
| Contact time | 1 tutorial per week, 3 lectures per week, Foundation Course |
| Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
| Department | Mathematics and Applied Mathematics |
| Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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