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Verbal

Terry is skiing down a steep hill. Terry's elevation, E ( t ) , in feet after t seconds is given by E ( t ) = 3000 70 t . Write a complete sentence describing Terry’s starting elevation and how it is changing over time.

Terry starts at an elevation of 3000 feet and descends 70 feet per second.

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Maria is climbing a mountain. Maria's elevation, E ( t ) , in feet after t minutes is given by E ( t ) = 1200 + 40 t . Write a complete sentence describing Maria’s starting elevation and how it is changing over time.

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Jessica is walking home from a friend’s house. After 2 minutes she is 1.4 miles from home. Twelve minutes after leaving, she is 0.9 miles from home. What is her rate in miles per hour?

3 miles per hour

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Sonya is currently 10 miles from home and is walking farther away at 2 miles per hour. Write an equation for her distance from home t hours from now.

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A boat is 100 miles away from the marina, sailing directly toward it at 10 miles per hour. Write an equation for the distance of the boat from the marina after t hours.

d ( t ) = 100 10 t

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Timmy goes to the fair with $40. Each ride costs $2. How much money will he have left after riding n rides?

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Algebraic

For the following exercises, determine whether the equation of the curve can be written as a linear function.

2 x 2 + 3 y 2 = 6

No.

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For the following exercises, determine whether each function is increasing or decreasing.

f ( x ) = 4 x + 3

Increasing.

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a ( x ) = 5 2 x

Decreasing.

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h ( x ) = 2 x + 4

Decreasing.

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j ( x ) = 1 2 x 3

Increasing.

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n ( x ) = 1 3 x 2

Decreasing.

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For the following exercises, find the slope of the line that passes through the two given points.

( 2 ,   4 ) and ( 4 ,  10 )

3

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( 1 ,  5 ) and ( 4 ,  11 )

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( −1 , 4 ) and ( 5 , 2 )

1 3

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( 8 , −2 ) and ( 4 , 6 )

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( 6 ,   11 ) and ( 4 ,   3 )

4 5

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For the following exercises, given each set of information, find a linear equation satisfying the conditions, if possible.

f ( 5 ) = 4 , and f ( 5 ) = 2

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f ( −1 ) = 4 and f ( 5 ) = 1

f ( x ) = 1 2 x + 7 2

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( 2 , 4 ) and ( 4 , 10 )

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Passes through ( 1 , 5 ) and ( 4 , 11 )

y = 2 x + 3

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Passes through ( 1 ,  4 ) and ( 5 ,  2 )

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Passes through ( 2 ,  8 ) and ( 4 ,  6 )

y = 1 3 x + 22 3

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x intercept at ( 2 ,  0 ) and y intercept at ( 0 , −3 )

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x intercept at ( 5 ,  0 ) and y intercept at ( 0 ,  4 )

y = 4 5 x + 4

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Graphical

For the following exercises, find the slope of the lines graphed.

For the following exercises, write an equation for the lines graphed.

Numeric

For the following exercises, which of the tables could represent a linear function? For each that could be linear, find a linear equation that models the data.

x 0 5 10 15
g ( x ) 5 –10 –25 –40

Linear, g ( x ) = 3 x + 5

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x 0 5 10 15
h ( x ) 5 30 105 230
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x 0 5 10 15
f ( x ) –5 20 45 70

Linear, f ( x ) = 5 x 5

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x 5 10 20 25
k ( x ) 28 13 58 73
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x 0 2 4 6
g ( x ) 6 –19 –44 –69

Linear, g ( x ) = 25 2 x + 6

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x 2 4 6 8
f ( x ) –4 16 36 56
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x 2 4 6 8
f ( x ) –4 16 36 56

Linear, f ( x ) = 10 x 24

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x 0 2 6 8
k ( x ) 6 31 106 231
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Technology

If f is a linear function, f ( 0.1 ) = 11.5 ,    and   f ( 0.4 ) = 5.9 , find an equation for the function.

f ( x ) = 58 x + 17.3

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Graph the function f on a domain of [ 10 ,   10 ] :   f ( x ) = 0.02 x 0.01. Enter the function in a graphing utility. For the viewing window, set the minimum value of x to be 10 and the maximum value of x to be 10.

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Graph the function f on a domain of [ 10 ,   10 ] : f x ) = 2 , 500 x + 4 , 000

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Questions & Answers

Ayele, K., 2003. Introductory Economics, 3rd ed., Addis Ababa.
Widad Reply
can you send the book attached ?
Ariel
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Ariel
What is economics
Widad Reply
the study of how humans make choices under conditions of scarcity
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U(x,y) = (x×y)1/2 find mu of x for y
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U(x,y) = (x×y)1/2 find mu of x for y
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what is ecnomics
Jan Reply
this is the study of how the society manages it's scarce resources
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what is macroeconomic
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macroeconomic is the branch of economics which studies actions, scale, activities and behaviour of the aggregate economy as a whole.
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etc
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difference between firm and industry
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what's the difference between a firm and an industry
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firm is the unit which transform inputs to output where as industry contain combination of firms with similar production 😅😅
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Suppose the demand function that a firm faces shifted from Qd  120 3P to Qd  90  3P and the supply function has shifted from QS  20  2P to QS 10  2P . a) Find the effect of this change on price and quantity. b) Which of the changes in demand and supply is higher?
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explain standard reason why economic is a science
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factors influencing supply
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what is economic.
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scares means__________________ends resources. unlimited
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economics is a science that studies human behaviour as a relationship b/w ends and scares means which have alternative uses
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calculate the profit maximizing for demand and supply
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Why qualify 28 supplies
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what are explicit costs
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out-of-pocket costs for a firm, for example, payments for wages and salaries, rent, or materials
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concepts of supply in microeconomics
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economic overview notes
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identify a demand and a supply curve
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i don't know
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there's a difference
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Demand curve shows that how supply and others conditions affect on demand of a particular thing and what percent demand increase whith increase of supply of goods
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Hi Sir please how do u calculate Cross elastic demand and income elastic demand?
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Source:  OpenStax, Precalculus. OpenStax CNX. Jan 19, 2016 Download for free at https://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11667/1.6
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