Applied Calculus
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Author: Waner, Stefan.
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Chapter 7.3, Problem 56E
Pasta Imports in the 1990s In 1990 the United States imported 290 million pounds of pasta. From 1990 to 2000, imports increased by an average of 40 million pounds per year.
a. Use these data to express q, the annual U.S. imports of pasta (in millions of pounds) as a linear function of t, the number of years since 1990.
b. Find the 4-year moving average of your model.
c. What can you say about the slope of the moving average?
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Suppose that,...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 45ECh. 7.4 - Revenue Refer back to Exercise 42. Suppose that,...Ch. 7.4 - Saving for Retirement You are saving for your...Ch. 7.4 - Saving for College When your first child is born,...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 49ECh. 7.4 - Saving for College When your first child is born,...Ch. 7.4 - Bonds The U.S. Treasury issued a 30-year bond on...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 52ECh. 7.4 - Valuing Future Income Inga was injured and can no...Ch. 7.4 - Valuing Future Income Max was injured and can no...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 55ECh. 7.4 - Complete the following: The present value of a...Ch. 7.4 - Linear Demand Given a linear demand equation...Ch. 7.4 - Linear Supply Given a linear supply equation of...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 59ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 60ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 61ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 62ECh. 7.5 - In Exercises 126, decide whether or not the given...Ch. 7.5 - In Exercises 126, decide whether or not the given...Ch. 7.5 - In Exercises 126, decide whether or not the given...Ch. 7.5 - In Exercises 126, decide whether or not the given...Ch. 7.5 - Prob. 5ECh. 7.5 - In Exercises 126, decide whether or not the given...Ch. 7.5 - 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Statistics 101: Point Estimators; Author: Brandon Foltz;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v41z3HwLaM;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Central limit theorem; Author: 365 Data Science;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xQmk9veZ4;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Point Estimate Definition & Example; Author: Prof. Essa;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVwtvQmSn0;License: Standard Youtube License
Point Estimation; Author: Vamsidhar Ambatipudi;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flqhlM2bZWc;License: Standard Youtube License