Posted by Jeff on Jul 29, 2009 in
Calculus,
Math
In practice you will often be asked to find the equation of a line that is passing through a given point and is parallel to another line. A line is parallel to another line if they have the same slope (m). I think the best way to show how to do this would be to [...]
Tags: Equation of a line, Equation of parallel line
Posted by Jeff on Jul 29, 2009 in
Calculus,
Math
Any number that is not rational is called irrational. Here are a few examples of some irrational numbers: … Every rational number can be written as a repeating decimal, such as is a rational number where as , above, is not repeating. This is a quick and easy test with a calculator if you are [...]
Tags: irrational number, irrational numbers
Posted by Jeff on Jul 29, 2009 in
Calculus,
Math
In order to acquire a strong understand of the basic concepts associated with calculus, you should understand the real number system. Real numbers fall into quite a few different categories including integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers. A rational number is a real number that can be written as a quotient of two integers, where [...]
Tags: rational number, rational numbers
Posted by Jeff on Jul 27, 2009 in
Calculus,
Math
Here I will attempt to use linear approximation to estimate the value of The first thing you need to do when performing a linear approximation is set up an equation with known numbers as variables: here we have turned 1.07 into “x”. Now take the derivative of either side; when x = 1 and dx [...]
Tags: Linear Approximate, Linear Approximation