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Finding The Equation of a Line

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 [...]

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Irrational Numbers

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 [...]

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Rational 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 [...]

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Linear Approximation

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 [...]

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