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... average college graduate will find more use for this topic than for any included in the traditional freshman course . The treatment given here is intermediate between the books on statistics which presuppose very little mathematical ...
... average college graduate will find more use for this topic than for any included in the traditional freshman course . The treatment given here is intermediate between the books on statistics which presuppose very little mathematical ...
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... average . 16. The course increases in difficulty with a corresponding increase in interest and gain in power on the part of the student . 17. A very wide range of problems , varying in difficulty , makes it possible for the instructor ...
... average . 16. The course increases in difficulty with a corresponding increase in interest and gain in power on the part of the student . 17. A very wide range of problems , varying in difficulty , makes it possible for the instructor ...
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... Average Rate of Change of a Function 34 14. Classification of Functions .. 38 15. Summary . 41 CHAPTER II LINEAR FUNCTIONS 16. Uniform Rate of Change .. 17. Characteristic Property of a Straight Line . 18. Slope of a Straight Line .. 19 ...
... Average Rate of Change of a Function 34 14. Classification of Functions .. 38 15. Summary . 41 CHAPTER II LINEAR FUNCTIONS 16. Uniform Rate of Change .. 17. Characteristic Property of a Straight Line . 18. Slope of a Straight Line .. 19 ...
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... Binomial Expansion . 370 135. Probability ... 373 136. Compound Events . 375 137. Mortality Tables .. 379 138. Frequency Distributions . 382 139. Averages .. 388 140. Measures of Variability .. 398 141. Equation of the CONTENTS xiii.
... Binomial Expansion . 370 135. Probability ... 373 136. Compound Events . 375 137. Mortality Tables .. 379 138. Frequency Distributions . 382 139. Averages .. 388 140. Measures of Variability .. 398 141. Equation of the CONTENTS xiii.
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... Average rate of change of the function . This will be considered in the following section . In order to state in what intervals the function is positive or negative , or is increasing or decreasing , it is necessary to de- termine the ...
... Average rate of change of the function . This will be considered in the following section . In order to state in what intervals the function is positive or negative , or is increasing or decreasing , it is necessary to de- termine the ...
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abscissas algebraic altitude angle approximately arithmetic mean asymptote average rate ax² Ay/Ax ball class intervals coefficient common logarithms computed constant Construct the graph coördinates curve denote determined deviation distance equal EXAMPLE EXERCISES exponential function feet per second Find the equation find the value fraction frequency function Hence horizontal inches increases integral intercept inverse inverse function law of cosines law of sines logarithms maximum mean measurements miles an hour minimum point negative obtained ordinates P₁ pairs of values parabola plane Plot the graph point of inflection polynomial positive probable error properties quadrant quadratic function radians radius rate of change ratio relation relative error represented right triangle roots Section sides sin² slope solution Solve square straight line Substituting table of values tangent line temperature Theorem tion variable velocity vertical volume weight whence x-axis y-axis
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Page 368 - This is the same as the number of permutations of n things taken r at a time, and hence r!C(»,r) = P(«,r) '-- It is interesting to know that the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time is the same as the number of combinations of n things taken n — r at a time.
Page 223 - The logarithm of a quotient is equal to the logarithm of the dividend minus the logarithm of the divisor. , M , ,• , . logi — = log
Page xviii - ... they have an angle of one equal to an angle of the other and the including sides are proportional; (c) their sides are respectively proportional.
Page xviii - An exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two opposite interior angles.
Page 171 - A radian is the angle subtended at the center of a circle by an arc whose length is equal to the radius of the circle.
Page 223 - The logarithm of the product of two numbers is equal to the sum of the logarithms of the numbers.
Page 289 - Now all know that the intensity of illumination varies inversely as the square of the distance.
Page 155 - It is found that the quantity of work done by a man in an hour varies directly as his pay per hour and inversely as the square root of the number of hours he works per day. He can finish a piece of work in six days when working 9 hours a day at Is.
Page 181 - You have learned that the tangent of an acute angle of a right triangle is the ratio of the side opposite the angle to the side adjacent to the angle.
Page 368 - The general formula for the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time is C(n,r) = r\(nr)\ We have to find the number of combinations of 12 things taken 9 at a time.