Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
It is convenient to let technology help out. Some graphing calculators will accommodate a model of your choice. Others are restricted to particular models, of which yours may not be one.
A spreadsheet solver may also offer the ability to optimize two variables at once. For that, you would write a function that gives the sum of the squares of the differences between your data points and those predicted by the model. You would ask the solver to minimize that sum.
If you want to do this "the old-fashioned way," you would write the same "sum of squares" function and differentiate it with respect to m and b. Solve the simultaneous equations that make those derivatives zero. (My solver finds multiple solutions, so the neighborhood needs to be restricted in some way. For example m > 0, b > 0, or sum of squares < 1.)
Answer:
Answer: 98.12
Step-by-step explanation:
= 58.87 / 1 - 0.40
= 58.87 / 0.6
= 98.12
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We need to create an equation to represent how many air fresheners the teacher can buy.
Teacher has $10 and a $3 discount coupon which would give her an extra $3 to spend. Each air freshener is $3.50.
x = number of air fresheners
($10 + $3) / $3.50 = x can be written as $13/$3.50 = x
We add $10 and $3 because that gives us the total amount she has to spend.
We divide by $3.50 because that is the cost of each air freshener. The result is the number of air fresheners she can buy.
In this case.
$13/$3.50 = x
3.71 = x BUT we can't buy part of an air freshener, so she can purchase 3 air fresheners.
A zero coupon bond is a type of bond that is sold below its
face value but pays no interest. At maturity, Arthur will be able to have
$5,000 but he paid $4,000 for it. Therefore, he was able to earn $1,000 ($5,000
- $4,000) from the bond.
