Solution Manual for Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social and Life Sciences

Solution Manual for Calculus for Business, Economics,
and the Social and Life Sciences, Brief Version, 11th
Edition By Hoffmann



slope (m) - ANSWER: (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

y-int formula for slope - ANSWER: y=mx+b

Point slope formula - ANSWER: y-y1=m(x-x1)

standard form - ANSWER: ax+by=c

y=k - ANSWER: horizontal line with slope of 0

x=k - ANSWER: vertical line with slope undefined

parallel lines - ANSWER: same slope

perpendicular lines - ANSWER: negative reciporcal slope

x^m * x^n - ANSWER: x^(m+n)

x^m/x^n - ANSWER: x^(m-n)

(x^m)^n - ANSWER: x^(m*n)

(xy)^m - ANSWER: x^m * y^m

(x/y)^m - ANSWER: (x^m)/(y^m)

function - ANSWER: rule or procedure for finding a new number from a given
number

x - ANSWER: inputs, domain, independent variables

f(x) - ANSWER: outputs, range, dependent variables

natural domain - ANSWER: domain that is not stated, assumed to be largest number
for which function is defined

range - ANSWER: solve for y

domain - ANSWER: cannot have 0 in denominator or a negative in a radical