Institute for New Economic Thinking
Krugman and Stiglitz: What's the Future of Economic Thinking?
At INET's Conversation on the Economy with Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman, we asked two Nobel laureates and got two different answers. Krugman began by giving a nod to young economists and then pointed to a focus on empirics and...
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How to verify an identity by trying both sides
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities having rational expressions. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the term(s) on the left hand side of the equality sign is equal to the term(s) on the right hand side. To...
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Verifying an identity by multiplying by sine
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities having rational expressions. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the term(s) on the left hand side of the equality sign is equal to the term(s) on the right hand side. To...
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Learn how to simplify an expression using the rules of exponents
👉 Learn how to simplify expressions using the product rule and the negative exponent rule of exponents. The product rule of exponents states that the product of powers with a common base is equivalent to a power with the common base and...
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Applying Rational Zero Test Then Find All of the Zeros
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial that cannot be easily factored. A polynomial is an expression of the form ax^n + bx^(n-1) + . . . + k, where a, b, and k are constants and the exponents are positive integers. The zeros...
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Dividing two rational expressions
👉 Learn how to simplify complex fractions. To simplify complex fractions having a fraction as the numerator and another fraction as the denominator we first factor the expressions that can be factored and then we multiply the fraction in...
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Combining rational expression with like denominators
Learn how to add and/or subtract rational expressions. A rational expression is an expression in the form of a fraction where the numerator and/or the denominator are/is an algebraic expression. When adding or subtracting rational...
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Master Simplifying radical expressions using rational powers and the product rule
Master Simplifying radical expressions using rational powers and the product rule
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Discontinuities and domain of rational functions
👉 Learn how to find the removable and non-removable discontinuity of a function. A function is said to be discontinuous at a point when there is a gap in the graph of the function at that point. A discontinuity is said to be removable...
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Learning to identify horizontal and vertical asymptotes of a function
👉 Learn how to find the vertical/horizontal asymptotes of a function. An asymptote is a line that the graph of a function approaches but never touches. The vertical asymptote is a vertical line that the graph of a function approaches but...
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How to graph the reciprocal function and identify the characteristics
👉 Learn how to graph the reciprocal function. A reciprocal function is a rational function whose expression of the variable is in the denominator. A reciprocal function is of the form f(x) = a / (x + h) + k, where h is the vertical...
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Graphing a rational function with low sound sorry
👉 Learn how to graph a rational function. To graph a rational function, we first find the vertical and horizontal or slant asymptotes and the x and y-intercepts. After finding the asymptotes and the intercepts, we graph the values and...
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Find All of the Zeros of a Polynomial
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial that cannot be easily factored. A polynomial is an expression of the form ax^n + bx^(n-1) + . . . + k, where a, b, and k are constants and the exponents are positive integers. The zeros...
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Applying Rational Zero Test Then Find All of the Zeros
👉 Learn how to find all the zeros of a polynomial that cannot be easily factored. A polynomial is an expression of the form ax^n + bx^(n-1) + . . . + k, where a, b, and k are constants and the exponents are positive integers. The zeros...
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How to find the vertical and horizontal asymptotes of a rational function
👉 Learn how to find the vertical/horizontal asymptotes of a function. An asymptote is a line that the graph of a function approaches but never touches. The vertical asymptote is a vertical line that the graph of a function approaches but...
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Overview of asymptotes
👉 Learn all about asymptotes of a rational function. A rational function is a function, having a variable in the denominator. An asymptote is a line that the graph of a function approaches but never touches. There are the vertical, the...
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Master Determining the domain of a function using interval notation
Master Determining the domain of a function using interval notation
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Master Find the Slant Asymptotes of Rational Functions
Master Find the Slant Asymptotes of Rational Functions
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Solving and graphing a function with rational asymptotes
👉 Learn how to graph a rational function. To graph a rational function, we first find the vertical and horizontal or slant asymptotes and the x and y-intercepts. After finding the asymptotes and the intercepts, we graph the values and...
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Solving a rational equation with two solutions
👉 Learn how to solve rational equations. A rational expression is an expression in the form of a fraction where the numerator and/or the denominator are/is an algebraic expression. There are many ways to solve rational equations, one of...
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Simplifying a rational expression with rational exponents
👉 Learn how to divide with rational powers. To divide with numbers/expressions with rational exponents, we apply the basic rules of exponents. If the two numbers/expressions are the same, we simply take one of the number and raise it to...
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Simplifying a rational expression by factoring out the numerator
Learn how to simplify rational expressions. A rational expression is an expression in the form of a fraction where the numerator and/or the denominator are/is an algebraic expression. To simplify a rational expression, we factor...
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Simplifying a radical expression using rational exponents
👉 Learn how to simplify rational powers using the power and the product rules. There are some laws of exponents which might come handy when simplifying expressions with exponents. Some of the laws include the product law which states...