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s.tung

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on: Jun 30, 2018
How do we find the slope of a nonlinear curve?

Question 2

The expenditure approach to GDP accounting includes:
 a. consumption.
 b. investment.
 c. net exports.
 d. all of the above.


braelync

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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

We can find the slope at a given point by drawing a straight-line tangent to that point on the curve (when a straight line just touches the curve without actually crossing it) and calculating the slope of the tangent line.

Answer to Question 2

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