Growth & Decay with e: Continuous Compounding & Half-Life
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In this lesson
You grow Kestrel's cash reserve with continuous compounding, chart it against annual compounding, read off the instantaneous growth rate with a derivative and turn a decay constant into a half-life.
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- Average vs Instantaneous Rate: The Difference Quotient Locked
- Numerical Derivative Table & the Tangent Line Locked
- Marginal Cost, Revenue & Profit Locked
- Optimisation: Find the Profit Maximum Locked
- Point Elasticity of Demand with a Derivative Locked
- Numerical Integration: Trapezoid & Simpson vs Exact Locked
- Area Between Curves & Consumer Surplus Locked
- Growth & Decay with e: Continuous Compounding & Half-Life Locked