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The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Means (Averages)

How Businesses Raise Financial Capital

By the end of this section, you will be able to:<ul><li>Describe financial capital and how it relates to profits</li><li>Discuss the purpose and process of borrowing, bonds, and corporate stock</li><li>Explain how firms choose between sources of financial capital</li></ul>

Discrete Distribution (Playing Card Experiment)

Matched or Paired Samples

Polar Coordinates

In this section, you will:<ul><li>Plot points using polar coordinates.</li><li>Convert from polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates.</li><li>Convert from rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates.</li><li>Transform equations between polar and rectangular forms.</li><li>Identify and graph polar equations by converting to rectangular equations.</li></ul>

International Trade and Its Effects on Jobs, Wages, and Working Conditions

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Discuss how international trade influences the job market</li> <li>Analyze the opportunity cost of protectionism</li> <li>Explain how international trade impacts wages, labor standards, and working conditions</li> </ul>

How Governments Can Encourage Innovation

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Explain the effects of intellectual property rights on social and private rates of return.</li> <li>Identify three U.S. Government policies and explain how they encourage innovation</li> </ul>

How the AD/AS Model Incorporates Growth, Unemployment, and Inflation

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Identify periods of economic growth and recession using the aggregate demand/aggregate supply model</li> <li>Explain how unemployment and inflation impact the aggregate demand/aggregate supply model</li> <li>Evaluate the importance of the aggregate demand/aggregate supply model</li> </ul>

The Question of a Balanced Budget

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Understand the arguments for and against requiring the U.S. federal budget to be balanced</li> <li>Consider the long-run and short-run effects of a federal budget deficit</li> </ul>

Using Fiscal Policy to Fight Recession, Unemployment, and Inflation

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Explain how expansionary fiscal policy can shift aggregate demand and influence the economy</li> <li>Explain how contractionary fiscal policy can shift aggregate demand and influence the economy</li> </ul>

Graphs of the Other Trigonometric Functions

In this section, you will: <ul><li>Analyze the graph of  y=tan x.</li> <li>Graph variations of  y=tan x.</li> <li>Analyze the graphs of  y=sec x  and  y=csc x.</li> <li>Graph variations of  y=sec x  and  y=csc x.</li> <li>Analyze the graph of  y=cot x.</li> <li>Graph variations of  y=cot x.</li></ul>

Introduction to Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy