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When used in an applied problem, the slope gives us a rate of change. In this activity, we will calculate the rate of change of sales of semiconductors, the chips that are the “brain” inside each computer. |
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Activity 3.4
Click this link to view your assignment for this activity.
http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_mt/e1/c3/EIMPEXP.PDF |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print the activity. To download the reader, click "Adobe Acrobat Reader" above.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html |
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Exploration |
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International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce’s ITA monitors the buying and selling of computer parts to and from the United States. This site shows their data for recent years. The first of two tables gives the exports of semiconductors, or those chips made in the U.S. and sold abroad. The numbers are given in thousands of U.S. dollars, so 6,822,527 is actually $6,822,527,000. The second table gives the number of imported semiconductors, or those purchased from foreign sources and sold in the U.S.
http://web.ita.doc.gov/ITI/itiHome.nsf/92044a3397a71f6d85256dc5006fd193/8ddf4126c9bcc13585256e61007157fc!OpenDocument |
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