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Revision as of 08:32, 29 April 2012
Problem
If in the formula ,
is increased while
,
and
are kept constant, then
:
Solution
Assume that the constants are positive, as well as
WLOG let
and
all equal
Then
We can see that as
increases from
it slowly approaches
Therefore,
If and
were positive and
was negative, then
would decrease, for example.
See Also
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