Math Skills Prerequisite to
ECON
3030
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS
The three problems below are
representative of
the mathematics required for dealing with the basic relationships in
macroeconomics.
You should be able to solve these sample problems even if you do not
know what the symbols stand for. If you can solve them easily, then
math
will not be an obstacle to your learning intermediate-level
macroeconomics.
PROBLEM 1
PROBLEM 2
The equation indicates that the change in Y is -b/(1-b) times the change in T. You need not (and should not) convert the fraction 2/3 to 0.666666666666. PROBLEM 3
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