discriminant
(noun)
An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial.
Examples of discriminant in the following topics:
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Discrimination Against Individuals
- Controversial attempts have been made to redress negative effects of discrimination.
- Unfair discrimination usually follows the gender stereotypes held by a society.
- Reverse discrimination is a term referring to discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group, including the city or state, or in favor of members of a minority or historically disadvantaged group.
- Reverse discrimination may also be used to highlight the discrimination inherent in affirmative action programs.
- Give an example of discrimination and reverse discrimination using examples of religious, gender, or racial prejudice
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Analysis of Price Discrimination
- The goal of price discrimination is for the seller to make the most profit possible .
- In commerce there are three types of price discrimination that exist.
- Price discrimination is a driving force in commerce.
- Many examples of price discrimination are present throughout commerce including:
- Gender based prices: uses price discrimination based on gender.
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Examples of Price Discrimination
- There are three types of price discrimination:
- ): price discrimination is also prevalent within the publishing industry.
- Methods of price discrimination include:
- For example, a Ladies Night at a bar is a form of price discrimination.
- These graphs show multiple market price discrimination.
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Price Discrimination
- Output can be expanded when price discrimination is very efficient, but output can decline when discrimination is more effective at extracting surplus from high-valued users than expanding sales to low valued users.
- Although price discrimination is the producer's or seller's legal attempt to charge varying prices for the same product based on consumer demand, price discrimination can be illegal in some cases.
- In third degree discrimination, it is not always advantageous to discriminate.
- Price discrimination in intellectual property is also enforced by law and by technology.
- Construct the concept of price discrimination relative to legal concerns in pricing
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Gender Discrimination
- Gender discrimination refers to prejudice or discrimination based on gender, as well as conditions that foster stereotypes of gender roles.
- Gender discrimination, also known as sexism, refers to prejudice or discrimination based on sex and/or gender, as well as conditions or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on gender.
- Many of the stereotypes that result in gender discrimination are not only descriptive, but also prescriptive beliefs about how men and women "should" behave.
- There are several prominent ways in which gender discrimination continues to play a role in modern society.
- Many also argue that the objectification of women, such as in pornography, also constitutes a form of gender discrimination.
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Institutional Prejudice or Discrimination
- Institutionalized discrimination refers to discrimination embedded in the procedures, policies or objectives of large organizations.
- Institutionalized discrimination within the housing market also includes practices like redlining and mortgage discrimination.
- Institutionalized discrimination within the housing market also includes practices like redlining and mortgage discrimination.
- The achievement gap in education is another example of institutionalized discrimination.
- Examine the legal cases that had an impact on institutional discrimination
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Elasticity Conditions for Price Discrimination
- An example of price discrimination would be the cost of movie tickets.
- Industries use price discrimination as a way to increase revenue.
- There are a variety of ways in which industries legally use price discrimination.
- The pharmaceutical industry experiences international price discrimination.
- Academic textbooks are another industry known for price discrimination.
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Legislation Protecting against Discrimination
- Discrimination—treating specific groups of people unequally—is unethical behavior and is prohibited by several pieces of U.S. legislation.
- Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on his or her membership—or perceived membership—in a certain group or category.
- Several pieces of legislation protect groups and individuals from discrimination in the United States.
- An employer cannot discriminate against a person because of his interracial association with another, such as by an interracial marriage.
- Outline the legislative framework in the United States that actively protects employees against discrimination in the workplace
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The Discriminant
- The discriminant of a polynomial is a function of its coefficients that reveals information about the polynomial's roots.
- The discriminant of a quadratic function is a function of its coefficients that reveals information about its roots.
- The discriminant $\Delta =b^2-4ac$ is the portion of the quadratic formula under the square root.
- Using $1$ as the value of $a$, $-1$ as the value of $b$, and $-2$ as the value of $c$, the discriminant of this function can be determined as follows:
- Explain how and why the discriminant can be used to find the number of real roots of a quadratic equation
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Discrimination Based on Sex and Gender
- Sexism or gender discrimination is prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender.
- One form of occupational sexism is wage discrimination.
- According to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, the combination of anti-transgender bias with structural and individual racism means that transgender people of color experience particularly high levels of discrimination.
- Specifically, black transgender people reported the highest level of discrimination among all transgender individuals of color.
- Describe the forms of gender-based discrimination that exist in society today