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04/21/16

Could someone help me with this calculus rate problem?

Water is leaking out of an inverted conical tank at a rate of 10100.0 cm3/min at the same time that water is being pumped into the tank at a constant rate. The tank has height 9.0 m and the the... more

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Calculus 1 Calculus Integrals Integral Calculus

04/21/16

Indefinite/Definite Integrals

I need help solving a couple of indefinite/definite integrals. It seems all of my homework problems have done the less complicated ones so I'm not sure how to do these ones:First problem:... more

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Calculus 1 Calculus Integrals Integral Calculus

04/21/16

Indefinite Integral

I need help solving a couple of indefinite integrals. It seems all of my homework problems have done the less complicated ones so I'm not sure how to due these ones: First problem: (integral... more

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Calculus 1 Calculus Tangents And Derivatives Tangent Graph

04/21/16

Finding two part derivative/tangent line

So I'm supposed to graph the given function at the tangent line at the given point, which I know how to do with an explicit/one part function but not an implicit/two part function.The function... more

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Calculus 1

04/19/16

Can someone answer this

A cannon ball is fired upward with a n initial velocity of 1000 yards per second from an initial height of 40 feet 1) find the height s(t) as a function of time t. 2) find the height of the... more

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Calculus 1 Optimization

04/18/16

Explain in paragraph form

show work and analysis A cannon ball is fired upward with an initial velocity of 1000 yards per second from an initial height of 40 ft A) find the height s(t) as a function of the time... more

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Calculus 1

04/13/16

The question is in the description as it was too long

what are the dimensions that will minimize the amount of material needed to manufacture a standard oil drum that is in the shape of a cylinder, with closed top and bottom. the drum must have a... more

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Calculus 1

04/12/16

Optimization Question! Please help calculus 1

Find the dimensions of the rectangle of maximum area that can be inscribed in a circle of radius r=21. The rectangle of maximum area has dimensions:? The picture is of a rectangle with a... more

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Calculus 1

04/12/16

Optimization Calculus question! Please help!!

Sketch the first quadrant region bounded by the axes and the graph of g(x)= 9−x/2+x. Consider various rectangles: each with one corner at the origin, adjacent sides along the axes, and opposite... more

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Calculus 1

04/12/16

Optimization CALCULUS 1

Brandon is on one side of a river that is 80 m wide and wants to reach a point 200 m downstream on the opposite side as quickly as possible by swimming diagonally across the river and then running... more

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Calculus 1

04/10/16

Calculus Question 3

A baseball diamond is a square with side 90ft. A batter hits the ball and runs toward first base with a speed of 24 ft/s. (a) At what rate is his distance from second base decreasing when he is... more

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Calculus 1

04/10/16

Calculus Question

A spotlight on the ground shines on a wall 12m away. If a man 2m tall walks from the spotlight toward the building at a speed of 1.6 m/s, how fast is the length of his shadow on the building... more

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Calculus 1

04/10/16

A street light is mounted at the top of a 15ft-tall pole.

Please help me A street light is mounted at the top of a 15ft-tall pole. A man 6 ft tall walks away from the pole with a speed of 5 ft/s along a straight path. How fast is the tip of his shadow... more

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Calculus 1

04/09/16

Best estimate of the total volume of water used by the factory between 6 am and 9 am

A village wishes to measure the quantity of water that is piped to a factory during a typical morning. A gauge on the water line gives the flow rate (in cubic meters per hour) at any instant. The... more

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Calculus 1

04/03/16

Calculus word problem

the wave of a tsunami above the sea floor can be modeled by H(t)= -27.3sin((PI/6)t) +12 feet where t is time in minutes since the tsunami struck. Find and interpret H'(6)

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Calculus 1

04/03/16

why is the derivative of a composite function the product of two derivatives?

why is the derivative of a composite function the product of two derivatives? ? Don't need much detail, just explain in simplest form. Thanks.

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Calculus 1

03/29/16

t=0 is x(t)= (3t^2-5t-2)(t-2)^2. Find the value of t

A particle starts at time t=0 and moves along the x-axis so that its position at any time t≥0 is x(t)= (3t^2-5t-2)(t-2)^2. Find the value of t when the acceleration is zero and the particle is moving

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