03/21/19

What's maximum height, how long, and until it reaches bottom

what is the maximum height the ball reaches? how long will it take the baseball to reach the maximum height? how long does it take for it to reach the ground?-16t^2+100t+25

Math for Liberal Arts Calculus Word Problem

The profit formula John Solar Panel Company is P= -40x^2 + 160000x. How many solar panels must they build and sell to maximize profit? What will the maximum profit be?

11/12/18

How fast is the top moving down the wall when the base of the ladder is 7 feet away from the wall?

Other given information:A ladder 25 feet long is leaning against the wall of a house. The base of the ladder is pulled away from the wall at a rate of 2 feet per second.

11/07/18

Related Rates Question

A boat is pulled by means of a winch on a dock 8 ft above the deck of the boat. The winch pulls in the rope at the rate of 5 ft/s. Determine the speed of the boat when there is 10 ft of rope out.

10/26/18

Write the function g(x) which takes the function f(x)=3^x and shifts it to the right by 4 units, reflects it across the x-axis, and shifts it up 2 units

Write the function g(x) which takes the function f(x)=3x and shifts it to the right by 4 units, reflects it across the x-axis, and shifts it up 2 units.I got y=3-(x-3)+2 and i'm pretty sure that... more

10/16/18

An open box is to be made out of a 6-inch by 14-inch piece of cardboard by cutting out squares of equal size from the four corners and bending up the sides.

An open box is to be made out of a 6-inch by 14-inch piece of cardboard by cutting out squares of equal size from the four corners and bending up the sides. Find the dimensions of the resulting box... more

Related Rates (calculus)

A balloon is at a height of 50 meters, and is rising at the constant rate of 5 m/sec. A bicyclist passes beneath it, traveling in a straight line at the constant speed of 10 m/sec. How fast is the... more

Find all solutions of the equation in the interval [0, 2π) algebraically.

Find all solutions of the equation in the interval [0, 2π) algebraically. Use the table feature of a graphing utility to check your answers numerically. (List the solutions in increasing order. If... more

10/10/18

i don't understand this calculus problem plz help

A water trough is 5 m long and has a cross-section in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid that is 20 cm wide at the bottom, 60 cm wide at the top, and has height 40 cm. If the trough is being... more

10/06/18

Assuming 100 downward strokes per second, estimate the average power output of the insect.

A typical flying insect applies an average force equal to twice its weight during each downward stroke while hovering. Take the mass of the insect to be 10g, and assume the wings move an average... more

Calculus Problem

Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the curves y= x2/ 4, x=0 and y=4 about the y-axis

08/01/18

Calculus Problem

Of all the triangles that pass through the point (1,1) and have sides lying on the coordinate axes, one has the smallest area.       what are the lengths of its sides?

07/25/18

Barn silo volume

a barns silo is 40m tall and has a radius of 5m. it is capped with a hemispherical roof. find the total volume of the silo

surface area and volume

Coffee is sold in two different-sized canisters. The smaller canister has a diameter of 9 cm and a height of 12 cm. The larger canister is double the size of the small canister. Calculate the... more

07/14/18

Time taken to reach maximum height when a distress rocket is fired vertically into the air with an initial velocity of 49m/s

Its about linear motion on object moving vertically upwards

07/11/18

A sector with central angle θ is cut from a circle of radius R = 24 inches, and the edges of the sector are brought together to form a cone.

A sector with central angle θ is cut from a circle of radius R = 24 inches (see figure), and the edges of the sector are brought together to form a cone. Find the magnitude of θ such that the... more

07/06/18

High School Pre-Cal

A boat is trying to come into Harbor against a current that is going out to sea. the boat's velocity in Still water is given by the Vector [-5 , -1], and the current velocity is a given by the... more

Derivatives effect on graph?

sketch the graph of the function x^4-x^3   i was wondering on how do we get the points that we have to plug on the graph? Are they only the x and y intercepts?

question on projectile physics

A stone is projected from a point O on a cliff with a speed of 20m/s at an angle of elevation of 30 degrees. T seconds later the angle of depression of the stone from O is 45 degrees. find the... more

07/03/18

The maximum weight that a circular column

The maximum weight that a circular column can support is directly proportional to the fourth power of its diameter and is inversely proportional to the square of its height. A 2-meter diameter... more

07/03/18

25% of a solution containing 20% petrol, 50% diesel and 30% kerosene was replaced with kerosene

25% of a solution containing 20% petrol, 50% diesel and 30% kerosene was replaced with kerosene. now, 2/3 of the solution obtained in the previous step was replaced with petrol. what is the... more

07/03/18

High School Pre-Cal

While watching a waterwheel turn in a river, Jenny noticed that, as the wheel turned, the distance from a point on its edge to the water varied sinusoidally with time. Jenny started her stopwatch... more

06/24/18

Siraj and Son Live near eachother. Sirajs house is 20 km east of Sons house. Siraj runs 12 km/h to sons house. son goes south to the beach at 9km/h. they start

Siraj and Son Live near eachother. Sirajs house is 20 km east of Sons house. Siraj runs 12 km/h to sons house. son goes south to the beach at 9km/h. they start at 9 and go on for 2.5 hours. when... more

06/22/18

Need help with a growth problem

Immediately following an injection, the concentration of a drug in the bloodstream is 200 milligrams per milliliter. After t hours, the concentration is 75% of the level of the previous... more

06/20/18

rocket to hit ground launched from 2 ft platform upward velocity of 150ft/s

how long will it take the rocket to hit the ground

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