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In many parts of the world, the water for sprinkler systems in large hotels and hospitals is supplied by gravity from cylindrical tanks on or near the roofs of the buildings. Suppose such a tank has r...
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Not all water tanks are shaped like cylinders. Suppose a tank has cross-sectional area A(h) at height h. Then the volume of water up to height / and so the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus gives dV/dh...
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To construct the snowflake curve, start with an equilateral triangle with sides of length 1. Step 1 in the construction is to divide each side into three equal parts, construct an equilateral triangl...
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Find the sum of the series where the terms are the reciprocals of the positive integers whose only prime factors are 2s and 3s.
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(a) Show that for xy ≠2, if the left side lies between / (b) Show that / (c) Deduce the following formula of John Machin (1680–1751): (d) Use the Maclaurin series f...
See AnswerQ: (a) Prove a formula similar to the one in Problem
(a) Prove a formula similar to the one in Problem 7(a) but involving arccot instead of arctan. (b) Find the sum of the series / Data from Problem 7: (a) Show that for xy ≠2, if the...
See AnswerQ: Use the result of Problem 7(a) to find the
Use the result of Problem 7(a) to find the sum of the series / Data from Problem 7: (a) Show that for xy ≠2, if the left side lies between / (b) Show that / (c) Deduce the followin...
See AnswerQ: A car is moving with speed 20 m/s and acceleration
A car is moving with speed 20 m/s and acceleration 2 m/s2 at a given instant. Using a second-degree Taylor polynomial, estimate how far the car moves in the next second. Would it be reasonable to use...
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