Questions from General Calculus


Q: (a) Fibonacci posed the following problem: Suppose that rabbits

(a) Fibonacci posed the following problem: Suppose that rabbits live forever and that every month each pair produces a new pair which becomes productive at age 2 months. If we start with one newborn p...

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Q: (a) Let a1 = a, a2 = f(

(a) Let a1 = a, a2 = f(a), a3 = f(a2) = f(f(an)) ,……. , = an+1 = f(an), where f is a continuous function. If / (b) Illustrate part (a) by taking / and estimating the value of L to five decimal places....

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Q: (a) Use a graph to guess the value of the

(a) Use a graph to guess the value of the limit (b) Use a graph of the sequence in part (a) to find the smallest values of N that correspond to / = 0.1 and / = 0.001 in Definition 2.

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Q: Test the series for convergence or divergence. /

Test the series for convergence or divergence.

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Q: Let a and b be positive numbers with a > b.

Let a and b be positive numbers with a > b. Let a1 be their arithmetic mean and b1 their geometric mean: Repeat this process so that, in general, (a) Use mathematical induction to show that (b) Ded...

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Q: (a) Show that if / then / is convergent and

(a) Show that if / then / is convergent and / (b) If a1 = 1 and / find the first eight terms of the sequence /. Then use part (a) to show that /This gives the continued fraction expansion

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Q: The size of an undisturbed fish population has been modeled by the

The size of an undisturbed fish population has been modeled by the formula where pn is the fish population after n years and a and b are positive constants that depend on the species and its environme...

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Q: Write a polar equation of a conic with the focus at the

Write a polar equation of a conic with the focus at the origin and the given data.

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Q: Write a polar equation of a conic with the focus at the

Write a polar equation of a conic with the focus at the origin and the given data.

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Q: Write a polar equation of a conic with the focus at the

Write a polar equation of a conic with the focus at the origin and the given data.

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