Questions from General Calculus


Q: A peach pie is taken out of the oven at 5:

A peach pie is taken out of the oven at 5:00 PM. At that time, it is piping hot, 1000C. At 5:10 PM its temperature is 800C; at 5:20 PM it is 650C. What is the temperature of the room?

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Q: Use the partial fraction command on your CAS to find a convenient

Use the partial fraction command on your CAS to find a convenient expression for the partial sum, and then use this expression to find the sum of the series. Check your answer by using the CAS to sum...

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Q: Snow began to fall during the morning of February 2 and continued

Snow began to fall during the morning of February 2 and continued steadily into the afternoon. At noon a snowplow began removing snow from a road at a constant rate. The plow traveled 6 km from noon t...

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Q: A dog sees a rabbit running in a straight line across an

A dog sees a rabbit running in a straight line across an open field and gives chase. In a rectangular coordinate system (as shown in the figure), assume: (i). The rabbit is at the origin and the dog...

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Q: (a). Suppose that the dog in Problem 9 runs twice

(a). Suppose that the dog in Problem 9 runs twice as fast as the rabbit. Find a differential equation for the path of the dog. Then solve it to find the point where the dog catches the rabbit. (b). Su...

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Q: (a). Write the logistic equation. (b).

(a). Write the logistic equation. (b). Under what circumstances is this an appropriate model for population growth?

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Q: Find the curve that passes through the point (3, 2

Find the curve that passes through the point (3, 2) and has the property that if the tangent line is drawn at any point P on the curve, then the part of the tangent line that lies in the first quadran...

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Q: Recall that the normal line to a curve at a point P

Recall that the normal line to a curve at a point P on the curve is the line that passes through P and is perpendicular to the tangent line at P. Find the curve that passes through the point (3, 2) an...

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Q: Find all curves with the property that if the normal line is

Find all curves with the property that if the normal line is drawn at any point P on the curve, then the part of the normal line between P and the x-axis is bisected by the y-axis.

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Q: (a). Write Lotka-Volterra equations to model populations of

(a). Write Lotka-Volterra equations to model populations of food fish (F) and sharks (S). (b). What do these equations say about each population in the absence of the other?

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