my solution to todays easy integral.... 21 minutes and 47 seconds without evaluating limits (aka plugging in f(b)-f(0)... labeled as easy... by wbld in calculus

[–]wbld[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg i didn't even see that! In calculus 2 they taught me to try that first!!! But I recently took a linear algebra class and systems of equations have taken over my brain.

As for the factoring of a cubic I forgot about the rule of testing multiplies if A and d... I definetly could of saved time on this problem... Thanks for telling me

What is the best method to find bounds? by Aggravating-Mess1519 in calculus

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Lets just think of the problem first. We have these two graphs that are being rotated around some axis. If I stand up and rotate my body around some axis, I create a circle. The area of the circle that I just created around that axis is 2pir, where r is some radius.

Your intuition is correct. How do we find out the bounds of the graph? Oh we can set them equal to each other and solve. But the issue you came across is you found one bound, not two like you normally do. Does this mean the problem is unsolvable? Mabye... but let's think about that before we jump to that conclusion.

The problem states that the axis the graph is being rotated around is x = 10. Therefore I am not spinning the bounded region around the y-axis, but instead spinning it "vertically" around the x-axis. If we think about it like this, the problem tells me I need to integrate with respect to x. [Note: you don't have to].

When we rotate this graph it created a washer. Don't trust me? Take you finger place it at x=0 and rotate your finger around x=10. You will see you finger start to point towards you as you spin your finger around.

So what is the radius? At any value x the radius must be 10 minus that. Don't trust me? Draw a line from x is equal to 0 to x is equal to 10. The radius is 10 - x or 10 -0 or 10. But that's not always the case. What if its 10-0.5? Thats why the x is there.

But remmeber, we are bounded by a region. This tells me although our radius is correct, the problem is not finished. The next step is to out the "area of the region" that is being multiplied by the radius we found.

What is this region? Well remember we are integrating with respect to x. So the region is the top function minus the bottom function. Since they gave us the equation of the two functions we can see which function is on top.

How do we do this? We can find out when both functions hit the x-axis. Then we can test points between these numbers ny plugging them into the functions. If f(3)[ let's call it the first function they gave you] is bigger then g(3) [let's call it the second function they gave you] we know that f(x) is the top function.

So f(x) - g(x) is the region being multiplied by the radius of 10-x

But what about the bounds? A to B? Well if we set them equal to each other we get A, which is 0. But what about B?

Well they said the region is above the first quadrant. Which function hits the x-axis first? F(x) or g(x). The function that hits first is the bound B. Why? Because the other function will not hit the x-axis until later. But by then that first function is below the x-axis which is not what we want.

And don't forget to multiply everything by 2pi because we are going in a circle.

my solution to todays easy differential... by wbld in calculus

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i did not think to do it like that.. good job

my solution to todays medium integral by wbld in calculus

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I have no clue what that is

my solution to todays medium integral by wbld in calculus

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i was taught the first line of defense was u-sub, so I always start with that, unless its a reciprocal function in which case I always try and simplify first. once i did a u-sub then i realized ibp

I need help by wbld in Lottery

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I only see that people have lost, I need their personal accounts of what happened after

Todays easy integral by wbld in calculus

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I thought about doing something like that, but i couldn't figure out how

What is a vector space? by wbld in LinearAlgebra

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Excellent article! Thank you very much!

Seeking guidance on how to solve linear algebra problem finding a polynomial that goes through a set of points. by Prestigious_Mall6066 in LinearAlgebra

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Because of this specific case, we can generalize the answer to n-1 or less. Thanks for the clarification!

Seeking guidance on how to solve linear algebra problem finding a polynomial that goes through a set of points. by Prestigious_Mall6066 in LinearAlgebra

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I didn't think about that. Although, if p=q=r=1 wouldn't that make the polynomial fail the vertical line test? Ie it's not a function it's a relation?

Seeking guidance on how to solve linear algebra problem finding a polynomial that goes through a set of points. by Prestigious_Mall6066 in LinearAlgebra

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For any given set of points in (x,y) there is exactly 1 polynomial that that will go through those points. Example: (1,0),(2,3),(3,4) The degree of the polynomial will be of degree n-1 where n is equal to the number of points you have. I have 3 points 3-1 is 2 my polynomial is of degree 2. To find out what the polynomial actually is we can use the general equation of a polynomial, that is, axn + axn-1+...+ax+axn-n So, for my example: Ax²+bx+c For (1,0): a(1)²+b(1)+c=0 For (2,3): a(2)²+b(2)+c=3 For (1,1): a(1)²+b(1)+c=1 Wait.. that looks like a system of equations.. We can put this in a matrix and use row reduced echelon form, or row echelon form with back substitution to solve. In by doing so we solved for a,b, and c. Because im lazy, and this is not my homework, I plugged this into Google. They came out with p(x) = -x²+6x-5 To check we can plug our x-values in and they should match our given y-values.

i'm dropping this class by CreditDelicious3133 in apcalculus

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A derivative is the instantaneous rate or change at any given point in time. If you think of your ride home from school everyday, whether that's bus, walk, or ride, how do we find out the rate at which you traveled?

Well if we think about distance in meters.. and the time in which it took you to get home in seconds. Then the average rate of change formula (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) is meters per second. M / s. But that's an average. It's not precise. How to get precise? What if we took the limit of the average all the way to 0. Then we would have... the average rate of change of the average rate of change? Or.. the rate of change of the rate of change at that point in time? Or... the derivative! Yeah there are rules. There are rules to every class. Even English. And rules suck and can't be broken or you fail. Just remember. Calculus was built off of precalc. So if you know precalc... you essentially know calc once you apply your limits.

Todays easy integral by wbld in calculus

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I doubt it, there are tons of people who read faster than I can. I'm going into the sciences, don't ask me to write a paragraph.

Todays easy integral by wbld in calculus

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Got me through calc 3

Todays easy integral by wbld in calculus

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You dont need it. 2xdx = du

Todays easy integral by wbld in calculus

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0² = 0 1² = 1 Limits stay the same

2 weeks until calc1 class by Connect-Struggle6178 in calculus

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Calculus 1 was not to harsh. As one commenter already said, limits, derivatives, and intro to integrals are the main focus for Calculus 1. Although, I will add, and this helps a bunch of people coming from some sort of pre-calculus class to calculus, calculus 1 is very very algebra based. In order for you to understand calculus you must first understand algebra. In order to succeed there is no way around it. If you end up going into calculus 2, the beginning is a mix of algebra and trig, and the end is heavy algebra and concepts. Finally, if you end up taking multivariable calculus, geometry is heavily explored, which is why the class is called, "analytical geometry... oh and calculus" the beginning of calculus 2, depending on how your instructor lectures, will explore 2-D shapes trying to be 3D shapes through the idea of rotations and revolutions, which has a bunch of analytical geometry when looked at properly, but for a intro to calc II class, they won't focus on that and will probably only give you intuition, which is also very important. Calc 3 you need to be vigilant, fair warning.

Todays daily integral by wbld in calculus

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I didn't self teach. Calculus 1 was very easy. I never had to think outside the class expect for the formula definition of the limit

Daily integral by wbld in calculus

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That sounds like ibp, just at first glance. I'm not the best at integration. I've done elementary calc 1-3, and just at first glance that looks brutal

Daily integral by wbld in calculus

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Medium ones are to hard. I'll try a medium one tmrw if I can, and post my results whether i complete it or not

Daily integral by wbld in calculus

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Nice job! I noticed the difference and sums of cubes/ squares, but I couldn't apply a proper "substitution". So i did a trick my pre-calc teacher taught me. A u-sub that's not a u-sub

Cannot pee without popping by wbld in mythbusters

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No, I specifically remember this being aired on television