A spotlight on the ground is shining on a wall 24m
away. If a woman 2m
tall walks from the spotlight toward the building at a speed of 1.2m/s,
how fast is the length of her shadow on the building decreasing when she is 2m
from the building?
The equation for a distance, s(m), travelled in time t(s) by an object starting with an initial velocity u(ms-1) and uniform acceleration a(ms-2) is:
Given that y=x−m what is dydx?
Does the domain of the function f defined by f(x) =√(3-x) /√(x-2) is R-{2}
What is Integration? Discuss types of Integration with Example.
the equation of a curve is given as f(x)= sqrt 2x-1, find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of f(x) at x=5
Find the area of the region enclosed by the graphs of y= 3/x and y=4-x
Find the area of the region enclosed by the graphs of f(x)=x3 and g(x)=x2+2x
[Verify your answer by MATHEMATICA and attach the printout of the commands and output]
Verify that the function 𝑦 = 𝑐1𝑒 (−𝑘+2𝑖)𝑥 + 𝑐2𝑒 (−𝑘−2𝑖)𝑥 is a solution to 𝑦 ′′ + 2𝑘𝑦 ′ + (𝑘 2 + 4)𝑦 = 0.
The graph of the parametric equations is called a cycloid.
x=θ-sinθ and y=1-cosθ for 0≤θ≤2π
(a) find dy/dx
(b) find an equation of the tangent to the cycloid at the point where θ=π/3
(c) at what point is the tangent horizontal?
(d) graph the cycloid and the tangent lines in parts (b) and (c)