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Undergrad How can I calculate the derivative of a fraction with different denominators?
- Learning
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Undergrad Why does the derivative of a sphere's volume formula give its surface area?
- Gale
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High School Unsuccessful Attempts at Solving Limit Questions
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Undergrad How Do I Solve for X in f(x) = c Using Logarithms?
- jeffdj
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Undergrad Find the Angle for Maximum x Position in Free Fall Motion
- agro
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Undergrad Is there a flaw in my teacher's method of solving limits involving 0/0?
- STAii
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Undergrad Double Integration Intervals: How to Find the Limits?
- meister
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Undergrad Binomial series expansion of 1/sqrt(1-b²sin²x)
- Oxymoron
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Undergrad X to the xth power and other indices
- jcsd
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Undergrad What is the integral of ln(x)?
- MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Find Slope of Tangent Line at P(1,2): Answer = 5/2
- mmapcpro
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High School How to find angle of a curve in xy coordinate plane?
- Matt Jacques
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Graduate Integrating constants over irreducible quadratic factors
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Undergrad How do I integrate 1/(x*sqrt(x^2-1)) from 1 to infinity?
- iceman
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Undergrad How Can I Solve This Improper Integral With Absolute Value?
- dan
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Undergrad Check partial derivative answers for f(x,y) = (3xy - 4y²)³ and f(x,y) = y/(x + y)
- MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad What is the power series for cos(u^2) up to the u^24 term?
- iceman
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Undergrad More on derivative of an exponential
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Can a Function Satisfy This Complex Derivative Equation?
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Integral Suppose f(x)=int(1/t.dt)
- iceman
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Undergrad Sum of small displacement vectors.
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Undergrad Why antiderivative evaluation fails for sqrt(1-x²) from 0 to 1
- AndersHermansson
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Undergrad Riemann sum for f(x)=x^3 on [1,5] with right endpoints
- dan
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Undergrad How Can I Solve the Integral of Sin^8x Using Integration by Parts?
- iceman
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High School How can the derivative of x^x be solved?
- The_Brain
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Undergrad Can the value of pi be found through integration?
- AndersHermansson
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High School What is the difference between a series and a sequence?
- drnihili
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Undergrad Can someone explain Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates in Calculus?
- Azrioch
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Undergrad Can the ratio test determine if an infinite series converges or not?
- mathshead
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Power Series of (1-x)/(1-2x)^3?
- dan
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Undergrad Differentiating ln x from first principles
- Imperial
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Graduate Sum of n2/2^n and proof using Holder's inequality
- KLscilevothma
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Undergrad Lagrange multipliers elliptic paraboloid
- iceman
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Graduate Does the Volume of a Solid Depend on Point of Tangency?
- iceman
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Graduate The math of physics - Calculus of Variation?
- Mike2
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Undergrad Work done with variable force t² and constant acceleration
- suffian
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Undergrad Proving L'Hospital's Rule with Mean Value Theorem
- KLscilevothma
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Undergrad How do I evaluate the iterated integral in my textbook?
- Dx
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Graduate Is the Vector Field F(x,y) Conservative?
- Dx
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Volume of a Solid Defined by z = 3 + cos(x) + cos(y)?
- Dx
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Undergrad Solving triple integrals in a tetrahedron: How do I get started?
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Undergrad Understanding Lagrange Multipliers: Solving for Max and Min Values
- Dx
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Undergrad Asymptotes curve (1-2x)/(3x+5)
- JohnnyPhysics
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High School Where can I find good practice questions on derivatives and extrema?
- PrudensOptimus
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Graduate How can I use integrals to find the circumference of an ellipse?
- StephenPrivitera
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Undergrad Find f'(x) of f(x) = 1/sqrt(x-3)
- JohnnyPhysics
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Undergrad Time for bullet to reach maximum height on Moon vs Earth
- PrudensOptimus
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High School What is the purpose of calculus and how can it be applied?
- mitch bass
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Undergrad Line Integral and parameterization
- discoverer02
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High School Chain rule in Calc = Chain in Log?
- PrudensOptimus
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Graduate Integration of irrational function
- KLscilevothma
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Undergrad Solve Partial Fractions: 1+u2/(1+u4)
- KLscilevothma
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Undergrad How Do You Find the Derivative of the Function f(x) = pi*x + 1/(cos^2(Pi*x))?
- PrudensOptimus
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Undergrad Calculating Derivative of P with Respect to V for Constant T and R
- PrudensOptimus
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Undergrad Lim x -> Inf of (x + sinx)/(x + cosx) Approaches 1
- PrudensOptimus
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Graduate How does this limit problem follow from limit rules?
- suffian
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Graduate Square-based pyramids surface area
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High School What does the second derivative represent on a graph?
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Undergrad What Is the Fourth Derivative Test and How Does It Determine Extrema?
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Undergrad Limits, what they are and what they do
- PrudensOptimus
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Undergrad Why Doesn't the Sequence 2,0,2,0,2,0 Converge?
- meemoe_uk
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High School Find the Horizontal Tangent of f(x)=x^2 + 4x - 1
- PrudensOptimus
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Undergrad Problem that uses implicit differentiation
- gigi9
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Undergrad Understanding Continuity and Discontinuity in Calculus
- PrudensOptimus
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High School Can you prove f'(x)/f(x)=|f(x)| using basic knowledge about lines and points?
- MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate Derivative of unit step function
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Graduate Proving the infinite sum of arctan(1/(n²+n+1)) equals π/2
- quantumdude
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Undergrad Derivatives of exponential functions and logarithm equations
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Graduate Summation of sin(x/[n*(n+1)]) over n from 1 to ∞
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Undergrad Can You Use Simple Substitution for Tricky Integrals?
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Graduate Carnot Cycle and Line Integrals
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Undergrad Why is e chosen as the natural base for logarithms?
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Undergrad "How can I find the derivative of x?
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Graduate Infinite product of cosines and sum of sines with factorial arguments
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Last of a series (correction of previous post)
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Evaluating k-a to k+2a for Limit Sum of k*(p^k)*C
- bogdan
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Undergrad Solving L'Hospital's Rule: Cosx/x^2
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Undergrad How to Prove the Limit of (x^4+y^4)/(x^2+y^2) is 0 at (0,0)?
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Graduate Maclaurin series for 1/(1+x²)
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Undergrad What is the formal definition of a limit?
- mathshead
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Undergrad Anti derivative of the function x/lnx
- Murad A.Omar
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Undergrad Trouble converting Cartesian to Polar
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Graduate When do mixed partial derivatives fxy and fyx equal each other?
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Graduate Are Derivatives Misunderstood in Physics and Mathematics?
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Graduate Find a line that maximally intersects a given function
- Loren Booda
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