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Finding the area of an ellipse from a tilted circular hoop

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High School Why Can't I Integrate g(x) Over [1, Infinity) When It Also Approaches Zero?

  • Saracen Rue
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Finding Bounds for a Triple Integral in the First Octant

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Line integral from (0,0,0) to (5, 1/2, π/2)

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Steps for Setting Up Triple Integrals

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How to Set Up a Triple Integral for Volume in the First Octant?

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High School Derivation with logarithms and product

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High School Why did Newton develop the definite integral?

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What are the implications of x=0 in terms of function derivability?

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Ferris Wheel Problem: Find Donna's Position After 36s

  • fluffertoes
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High School Logarithmic growth vs exponential growth

  • Elias Waranoi
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How do you solve this calculus 2 integration problem?

  • harpazo
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Undergrad Why is dT greatest when displacement is parallel to the gradient?

  • binei
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Undergrad A limit as t-->0 of log(t) / SQRT(t)

  • Mr Davis 97
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Undergrad Looking for a proof that u(x) du(x)/dx = 0.5 d(u(x)^2)/dx

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High School Integration of a quantity when calculating Work

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Can You Factor Out (x-a)^(-3/2) in This Complex Equation?

  • mathdad
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Partial Derivatives of Functions

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Undergrad How does divergence calculate all of flow through a surface?

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Undergrad How to understand Taylor/Mclaurin series?

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Undergrad Why this form of the vector product?

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-10.1.1 write polar to rectangular

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High School Does integration commute with substitution t=0?

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Undergrad Motivating definitions in calculus on manifolds

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Undergrad Is the Proof of Geometric Progression in Probability Common Sense?

  • Gunmo
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Undergrad Brachistochrone for Specific Ratios

  • Joe Wolf
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Undergrad Continuity of composition of continuous functions

  • Mr Davis 97
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Moment of inertia and center of mass for a circular lamina

  • harpazo
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Verifying moments of inertia and centroids for a rectangular lamina

  • harpazo
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How to Find Mass and Center of Mass for a Triangle with Variable Vertices?

  • harpazo
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Undergrad Sequences, subsequences (convergent, non-convergent)

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How Do You Set Up Double Integrals Over a Semicircular Region?

  • harpazo
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How to Find Mass and Center of Mass of a Lamina Bounded by Curves?

  • harpazo
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Differentiation of infinite series

  • Ande Yashwanth
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Maclaurin and Taylor polynomials, radius and interval of convergence

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How to Minimize the Perimeter of a Rectangle Formed by 24 Unit Squares?

  • prasadini
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Solving for x: x^2 + (x-a)(a+1)/(x-a)

  • prasadini
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Jerk and solving third-order differential equations

  • kupid
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What is the concept of moment of inertia?

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Undergrad How do you Calculate the Points in Gaussian Quadrature?

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High School How to Change the Independent Variable from Time to Position in a Function?

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Undergrad Taylor expansions and integration.

  • JamesHG
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Graduate Difficult cosh integral using Leibniz rule?

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High School Area under the curve of a Polar Graph

  • Saracen Rue
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High School How can I accurately sketch a complex graph with functions like 2x-⅜+¾e^-2x?

  • Kajan thana
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Iterated Integral in Polar Coordinates

  • harpazo
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Graduate Time differentiation of fluid line integrals

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Undergrad Complex integral of a real integrand

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Integrating (x^2cosx^3)^6: A Review of Techniques

  • harpazo
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Converting double integral of y to polar coordinates

  • harpazo
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Does a function have a slope, and what does d/dx actually measure?

  • kupid
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Show that the derivative of ln(x) is 1/x.

  • Greg
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Finding sum of infinite geometric series

  • fluffertoes
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High School Derivative and tangent line notation with a, x, and y

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Graduate Analytical Integration of a Difficult Function

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Hcc.18 the half life of silicon-32 is 710 years.

  • karush
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Finding polar limits for xy integral over circular region

  • harpazo
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Undergrad Is (xe^(xln4))/4 equivalent to (4^x)ln4?

  • whateva
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Maxima, minima, and the mvt application

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High School Do all the peaks and valleys of f have f'=0

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Graduate Why Is the Gradient of a Scalar Product Best Evaluated in Cartesian Coordinates?

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Graduate What is the relationship between cos(cosx) and Bessel functions?

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Undergrad Do normal differentiation rules apply to vectors?

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High School Why does tan^-1(1/-√3) give 5π/6 instead of -30°?

  • axer
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Undergrad Converting a limit expression to formula (5)

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What is the Derivation of the Average Value of a Waveform Using Calculus?

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How Do You Set Up Double Integrals for Different Orders of Integration?

  • harpazo
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Double Integral Setup for a Rectangular Region

  • harpazo
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How do I set up double integrals for different orders of integration?

  • harpazo
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Is My Double Integral Solution Correct?

  • harpazo
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Undergrad How to differentiate vectors with respect to a parameter

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High School Graphs of solids of revolution

  • mech-eng
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High School Integrating to find surface area/volume of hemisphere

  • user240
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A text problem on the study of extrema of a function

  • urugvai
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Undergrad Does dP_x dP_y = d^2\vec P : Integration scalar / vector var

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Undergrad Find total charge (using double integration)

  • Max
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Graduate Is the pole in this integrand integrable?

  • junt
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Limit of a trigonometric function

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Do we get the extrema from that graph?

  • mathmari
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Why Do I Get Negative Value Integrating y=-50e^-5x?

  • bergausstein
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High School Derivative of arctan using a triangle with hypotenuse x

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242.tr.05 Use the integral test to determine if a series converges.

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Undergrad Area under curve using Excel question

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Prove Integrability of f(x)| 0 to 1 Inequality

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Graduate Error for perturbed solution vs Numeric

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How do telescoping solutions work in summation?

  • karush
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How to calculate the lower and upper riemann sum

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Undergrad What other math courses involve multiple integrals?

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Undergrad What Are Type I, Type II, and Type III Regions in Calculus 3?

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Undergrad Integral involving square and log

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Graduate Jacobian Elliptic Functions as Inverse Elliptic Functions

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Undergrad Why does ∂ℒ/∂(∂_μφ) = ∂^μφ in the Euler-Lagrange equation?

  • shedrick94
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Graduate Can transformation coefficients be interchanged in symmetric tensors?

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