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If you are looking to integrate over the whole real line, and are familiar with statistics, another approach is to notice that, apart from a constant, this is similar to finding the expectation of x^2 where x is a normally distributed random variable with mean 0 and variance a^2. Using the...

Think with my poor Tex you missed the x after the 5 on the RHS. Take that into account and you're there.

If it's just finding the derivative then this is probably more a question for the calculus thread. Anyhoo, i'll do the first part. Take logs to get. ln(y)= 5x ln(4-x) Now differentiate (implicitly on the LHS) and rearrange to get your answer for dy/dx. Have a go and let me know...

I guess that depends what the question is. Are you asking for the differential equation to which this is the solution? Take logs and differentiate for first order ODE?

Yeah that amused me too :smile: .I'd probably start a little earlier: Growth proportional to size implies... \frac{dy}{dt}=ky with the intial condition y(0)=500 and the time t = 3 (in hours!) condition y(3)=8000. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the general...

I can only imagine you are getting intimidated by the sin(x) and cos(x) functions. Try writing y = sin(x) and x = cos(x) then simplify. Hopefully going through this exercise will be helpful.

The slope won't change anything because, in the absence of friction, PE + KE = constant (as you have rightly used in your calculation). So it's the magitude of the change in PE that affects your KE at the end, not how you get there. It's a property a "conservative field" which you may want to...

Both questions are to do with conservation of energy (surprise!). Try not to get caught up in thinking it's more complex than this - Ask yourself what kind of energy they have at the start of the experiment and what they have at the point of measurement (no friction so no losses to worry...

I like StatusXs explanation, but if you want to work with KE, here is the most explcit way to deal with what you have been given. Call the heavier truck 1, and the lighter truck 2. Since KE is the same \frac{1}{2}m_{(1)}V_{(1)}^{2} = \frac{1}{2}m_{(2)}V_{(2)}^{2} Since m_{(1)} >...

The answer should be apparent from the information you write at the start. In general, if you weren't already given what the sum is, you might was to consider looking at the following to see if provides any hints. S(4) - S(3) S(3) - S(2) etc. See if any pattern arises which allows you to...

Think of a volume of revolution formed by a general line y = mx. What sort of shape does this yield and how is it related to the shape you are given? Thinking about this will also provide a good check as to whether your answer is correct as there is a nice formula for its volume.

You could do the following: 1. Decide on your range xmax, xmin 2. Decide on the number of points you want to plot (say N=1,000) 3. Declare an Axis vector with the axis points and a Y = zeros(1,N) vector to receive the results of the calculation 4. Use a loop to perform the calc y = ...

If you'd like to look into it further, look up "Newton's Cradle"

I believe this coursework problem has been well-answered in the relevant section.

I'm not sure I understand the question fully but here are my thoughts: - It depends on whether k < 1 or k >= 1 . - Since you say it's k times greater, i'll assume k > 1 but this creates a less interesting problem than the other case. You can reason without the help of any formula that...