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    Work & Horsepower: Pulling a 65 kg Skier Up a 30° Slope

    If it has velocity and mass, doesn't it have kinetic energy?
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    Work & Horsepower: Pulling a 65 kg Skier Up a 30° Slope

    Find the force pulling the skier down the hill. This is the force required to pull him up. That is a good place to start. From there, remember that KE=(1/2)mv^2 and also that W=Fd.
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    Electricity and Magnetism in a veloctiy selector

    Lithium-6 ions (mass is 6x a proton mass) are charged Li+ ions (one extra proton). They are accelerated by 2000 volts and passed through a velocity selector with a magnetic field of 0.020T into the page. The ions follow a straight path through the selector and are then deflected onto a piece of...
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    Limits to the power of a variable

    I know how to solve a regular question such as x^x, but how would I find: lim[1-(4/x)]^x x->inf My study guide says that I have to use Ln and then L'Hopital's Rule, and I can see how that would work, but what happens to the limit?
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    Solve (x^2+1)^(x^3) Derivative

    Ah, yes. I had forgotten all about solving these buggers with logarithms. Thank you.
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    Solve (x^2+1)^(x^3) Derivative

    (x^2+1)^(x^3) I'm not sure how to do this. Any tips? How would I treat the power? Should be x^3 as the power, not 3x.
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    How to Integrate Polynomials and Solve for Unknown Terms?

    Ah, I see. Separating the second integral isn't needed because I can do it with substitution. Thank you.
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    How to Integrate Polynomials and Solve for Unknown Terms?

    \int{\frac{x^3+x^2+x-1}{x^2+2x+2}dx} I divided the polynomails and got: \int{(x-1)dx}+\int{\frac{x+1}{x^2+2x+2}dx} This becomes: x^2-x+\int{\frac{x}{x^+2x+2}dx}+\arctan{(x+2)} If I've done this right, how do I integrate the third term? The arctan should have the (x+2) in brackets but I'm...
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    Strange UBC approximation question

    So now I just plug 1/16 in for f''(xo) and make M greater than it? What about x? M>x^2/32. Is x any number in the interval [-2,2]?
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    Strange UBC approximation question

    Thank you for answering. Is it assumed that when we see M in this type of question that it is the upper bound? From where do we get abs(5+3x-f(x))? My teacher told me it was a Taylor series problem, so the error would be: abs((1/2)(yo'')(x-xo)^2) Am I on the right track?
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    Strange UBC approximation question

    I'm in AP Calculuc and was given a homework package, which is an old university introductory calculus exam. There is one particular question with which I'm having a terrible time. It is known that f(0)=5 and the tangent line to the graph of f(x) at (0,5) is y=5+3x. It is also known that...
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    Volume of Solids of Revolution: y=sqrt(6x+4) & y=2x

    Find the volume formed by rotating the area contained by y=sqrt(6x+4), the y-axis and the line y=2x about the y-axis. Set up, but do not evaluate the integral. First I graphed it, then did the "washer" method of finding the area of the circle formed, and found that the radius is...
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    Question about torque and ladders.

    I understand that, but why would we use both vertical and horizontal components in the same torque equation?
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    Question about torque and ladders.

    A ladder is against a frictionless wall, elevated at angle theta above the ground. I have a question about distance components. We find the torque pushing the ladder to the ground by using horizontal distance components: the distances of the weights acting on the ladder multiplied each by...
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    Is torque a vector or a scalar quantity?

    It is a vector because it has direction.
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