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    How Fast Does Volume Increase When Pressure Decreases in Adiabatic Expansion?

    Homework Statement When air expands adiabatically (without gaining or losing heat), its pressure P and volume V are related by the equation PV^(1.4)=C where C is a constant. Suppose that at a certain instant the volume is 450 cubic centimeters and the pressure is 81 kPa and is decreasing at...
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    What rent should the manager charge to maximize revenue?

    The manager of a large apartment complex knows from experience that 90 units will be occupied if the rent is 400 dollars per month. A market survey suggests that, on the average, one additional unit will remain vacant for each 10 dollar increase in rent. Similarly, one additional unit will be...
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    How Can You Approximate 8.1^(1/3) Using a Tangent Line?

    Thanks a lot for the help. I was able to get the answer. Neil
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    How Can You Approximate 8.1^(1/3) Using a Tangent Line?

    Let f(x) = x^(1/3). The equation of the tangent line to f(x) at x = 8 can be written in the form y = mx+b where m is: and where b is: Using this, we find our approximation for 8.1^(1.3) is: I found the slope to be 1/12 I found b to be 1.3333333333333333333 I still can't get the answer...
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    2 Problems. 1 regarding implicit differentiation

    1) A particle is moving along the curve y=3sqrt{3x+3}. As the particle passes through the point (2, 9), its x-coordinate increases at a rate of 2 units per second. Find the rate of change of the distance from the particle to the origin at this instant. 2) Use implicit differentiation to find...
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    How do I find the slope of a tangent line using implicit differentiation?

    I was finally able to get the answer which was -6. Thank you very much for the help.
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    How do I find the slope of a tangent line using implicit differentiation?

    Ahhh, I see what you mean now. I did everything, but for the final slope i get -30/21. I have no idea how it's wrong when I did exactly what you told me.
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    How do I find the slope of a tangent line using implicit differentiation?

    I still don't get what you mean. When i differentiate 3xy using the product rule, what should i get? Am i supposed to get (3*(xy)) - (3x*1)? I don't completely get the concept
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    How do I find the slope of a tangent line using implicit differentiation?

    This is what i did: It sounds totally wrong and it looks wrong but i didn't know what to do (d/dx)(4x^2-3xy+1y^3)=26 (dy/dx)(3y^2)=-8x+4 dy/dx=(-8x+4)/(3y^2)
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    How do I find the slope of a tangent line using implicit differentiation?

    Homework Statement Use implicit differentiation to find the slope of the tangent line to the curve 4x^2-3xy+1y^3=26 at the point (3,2) The Attempt at a Solution I attempted the problem and i came up with dy/dx= (-8x+4)/(3y^2) which is wrong. Need some help with this.
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    How Do You Solve These Complex Derivative Problems?

    I did problems 1-4. I was able to get help from my roommate and we worked it out. For problem 5 i was able to get the first 4 questions. The 5th part of the 5th question is: what is the TOTAL distance the particle travels between time 0 and time 10? i tried adding all the values of t(0) to t(10)...
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    How Do You Solve These Complex Derivative Problems?

    Hello there. I actually need help with several problems 1) If f(x)=4x^2-4 x+3, then f'(5) = 36 Use this to find the equation of the tangent line to the parabola y=4x^2-4x+3 at the point (5,83). The equation of this tangent line can be written in the form y = mx+b where m= ? and b= ...
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    Simple Bacteria doubling problem

    i got (ln(2))/20. Now how do i find t=0 if i don't know what A is.
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    Simple Bacteria doubling problem

    oh wow silly me. sorry. it does cancel
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