How to find the antiderivative of cot(x)

[sonofjohn]

5) As you can see ln(sin(1)) +1/ln.5 does not yield one of the above answers. Can someone tell me where I went wrong?

 

[math8]

I think you made a mistake when finding C.
C should be equal to 1-ln(.5) not 1/ln(.5).
The answer should be the last one (E).

 

[sonofjohn]

Thanks for the help, didn't see that.

 

[sonofjohn]

Does anyone have an idea as to how to figure 6 out? I don't believe I have ever tried one of those problems.

 

[math8]

You should try finding out what is the second derivative of [f^2(x)].
When you're done, you just plug in the number 3 and it is easy to find out what's the answer.

 

[sonofjohn]

isn't the second derivative of f^2x = 2?

 

[math8]

No, consider [f^2(x)]=[f(x)]^2
you know that (u^m)'=m (u^(m-1)) u' right?
So it's the same thing for u=f(x) and m=2.

Can you try it and see what you get when you do it twice?

 

[NoMoreExams]

isn't the second derivative of f^2x = 2?

Certainly not. Let f(x) = x^3, then f^{2}(x) = x^6. Still think your rule works?

 

[sonofjohn]

I can't see how to take the second derivative of f^2(x). Am I supposed to use the previous f(3) = 2 and ect for this? I have never actually learned how.

 

[NoMoreExams]

Use the chain rule, if I told you to differentiate [sin(x)]^2 what would you do?

 

[sonofjohn]

so we start with

f(x)^2
2f(x)
and then what?

 

[NoMoreExams]

No, that's not it. Try again :) You are saying if we define f(x) = sin(x) then f^(2)(x) = sin^2(x) and you are saying derivative of f^(2)(x) is 2*sin(x)? You know that's not true...

 

[sonofjohn]

could I possibly multiply them and get f(2x^2)?

 

[math8]

[f(x)^2]'= 2f(x)*f '(x)
you're not using the chain rule correctly. Don't forget the f '(x) at the end :)

Now can you find out what is [2f(x)*f '(x)] ' using the product rule?

 

[NoMoreExams]

could I possibly multiply them and get f(2x^2)?

Where are you getting 2x^2 from? Think of f^2(x) as f(x)*f(x). What's the derivative of that. That uses the product rule instead of the chain rule, if you have trouble remembering that one.

 

[sonofjohn]

2f'(x) + f"(x)2f(x) would that be it and then just number plug?

 

[NoMoreExams]

No! Why is the first term 2f'(x)?

 

[sonofjohn]

it should be 2f'(x)f'(x) + f"(x)2f(x) = 42. I messed up the chain rule again :(

 

[sonofjohn]

Now 7 is another problem I have yet to face. I see that t is in seconds so I think I should multiply t by 60 to convert it to minutes. Should I then plug 1 in for y and take the derivative?

 

[NoMoreExams]

it should be 2f'(x)f'(x) + f"(x)2f(x) = 42. I messed up the chain rule again :(

Actually that's the product rule.

Now 7 is another problem I have yet to face. I see that t is in seconds so I think I should multiply t by 60 to convert it to minutes. Should I then plug 1 in for y and take the derivative?

If \frac{dy}{dt} = ky Then y = ? Solve this separable DE.

 

[sonofjohn]

Ok so using the seperable differentiation (not what it's called) I come out with dy/y = (dt)k

where do I go from there?

 

[jgens]

I would integrate it.

 

[sonofjohn]

Integrating yields y = dk ?

 

[jgens]

No. The integral of dy/y is not equal to y and the integral of (k)(dt) is not equal to dk. You may want to review your integrals.

 

[sonofjohn]

Yes I do. I need to review all of Calc 1 really. Is the integration lny = t(dk/dt)

 

[jgens]

Much closer but not quite. Your equation should read: ln(y) = kt.

 

[sonofjohn]

yes, because k is a constant! Now if I plug y in I get ln1/t but t is in seconds so it would be ln1/60 right? But ln1 is zero and that ruins it all.

 

[jgens]

Write your equation in terms of y and then solve.

Edit: try this. We know y = e^kt. If we let y designate the initial amount of the isotope then y = e^k. Now based on the information we may express the half life as: y/2 = e^60k or y = 2e^60k. Equate the two and solve.

 

[sonofjohn]

I see where the 60 seconds is coming from in the e^60k but not where the y/2 comes from on the other side of the equation.

 

[jgens]

Half-life. Half of the amount of the initial isotope has decayed at t = 60, hence, y/2.