Three Problem Plus from Stewart Calculus

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The discussion revolves around three specific problems from Stewart Calculus, focusing on cubic equations and volume calculations related to areas and intersections. Participants are attempting to understand the setup and requirements for solving these problems effectively.

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  • Exploratory, Assumption checking, Problem interpretation

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  • Participants express difficulty in determining points of intersection for a cubic equation and in choosing the direction of cross-sections. There are questions about calculating the volume of an overlapping section and the equality of shaded areas under a curve.

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Some participants have provided insights into the setup of Problem 3, including the use of integrals to find the value of c that equalizes the areas of shaded regions. However, there is no consensus on the methods for Problems 4 and 8, and multiple interpretations are being explored.

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Participants are facing challenges due to the lack of access to the book's preview, which limits their ability to reference the problems directly. This has led to requests for the specific problem statements to facilitate discussion.

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Three "Problem Plus" from Stewart Calculus

Homework Statement


Please visit Google Book for online access to the Stewart Calculus 6ed.
http://books.google.com/books?id=EBE3vMmGu50C&pg=PP1&dq=stewart+calculus&ei=gYdPSvXyB4_AlQTg9PCACw

The problem No. 3,4 and 8 that are located on Page 380 and 381.

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The Attempt at a Solution


for prob 3: it's hard to work out two points of intersection since the equation is cubic.
for prob 4: i don't figure out how to choose the "direction" of cross-sections.
for prob 8: we need to calculate the volume of the overlap section. but how?
Thanks!
 
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There's no preview available for the book...
 


Bohrok said:
There's no preview available for the book...

please follow my link. it may take some time to download the image of preview.
 


When I click the link, some gray text on the page says "No preview available"
Previews of Google books always load immediately for me, but nothing loads for this one because there is no preview, at least for me in Firefox and IE.
 


I'm also getting a "No preview available" message - perhaps you should post the questions
 


thanks. I've uploaded the screenshot.
 

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Problem 3 says:
The figure shows a horizontal line, y= c, intersecting y= 8x- 27x2. (It might be x3- the screenshot is very small.) Find the number c such that the areas of the shaded regions are equal. The first shaded region is outside the parabola and below the line y= c. The second is the region above the line and below the parabola.

Using vertical rectangles and Letting x0 and x]sub]1[/sub] be the x values where the parabola and rectangle intersect, the first integral is
[tex]\int_0^{x_0} [c- (8x- 27x^2)] dx[/tex]
and the second is
[tex]\int_{x_0}^{x_1} [8x- 27x^2- c] dx[/tex]
Do those integrals, set them equal and solve for c. Here, the hard part is finding x0 and x1.
 

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