#precalculus

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heavy pewter
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what graph sort of could look like this?

willow skiff
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it's pattern recognition

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consider using Quizlet (or Anki if you're dedicated) for simple recall, with the name on one side and the picture/definition on the other

trim shard
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ive never studied from it but stewart does it best from what ive seen

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i use it for my calculus course and it clarifies all the important rules and gives pretty great examples, so it cant be a bad pick when it comes to precalc either

willow skiff
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LibreTexts better

remote cove
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@willow bear

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I got a doubt

echo sinew
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!noping

tender questBOT
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Please do not ping individual helpers unprompted.

remote cove
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M sorry

willow bear
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if you wanted to follow up with me about something i said then you should say so explicitly ("I wanted to follow up / ask you again about [thing]...")

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if you have a new doubt/problem/question/whatever then you should just post it

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maybe i will come help you maybe i will not

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you should not hold out hope for me specifically

remote cove
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Yup got it

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I usually post it

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But I was asking

willow bear
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when you post your doubt directly, you give me a chance to decide whether or not i have enough energy to explain it to you

willow bear
remote cove
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I'm posting...

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Why did they mention the y-x curve not the x-y curve and what is the difference? What is the purpose of introducing the rate of change at the curve that is dy/dx = 0

willow bear
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ok nope sorry you will have to wait for somebody else

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i do not have the energy for this

remote cove
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Ok

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I go ask in help ticket

uncut star
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So it is the local maxima or minima

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I am not sure if this was what you were asking

alpine shore
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You can name a graph by mentioning what's in y-axis vs what's in x-axis e.g voltage (y-axis) -current(x-axis) relationship because we know slope=dy/dx which for this case gives resistance.

winged epoch
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A little confused about this thing. So I understand least common denominator and how to apply it to adding/subtracting rational expressions and simplifying complex rational expressions yet there's a nuance that is confusing.

In the first problem, I can multiply the expression by (x+1)(x-3)/(x+1)(x-3) and then I can cancel out the denominators of the rational expressions in the numerator and denominators giving me the correct answer.

However in the second problem, I can't cancel anything out in the numerator or denominator. I have to multiply the terms in the numerator after I put them all over the LCD. Yet before I multiply some of the terms in the denominator can be canceled out. Why is it different?

winged epoch
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Yet I can't do that in the third screenshot

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oh well actually if someone wants to answer they can but i believe i see it

raven laurel
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How do you eliminate T in parametric eqations?

winter comet
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do you have an example lol

raven laurel
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number 60

winter comet
novel tusk
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I wanna ask, does the inscribing shape in a circle trick work for all polynomials?

bleak forge
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im doing this in chem rn

oak ferry
bleak forge
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what is the equation for decomposition of N2O4

viscid thistle
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Hi guys

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Any tips to improve indefinite integration , I'm able to do easy ones but the jee level I cant

wild bramble
viscid thistle
wild bramble
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but i suggest you find the #calculus channel, because you're more likely to find help there

viscid thistle
fiery crest
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I have a precalc 2 midterm this week and I'm already really behind I don't know what to do really. It feels like the questions given on tests don't match what we did in class or on homework.

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It's the first time I've had a teacher not allow notes at all during tests and I keep bombing all the tests

zinc matrix
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i'm so frustrated, i feel like i can't understand anything and my mind is just blocking information

idle field
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and that wasn't enough to stop me

gleaming olive
# fiery crest I have a precalc 2 midterm this week and I'm already really behind I don't know ...

im not sure if this will help but it seems like to me that the tests must go much more in depth into concepts only really outlined in class or in homework. for me this helps, try going through the basics of the concepts again, and try to explain the concepts to someone else. if youre able to understand a concept well, u can teach it to someone else or have a conversation abt it. then it would be good to try word problems or problems that connect together several concepts or problems that require more abstract uses of the concepts. šŸ‘

fiery crest
gleaming olive
idle field
fiery crest
idle field
fiery crest
idle field
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I think this topic is covered on duolingo math, try that, or any lower level text book.

gleaming olive
fiery crest
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Missed all of elementary school

gleaming olive
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ah

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i see

gleaming olive
fiery crest
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Yeah it feels like there's all these rules with fractions

willow bear
dim matrix
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If your exam covers problems regarding solving problems about fractions, not rate problems (which are word problems that involves fractions), then you should focus on doing many problems.

viscid thistle
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any precalc textbook to buy

chrome ether
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there are tons of free texts online

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openstax, libretexts, etc surely have something

whole void
heavy pewter
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fractions are fractions what

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precalc fractions doesn't really mean much if you don't explain breadpensive

viscid thistle
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In terms of textbooks, any one will do?

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I sort of don’t like the way some textbooks are, where it doesn’t feel like it’s enough info

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Or they omit something that other textbooks have, weird quirks like that

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I’m more curious about the why’s as I engage in the how’s

viscid thistle
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looking for algebra and pre calculus textbooks

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I briefly saw art of problem solving, openstax, and stewart textbook. But confused which one to go for

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I don’t mind purchasing the book, need physical copies as digital does me no good

cedar sparrow
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who can help me on this

heavy pewter
cedar sparrow
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like i hate graphs

heavy pewter
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ugh just think of it this way

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$f\circ g(a)$ means whatever you find for $g(a)$ i.e. let's say $g(a)=k$ then that becomes the input for $f$ i.e $f(k)$

obsidian monolithBOT
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parabolicinsanity

heavy pewter
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then all that's for you to do

cedar sparrow
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okay

heavy pewter
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is to find g(a)

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then input that for f

cedar sparrow
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alright

cedar sparrow
heavy pewter
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ehhh no?

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g(-5)=-3

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oh wait yes šŸ˜”

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i'm kinda blind

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but yes that's the answer

cedar sparrow
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okay lemme try the next one

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thanks

heavy pewter
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$f:A\longrightarrow B \land g: B \longrightarrow C$ so $g\circ f: A\longrightarrow C$

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hmmmm

obsidian monolithBOT
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parabolicinsanity

cedar sparrow
heavy pewter
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yeah

cedar sparrow
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ayee okay

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lemme do this last one and then study on my own

cedar sparrow
heavy pewter
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uhhh it's 5/2

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or 2.5

cedar sparrow
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uhm how

heavy pewter
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f(-1)=3

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g(3)=2.5

cedar sparrow
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tysm

heavy pewter
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happy mathing splendid

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maths is fun

fallen swift
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hi

silk yacht
silk yacht
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I solved the integration but how tf do I find f(x)

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this is the answer I got

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but Can't find f(x)

raw hill
# silk yacht

Ok this is rlly bad question design but I’ll digress on that front

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Finding $f$ explicitly seems like too much effort here. Just note that $$\frac{\sin 1+\cos 1}{\sin 1-\cos 1}=\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{f(1)}{2} \right)$$ and compare.

obsidian monolithBOT
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Civil Service Pigeon

silk yacht
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????

silk yacht
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denomiantor would cos1 - sin1

silk yacht
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should I just differentiate both the sides?

raw hill
raw hill
raw hill
obsidian monolithBOT
raw hill
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I assume you’re working over the reals

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So you don’t need to worry about the complex stuff

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But it’s still not the prettiest

crisp fractal
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Hello is this a channel for calcul ? like division and stuff ? šŸ‘€

raw hill
crisp fractal
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calculation i think in this case about patterns

raw hill
crisp fractal
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About 1;4;9:16 etc

raw hill
crisp fractal
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analysis

raw hill
crisp fractal
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ok thanks šŸ˜„

viscid thistle
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Hi there I need quite a bit of help

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So I’m stuck on how to graph the inverse of functions

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It’s 18-20 and I really have no issue with 21-23 but it’s solely 18-20

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& Yes I did page back to section 6.3!

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There is actually no way to graph 18

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I can’t graph said set

lethal sand
viscid thistle
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F(x)=-logbase9(x)

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Instead of the actual relevant answer

willow bear
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if you clicked the āš ļø symbol you could have seen desmos' exact complaint.

hollow geode
heavy pewter
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desmos doesn't like function inverses besides the library functions

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don't even try

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just define it as another function

viscid thistle
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or know wtf it means

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For comparison I tried this as well

lean drum
normal quail
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I'm 26 years old and self studying math too. Some friend suggested this:

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https://artofproblemsolving.com/store [Introduction-level & Intermediate-level]

For if you need a review of ā€œbasicsā€. I suggest working through Introduction to Algebra & Intermediate Algebra & Precalculus.

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Brilliant dot org [Problems of the week Archive]

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-The two volumes on the contest preparation section.

-Book: The Art and Craft of Problem Solving, Paul Zeitz

Have a look on these. And feel free to select only one of them (I recommend the second)

You may also check George Polya books::

Notably, Mathematical Discovery on Understanding, Learning, and Teaching Problem Solving, Volumes I and II

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The two volumes of Tom Apostol, Calculus [main]

Spivak Calculus [have a look at the problems here while working through Apostol first volume]


  1. Book: An Introduction to Mechanics, Kleppner and Kolenkow

  2. Book: Electricity and Magnetism, Purcell [Make sure that you have the third edition with David Morin]

I am personally self studying pre calc from AOPS.

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They say AOPS is challenging compared to others.

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I'm also reading the art and craft of problem solving by Paul zeitz.
Seems like a good book to complement with the pre calc textbook

silk yacht
drifting oyster
obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

drifting oyster
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That's probably the issue

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You could just define $g(x)=f^{-1}(x)$ and graph it as $g(x)$ instead

obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

drifting oyster
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He has to stop the car, that means it has an intersection at that point, ie $v(k)=0 s.t k>0 \in \mathbb{R}$ it also need to be $v(0)=0$ since the initial velocity before driving was 0. I'll try not to use derivative logic here since you probably haven't learnt it but basically when he's driving to school, the graph is most likely going to increase at a certain rate (assuming he doesn't random stop for something or suddenly reduce his velocity drastically) so that means until a certain point our velocity graph needs to be greater than 0. After that interval, since he is going to stop the car, our velocity needs to decrease and eventually hit 0. Now graph A satisfies both of these, it is increasing from the interval [0,pi/2) (I know that because its a sine graph) and decreasing from [pi/2,0). However the question says that when he is returning home, assume that velocity>0 therefore our velocity graph cannot be less than 0 for any interval of t. Therefore graph A does not satisfy this condition. So you need to find the graph which best represents these conditions. Hope that helpz

obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

viscid thistle
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Does anyone know which one is the right one?? The one on the right is the solution my teacher gave in class... but the one on the left is the solution i saw on a different book

uncut mulch
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your teacher is wrong

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also not in pre-calc territory anymore

drifting oyster
obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

viscid thistle
drifting oyster
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Now using integration by parts we have: $I=\frac{1}{3}[u\ln{u}-u]_{3}^{9}$

obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

uncut mulch
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select undergrad in id:customize
also you can claim channels dedicated to you

obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

drifting oyster
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$I=5ln{3}-2$ that's the solution but if you're wondering about the anti derivative it's: $x\ln{3x}-x+C$

obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

viscid thistle
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Thank you

drifting oyster
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Your teacher simplified but forgot to exclude $\frac{1}{3}$

obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

drifting oyster
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(My bad I simplified it wrong, its 5ln(3)-2 lol)

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$I=6\ln{3}-3-\ln{3}+1$

obsidian monolithBOT
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Enterlessguy

viscid thistle
viscid thistle
drifting oyster
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Your teacher simplified the expression ambut forgot to exclude 1/3

viscid thistle
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It’s quite evident what mistake had occurred in the right one

viscid thistle
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Sorey i am stupid how do you do question m and z

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m and z specifically

hushed sphinx
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What do you get in (m) if you write 1-x³ as (1-x)(1+x+x²) and put on a common denominator?

turbid skiff
viscid thistle
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Not capital Z

viscid thistle
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Not every limit is L'H

lethal hedge
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Similar principle for z)

viscid thistle
turbid skiff
lethal hedge
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You do a little work by expanding and doing common denominator to turn into something that you can do L'H on like on the rest

obsidian monolithBOT
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ā•° š•ƒ š•Œ ā„‚ š•€ š”½ š”¼ ā„ ā•®

viscid thistle
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x^4 - 1

turbid skiff
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Yes

hushed sphinx
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Well, you'd need to put on a common denominator before you can use LHospital, but by then you might just as well proceed by polynomial division anyway.

turbid skiff
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a² - b² = (a-b)(a+b)

viscid thistle
lethal hedge
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Oh wakt

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Nvm

viscid thistle
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What

lethal hedge
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I thought you meant something else by L'H

turbid skiff
viscid thistle
viscid thistle
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I tries that on m

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Didn't work

turbid skiff
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Consider a = 1² and b = x²
So a² = 1⁓ and b² = x⁓

viscid thistle
turbid skiff
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a³ - b³ = (a-b) (a² + ab + b²)

viscid thistle
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Difference of cubes

lethal hedge
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If all of your limits have polynomial fractions (rational functions) , then you dont even need wasting time doing L'H, say for b) you immediately write 1/2 without doing anything not even need to calculate derivative

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Well

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The only thing you would be doing in b)

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Is just looking at the degrees

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Of your polynomials

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And at coefficients near highest powers of x

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Oh waot

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I mightve mistaken for sequence limits oops

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Wasnt there one for real functions too?

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Or im tripping rn

hushed sphinx
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That is a useful shortcut when the limit is for x->0.

turbid skiff
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L'hopital?

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Is he even authorized to use it?

hushed sphinx
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No, the "coefficient with highest power" principle Prelude spoke about.

viscid thistle
viscid thistle
lethal hedge
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Dont you just substitute for such limits

hushed sphinx
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There's no such thing as a limit "being LH".

viscid thistle
lethal hedge
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The ones with infinity work exactly the same as the ones for sequences

viscid thistle
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Its 5am

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I shortcut

hushed sphinx
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And limits in PREcalculus should not need L'Hospital, since by the nature of the name, derivatives are not even available yet here!

lethal hedge
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For other cases cant u just sub in for the x?

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Or im tripping

hushed sphinx
lethal hedge
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Ah they make it so you cant plug in that easily breh

turbid skiff
hushed sphinx
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(Perhaps I misunderstood you. What I meant was that for a limit x->3 you can substitute x = 3+t, simplify the polynomials and then look for a limit t->0. But that is rarely a shortcut).

lethal hedge
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I just misremembered which method for which but now ik

lethal hedge
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Meaning that its kinda boring and cumbersome

lethal hedge
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When tending to 0 need look at lowest powers of x it seems

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But it wont even apply in b) hm

lethal hedge
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Well it does seem to work for when deg(P(x)) = deg(Q(x))

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But in g the limit is a bit ohio

hushed sphinx
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well, you need the right rule of thumb for looking at the coefficients of course :-)

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Oh, sorry, I was confused.

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For a limit x->0 you can look at the terms with lowest degree on each side of the fraction bar and ignore the rest.

lethal hedge
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Wait

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I got an idea

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Maybe a form of L'H spam

hushed sphinx
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So in (b) we have $$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{x^3-4x}{2x^2+3x} = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{-4x}{3x}$$

obsidian monolithBOT
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Troposphere

lethal hedge
lethal hedge
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Look at g)

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Its limit is 0

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But u will get 1/1 if u look at lowest powers of x

hushed sphinx
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If I look at the lowest-degree terms, I get lim x²/x = lim x = 0.

terse pebble
hushed sphinx
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It's not enough simply to take the coefficients, you need to have the entire terms.

terse pebble
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he didn’t say divide coefficients

lethal hedge
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Oooooh

cedar sparrow
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anyone can help me understand this, I’m horrible at understanding graphs

willow skiff
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for the inverse function, you swap x and y for each point

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so graphically, that means you draw the dotted line y = x then draw the mirror image of g(x) across y = x

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after you do that, is this mirror image a function?

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then that's your answer to q4

cedar sparrow
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so it’s not an inverse

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thanks

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lemme try to figure out 5

willow skiff
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but yes that's correct

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hopefully you've found online the condition for a function to be invertible

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by doing a graphical example it should hopefully click why

cedar sparrow
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yeah bc it fails the horizontal line test.

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thanks

cedar sparrow
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@willow skiff Is this a good sketch ?

willow skiff
cedar sparrow
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oh lemme fix that 😭

echo sinew
heavy pewter
willow skiff
cedar sparrow
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can someone check if I solved this correctly 😭😭

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these are the class examples

drifting oyster
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yes

cedar sparrow
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thanks

versed nexus
fringe ridge
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all those steps is to make sure one x does not map to multiple f^(-1) (x)

smoky stirrup
chrome ether
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(did you forget to turn off your caps lock)

drifting oyster
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No I think he was just yelling

smoky stirrup
silk yacht
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<@&286206848099549185>

drifting oyster
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I don't know if there's a trick here but technically you can just evaluate both sequences to the minimum required n and then take their sum ig šŸ’€

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There is some simplification that you can do with the factors of 2 though to make it "easier" to calculate

drifting oyster
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(You could combine the sums till n=8 , factor by 2^n-8 and that will cancel out an important term since the definition of Bn relies on An which has n+1 at the end and the second sum has n in the numerator. Then evaluate the first sum from n=9 to 10. Should make the sum easier (maybe).)

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Also I don't know why the question states for all n greater than equal to 2 and then starts from n=1

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šŸ‘ 😭

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Nvm technically the recurrence starts from n=2 and both terms are pre defined on n=1 so its fine...

fringe ridge
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I was reading Concrete Mathematics and found this problem similar to that book's

drifting oyster
hushed sphinx
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Doesn't really look like theoretical-cs to me.

desert phoenix
true geode
coarse pasture
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what is conical sections abt

viscid thistle
viscid thistle
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@true geode

willow bear
willow bear
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i did not want to say "an infinite biconical surface"

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but yes sure, two cones

wintry bane
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hi everyone! is anyone familiar with radical expressions/equations and absolute value? i would like if someone could explain it to me. if anyone has video or article recommendations please feel free to provide them!! Thank you!

chrome ether
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!da2a

tender questBOT
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copper monolith
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How many 3 of a kind hands contain the card queen of spades in standard deck

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copper monolith
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exactly three cards of the same rank and two cards with uniquely different ranks.

heavy pewter
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rank? breadpensive

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im not familiar with gambling lingo

copper monolith
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it's poker

fickle igloo
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@heavy pewter just google it

copper monolith
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combinatorics

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it's not

fickle igloo
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wait ill solve it

heavy pewter
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hmmm 3 cards from 5....

fickle igloo
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man dont answer if u dont understandthe qs

heavy pewter
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you might have to expand it a lot

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considering there's 52 cards

fickle igloo
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i solved it

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If queen of spades in three of kind:
1 * 12C2 * 3C2 * 13 * 13 = 11286
If queen of spades not in three of kind:
3 * 13C3 * 2 * 13 = 1716
11286+1716 = 13002

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Am I right?

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oh sorry

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the * sign made the text italic

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lemme edit

heavy pewter
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oh wait

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queen of spades

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hmmm i guess it should be correct

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but uhm

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you didnt factor in that the remaining two have to be different

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and could be either spade, diamond, clubs, etc.

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maybe...

silk yacht
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its from JEE Mains

true geode
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But I'm referring to where they sourced the question (INA Jan 29 2023)

silk yacht
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I gave that exam

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šŸ’€

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INA doesn't stand for that😭

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Idk why they wrote INA

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but it's definitely JEE Mains

true geode
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yh found the original question

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It doesn't help however that the question posted here was also labelled "115"

long tapir
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How do you find the ratio of a geometric sequence if not given the first term, nor are you given 2 terms which are next to one another? (EX: N = 3 and N = 4)

heavy pewter
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lets say you are given ith term and jth term

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then we know

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$t_i =ar^{i-1}, t_j = ar^{j-1}$

obsidian monolithBOT
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parabolicinsanity

heavy pewter
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then just take their ratios

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i.e.

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$\frac{t_i}{t_j}=\frac{ar^{i-1}}{ar^{j-1}}$

obsidian monolithBOT
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parabolicinsanity

heavy pewter
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$\frac{t_i}{t_j}=r^{i-j}$

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then just take the root of i+j

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$r=\left(\frac{t_i}{t_j}\right)^{\frac{1}{i-j}}$

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@long tapir something like this

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ive generalised it to any ith term and jth term but you can do it for i=3, j=4

long tapir
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Oh shit

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I love how you explained that for me

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Seriously thanks man

heavy pewter
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no problem

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its fun solving stuff in maths splendid

long tapir
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Shouldn’t it be

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I-j?

long tapir
heavy pewter
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yes!

long tapir
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But this is r^i+j

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Which implies that it was r^i/r^-j

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Which we know is not the case

heavy pewter
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ohh yeah i forgor a little bit of laws of indices breadpensive

obsidian monolithBOT
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parabolicinsanity

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parabolicinsanity

heavy pewter
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generalisation is always good

long tapir
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I wonder

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Side question

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How did you move the i-j

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Out from the r

heavy pewter
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oh that

long tapir
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And make it part of the left side

heavy pewter
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just take the root of i-j

long tapir
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Im not the best with factoring exponents

heavy pewter
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raising the whold equation

long tapir
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ohhhh true

heavy pewter
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to one over i-j

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does that make sense to you?

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like we have x²=5y

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then we raise the whole equation to a powe of ½ i.e. square root the whole thing

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to leave us with x=(5y)½

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admittedly thsres plus or minus as well but thats besides the point

long tapir
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Makes sense makes sense

long tapir
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Should i be the smaller value

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And j the larger value

vast acorn
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what the heck is the antiderivative of x^4

vast charm
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can someone help to explain to me how to find derivatives using log and e

willow skiff
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because the antiderivative of a function f(x) is a function whose derivative is equal to f(x)

vast acorn
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right, maybe I dont understand well enough to ask the right question, im trying to solve the indefinite integral of
(5x-7)^4
but im just hung up on reversing the chain rule yknow

willow skiff
#

so the reverse chain rule only applies to f(ax + b)
check: you have this (where f(x) = x^4) āœ…

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when you differentiate this you need to multiply by d/dx (5x - 7) = 5

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so to undo the differentiation, you need to divide by 5

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if you want to further convince yourself, try the normal u-sub method

u = 5x - 7 and du = 5 dx, but you want to replace dx with du

willow skiff
#

(you can add the +c on the end yourself)

vast acorn
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ok i think this was enough to send me in the right direction thanks m8

heavy pewter
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doesnt matter

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thats how generalisation works catking

willow skiff
heavy pewter
#

but honestly if you really want it

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e^x stays the same

willow skiff
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it's hard without showing a problem and telling us what you don't understand

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most probably, if I have to guess, is some mistake when applying the chain rule to ln(f(x)) or e^(f(x))

heavy pewter
#

you could try deriving it yourself using the definition of a derivative breadpensive

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as well

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or something

lethal sand
#

can anyone here teach me limits

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i dont really understand why some limits dont exsist

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and some do

willow skiff
#

the limits from the left and the right must be equal

tender vault
#

Can anyone tell me what's the correct choice?

floral sigil
#

Bc if it’s concave down, the second derivative is negative

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So the first derivative is decreasing

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Therefore f(2)>f(3)

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Derivatives *

tender vault
#

Like this

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I mean the first derivative won't be the same as it is the tangent

floral sigil
#

You do

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The 2nd derivative is the derivative of the derivative

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So

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If it’s negative

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Then the derivative is decreasing

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Just as if the derivative is negative, the function is decreasing

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So f’(2)>f’(3)

floral sigil
# tender vault Like this

What your saying is the derivative could be negative or positive which is true, but it will still be decreasing

marsh cipher
#

im bit confused with this, where should I start?

full yew
#

then find the vertices of the triangle

marsh cipher
#

so i just make up m and b and deteremine the area of triangle?

full yew
#

no, but try graphing f(x) with any m and b and seeing the height and the base of the triangle in respect to m and b

marsh cipher
#

so its like 1/2(b)(formula for xintercept) ?

full yew
#

yeah

marsh cipher
#

alr

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got -b^2/2m, thanks for giving me eye opener to this question lol

floral sigil
marsh cipher
#

Well yeah, I just wasnt sure what question were asking in first place, evotushon reworded question so i understand what it asked for

vast acorn
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would the antiderivative of e^-0.1t = 1/0.9e^0.9t?

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also is there a latex discord bot or something that can make these equations more readable

river drift
#

if you type a message in LaTeX it will automatically be rendered

vast acorn
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seriously

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thank you

winter comet
#

and you could add whatever constant you'd like ofc

vast acorn
winter comet
vast acorn
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ae^(ax)

winter comet
#

so whats the antiderivative of e^(ax)

vast acorn
#

hmmm

winter comet
#

when you differentiate you multiplied by a on the outside

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so when you integrate, you would divide by a....right

vast acorn
#

i think that makes sense

winter comet
#

you can also differentiate your result to make sure

vast acorn
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right but if you differentiated -10 e^(-0.1t) wouldnt you have to multiply it by the coefficient and then subtract the exponent by 1?

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omg i think i get it

winter comet
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no, you would sub if you were differentiating x^a rather than e^(ax)

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yea

winter comet
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oh i meant subtract one lol

vast acorn
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lol

winter comet
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XD

vast acorn
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your good

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so you mean that for x^a you would subtract 1, so what would you do for e^(ax) instead?

winter comet
#

use the chain rule, and the fact that the derivative of e^x is e^x

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so d/dx (e^(ax)) = d/d(ax) e^(ax) * d/dx(ax) = e^(ax) * a = a e^(ax)

vast acorn
#

ok ok, this helps, do you know of a good resource i can look into

coarse pasture
#

y min value will be -4 at x=3/4 right??

willow skiff
#

but it's not x = 3/4

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I recommend you learn where x-coordinate of vertex = -b/(2a) comes from

heavy pewter
#

but

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you have to understand what happens in a parabola

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hmmm

coarse pasture
coarse pasture
willow skiff
willow skiff
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because that means the slope equals zero, which all turning points satisfy

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slope equals zero could also imply a saddle point however

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like what happens with the graph of y = x^3 at x = 0

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so the 2nd derivative test does check if a turning point is a maximum or a minimum or neither, but given that the 1st derivative is already zero

heavy pewter
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second derivative just tells you where its bent

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by it i mean

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uhhh

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inflection intervals or whatever

coarse pasture
#

yep got it

true geode
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Given this is precalc tho

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And that this is a quadratic

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I'd recommend completing the square

willow skiff
#

but yeah it's a bit dumb to apply calculus to a quadratic

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the point of calculus is that you can find these things out for functions which are not straight lines nor quadratics

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as an exercise it's fine though

tight berry
#

how to explain relations between coefficients in area and volume of, respectively, circle and sphere?

willow skiff
# tight berry how to explain relations between coefficients in area and volume of, respectivel...

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tight berry
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thx!

willow skiff
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there's not as neat of an answer for the volume

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depends if you already accept the formula for the volume of a cone

sweet grove
hushed sphinx
#

If that has a nice solution at all, the only way to attack the problem is probably to guess (based on experience and trial-and-error) what the answer is, and then try to prove that answer correct.

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It must be a typo that is says f: R->R instead of f: N->R.

willow mesa
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Anyone know a good site to learn precalc

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Or is khan academy just the best

ebon locust
#

I have the same question as well

sturdy scaffold
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Yo

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Please solve for XC

hushed sphinx
#

The condition doesn't menion values of f other than f(1), f(2), f(3) ...

prisma oxide
#

I need some help on this

autumn spire
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so ur looking at this

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and x = 2y

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can u express x and y in terms of theta?

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solution:
||x = cos theta, y = sin theta||
||therefore cos theta = 2 sin theta||
||therefore ½ = tan theta||
||therefore theta = arctan(½) = 0.464||

weary trellis
#

Or equivalently:
||tan(Īø) = y/x
Īø = arctan(y/x)
x = 2y
Īø = arctan(y/2y)
Īø = arctan(1/2) ā‰ˆ 0.464||

lethal sand
hushed sphinx
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Yes, but the problem said "the unit circle", so r=1 here.

viscid thistle
#

yo

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anybody got the surface area and volume of a sphere through calculus?

winter comet
heavy pewter
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strange to ask in precalc

hidden birch
#

or use disc/washer method

viscid thistle
hidden birch
#

probably not. idk

viscid thistle
viscid thistle
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Integrated within the bounds of-r and r

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Multiply by 2

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Got the volume of a sphere

winter comet
#

using the equation of a cone.....

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aight bruh šŸ’€

viscid thistle
#

Don’t have to

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No wait you have to

viscid thistle
winter comet
#

z^2 = x^2 + y^2 is the equation of a cone

viscid thistle
#

In 2d I mean

winter comet
#

not sure how you'd get volume of a sphere outta that

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it has three variables so it lives in 3d idk what u mean

viscid thistle
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I let z be a constant quantity for the radius

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It is not a another variable

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I know wrong notation

safe basin
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😭

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just say r for radius

primal crane
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hello, this is calculus right?

winter comet
#

no this is precalculus

primal crane
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thanks

native dagger
#

I think im being a bit special, or i may have just forgotten

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but why is this true

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nvm

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i was being special

willow bear
safe basin
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😭

fiery crest
#

Im really behind in my trig class and apparently I have a quiz Wednesday on material I don't understand and we don't get any notes or formulas

fiery crest
#

uhhhh lemme see

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right triange trig? i think

lethal sand
#

like the special right triangles?

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30-60-90?

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45-45-90?

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or like sohcahtoa

fiery crest
#

sohcahtoa

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i missed the day he talked about the test so idk exactly whats on it

lethal sand
fiery crest
#

i think

lethal sand
#

did he say what sections the test is on?

fiery crest
#

we have a packet we do and he said if you can do the first 2 pages of trig youll be fine

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he was annoyingly upset with me for asking

lethal sand
fiery crest
#

yeah

vast charm
shell crest
drifting oyster
#

What type of abomination is this

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lol

viscid thistle
#

This is from pw?

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@shell crest

warped shuttle
#

How to find the range of this function

((cosx - 2)(cosx - 3))/((sinx - 4)(cosx - 5))

willow bear
#

$\frac{(\cos(x) - 2)(\cos(x) - 3)}{(\sin(x) - 4)(\cos(x) - 5)}$

obsidian monolithBOT
willow bear
#

this?

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@warped shuttle

warped shuttle
willow bear
#

god ok this looks ugly LMAO

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if the bottom left bracket were cos(x)-4 it would have been much easier

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what's your progress thus far

warped shuttle
#

I tried calculating the derivative to find the critical points but it would take ages

solar olive
#

i feel liek its just

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ugly

warped shuttle
#

Sometimes ugly things need to be solved

drifting oyster
#

Nah just graph it on a calculator lol

warped shuttle
#

That’s not so analytical lol

drifting oyster
drifting oyster
#

I would probably just try it's derivative

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But then again finding an analytical solution to that is quite hard

vagrant raptor
#

yall do derivatives in precalc?

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weird

viral warren
#

can someone help me

high pelican
#

!da2a

tender questBOT
#

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lavish sage
#

Why not simply make the bottom equal to 0?

drifting oyster
#

wow guys I'm sure this isn't scam

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<@&268886789983436800>

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Wow epic ping fail

winter comet
#

the mods are all asleep, nobody on the nightwatch šŸ’€

hidden birch
#

the guy is gone

winter comet
hidden birch
# winter comet what guy?

the guy who sent scam stuff. He was not in the server when his message was still here. Probably sent it and left or got kicked out without his messages getting removed

inner crag
#

am learning about polar coordinates

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any advice when working on it

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double integrals

warped shuttle
lethal sand
#

im in precalc and im learning about derivitavtaves

willow skiff
willow skiff
#

Also split the integral up into parts, from when the upper and lower functions swap places

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Beyond it's just general integration

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In particular trig subs and recognising integrals of trig functions

vital galleon
#

can someone help me do part A idk how to get the x coordinates

karmic karma
#

doesnt it cycle

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sorry im still in middle high school

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like

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after pi/2 radians it goes down/up/up again

inner crag
#

i need to think simpler sometime

steep blade
grim flame
#

The chain rule is a good method for starting calculus

grim flame
marsh cipher
#

how do i write x^2+(x^2/pi)

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1 1/pi x^2?

winter comet
marsh cipher
#

should i lump up pi and change it all into one fraction

heavy pewter
marsh cipher
#

like this better, got accepted as well

heavy pewter
#

i guess that's fine too

high whale
#

Wish I could figure out the steps you did to arrive at that

heavy pewter
#

oh yeah

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weird

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i didn't look at it but this makes zero sense 😢

dire ginkgo
#

To find C u can use the scale formula prd/4 so 1/10/4 so 1/40

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U can mark J as 0, 20

elfin niche
#

tips for getting good at conics in 2 days?

heavy pewter
elfin niche
#

Hey so these are my answers, this is the problem and this is the answer key, I personally think I am correct, but where did I go wrong?

hushed sphinx
#

Hard to say where you went wrong when you're not disclosing why you think your answer is correct?

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E.g. why do you think 32 would look like C?

elfin niche
hushed sphinx
#

What I immediately think for (32) is, "hmm, the denominator is always >1, so r cannot be larger than 5."
So everything that shows a curve escaping to infinity can't be it.

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On the other hand, in (33) the denominator vanishes for two different angles, so there should be two asymptotes.

covert jay
#

why is the asnwer d even if the maximum favlue is at t=0.451 ? i also dont understand what roc is neg or pos means

river drift
#

the function is modeling the rate of change of the number of people

covert jay
river drift
#

at a maximum the function goes from having a positive rate of change (increasing) to having a negative rate of change (decreasing), and is 0 at that point

covert jay
#

ohh ok thanks

prisma oxide
#

Yo gango

#

If a function has x^2 in the numerator and just x in the denominator

#

Would that be a hole at x?

torpid cape
#

since its removed from the denominator

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kind of like

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(x^2)/x is undefined

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because you cant exactly divide by 0

prisma oxide
#

It would be a hole

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With a x left

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In the numerator

torpid cape
prisma oxide
#

Which is a zero

#

But can’t be a zero

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Yeh

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Also I got another question

torpid cape
#

its a hole dont overthink it (i think)

prisma oxide
torpid cape
#

i have it tomorrow too im doing trig stuff

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just ask it here its easier for me

prisma oxide
#

Alr

torpid cape
#

lemme se

prisma oxide
#

I got 3 others that’s why I wanna go in dms

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I’m gonna flood the chat

torpid cape
#

ok sure

heavy pewter
#

!noping

tender questBOT
#

Please do not ping individual helpers unprompted.

heavy pewter
#

but...

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x²/x has a removable discontinuity

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at x=0

prisma oxide
heavy pewter
#

its a logarithmic graph of base 4

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its inverse will be an exponential graph with base 4

prisma oxide
heavy pewter
#

because

prisma oxide
#

IM CONFUSED

heavy pewter
#

$\log _x{(4)}=1\implies x^1=4$ i.e. $x=4$

obsidian monolithBOT
#

parabolicinsanity

heavy pewter
prisma oxide
#

Why 16

#

I still dk why it’s log base 4

#

How do h know?

heavy pewter
#

if it was not base 4

#

hpw would inputting 4

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give you 1

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in the graph?

prisma oxide
#

Ok bear w me

#

So

heavy pewter
#

so

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...?

prisma oxide
#

Why do we input 4?

heavy pewter
#

because its in the graph?

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(4,1)

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thats in the graph

#

-_-

#

so you use x=4,y=1 in the function

prisma oxide
#

IM GONAN CRASH

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why can’t I use

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1,0

heavy pewter
#

you can its just

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true for any base

prisma oxide
#

Ok so it’s log base 0

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I’m confused

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How is it log base 4

heavy pewter
#

$\forall x>1, \log _x{(1)}=0$

#

hmmm

obsidian monolithBOT
#

parabolicinsanity

prisma oxide
#

If x is in the base

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Chat

#

WHAT IS THAT 🄲🄲

heavy pewter
#

did i not show you

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with ebough clarity?

heavy pewter
heavy pewter
#

i think you should really brush up on

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logarithms

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and exponentials

prisma oxide
#

Ok

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So

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Why would 16 work

heavy pewter
#

before pursuing anything any further

prisma oxide
#

Can u show what u did

heavy pewter
#

erm

prisma oxide
#

Why wouldn’t 8 work

heavy pewter
#

because $4^2\neq 8$

obsidian monolithBOT
#

parabolicinsanity

heavy pewter
#

$4^2=16$

obsidian monolithBOT
#

parabolicinsanity

prisma oxide
#

Why did we square 4

#

Lemme think

heavy pewter
prisma oxide
#

HOL ON

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ok so base 4

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And x is 2

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I mean u

#

Y

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So 4^2

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=16

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Yeh

heavy pewter
#

we squared it because thats what the inverse of logarithm is...

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exponential

prisma oxide
heavy pewter
#

oh no, thats true for

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any x>1

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that

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it passes (1,0)

#

i just wanted to illustrate that

prisma oxide
#

So

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Any log

#

Is base 4?

#

No it’s 10

#

What

heavy pewter
#

i meant that (1,0) is passed by any base

#

but

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(4,1) is only passed by base 4

prisma oxide
#

OH YEH ITS THE INVERSE

prisma oxide
#

WAIT

#

IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE

torpid cape
prisma oxide
#

X HAS TO be 4

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Because they cancel out to 1

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U COULDVE JUST SAID THAT

#

JK TY THO

prisma oxide
torpid cape
#

4^2 is 16

prisma oxide
#

Yeh

torpid cape
#

you made the mistake of

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4 x 1 = 4

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4 x 2 = 8

prisma oxide
#

Im lowk scared for the mcq

torpid cape
prisma oxide
torpid cape
prisma oxide
torpid cape
#

log is the inverse of exp

prisma oxide
#

So like when is it horizontal

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Certical

torpid cape
#

huh?

prisma oxide
#

Translation or dilation

prisma oxide
torpid cape
prisma oxide
torpid cape
#

horiz translations are inside the parentheses and are "the opposite" of what it says

prisma oxide
#

Yeh

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Reciprocal

#

Nvm I got it

torpid cape
#

transformations just move the graph

prisma oxide
#

Translations

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Yeh

#

Alr

torpid cape
prisma oxide
#

We getting that 5

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Tmrw

#

Cya

torpid cape
#

mhm

#

i have it at 8am tomorrow

prisma oxide
torpid cape
#

this question is simply not fair

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no calc section

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youve gotta do the damn quad formula

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in like 4 mins

heavy pewter
#

unless you don't have a calculator you could jsut.... add the value in...

torpid cape
#

you cant plug it in

heavy pewter
#

breadpensive huh

torpid cape
#

you have to zero out

heavy pewter
#

you can just make a variable vro

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and add the values

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see what outputs zero

torpid cape
#

wait omg

heavy pewter
#

if you have a calc (lazy route)

torpid cape
#

i dindt think of that

torpid cape
heavy pewter
#

well shii

#

you have to find it then

#

convert the cos into a sine

#

and yeah, quadratic equation solution

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should give you 4 answers honestly

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not just 3 atmost

prisma oxide
torpid cape
#

i thought so too

heavy pewter
torpid cape
#

but then i realized that theres 2 for every answer

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because its the entire circle

prisma oxide
heavy pewter
prisma oxide
#

U end up with

torpid cape
heavy pewter
#

you solve with sin

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you get two values

torpid cape
#

yeah with sin

prisma oxide
#

Can u not factor by grouping

#

?

torpid cape
#

because that cos is a trig identity

#

goes out to 1 - sin^2 x

torpid cape
#

need to quad fomula without a calc

prisma oxide
torpid cape
#

no xbox

viscid shale
#

Can someone exlpain why this isn't A?

uncut mantle
#

is anyone else taking ap precalc test tomorrow

warm cove
#

AP exam tomorrow for this course, I wished I'd actually studied days prior because my stress is through the roof right now

uncut mantle
#

i feel pretty confident, though polar might be the death of me

#

also tranformations are kinda not my best

mystic sluice
# viscid shale Can someone exlpain why this isn't A?

when the function is graphed you can see that the rate changes faster (meaning decreasing to increasing) so its not A. Rate of change means how fast the function’s output is changing with respect to the input not just whether it’s going up or down.

warm cove
mystic sluice
warm cove
mystic sluice
uncut mantle
#

do i need to know limasons and all that

#

or are circles and petals good

mystic sluice
#

all that

#

organic chemistry tutor has quick ways to graph limacons

uncut mantle
#

thanks

torpid cape
#

We aren’t doing unit 4

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And the exam is much harder in terms of criteria

mystic sluice
#

k

mystic sluice
mystic sluice
#

only very slightly based on what i see on college board

uncut mantle
#

are there any resources with practice ap questions

dire ginkgo
#

WISH US LUCK

#

MANIFEST THE 5s