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it's pattern recognition
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
ive never studied from it but stewart does it best from what ive seen
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
LibreTexts better
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Please do not ping individual helpers unprompted.
M sorry
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]...")
if you have a new doubt/problem/question/whatever then you should just post it
maybe i will come help you maybe i will not
you should not hold out hope for me specifically
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
so far you have not asked anything at all
I'm posting...
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
ok nope sorry you will have to wait for somebody else
i do not have the energy for this
At dy/dx slope is 0
So it is the local maxima or minima
I am not sure if this was what you were asking
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.
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?
Yet I can't do that in the third screenshot
oh well actually if someone wants to answer they can but i believe i see it
How do you eliminate T in parametric eqations?
with algebra
do you have an example lol
try using the fact that cos^2(theta) + sin^2(theta) = 1
I wanna ask, does the inscribing shape in a circle trick work for all polynomials?
im doing this in chem rn
teach me pookie
what is the equation for decomposition of N2O4
what trick
Hi guys
Any tips to improve indefinite integration , I'm able to do easy ones but the jee level I cant
wdym integration were in precalc ššš
I'm from India we don't have such things as precalc and stuff
oh okie
but i suggest you find the #calculus channel, because you're more likely to find help there
Oh thank you , I didn't see it sorry
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.
It's the first time I've had a teacher not allow notes at all during tests and I keep bombing all the tests
i'm so frustrated, i feel like i can't understand anything and my mind is just blocking information
do u have an example of one?
I've been frustrated for the last 10 years.
and that wasn't enough to stop me
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. š
The main problem I'm facing is not understanding fractions I think
i see. im not in precalc yet so i ddont really know the specifics but have u tried watching vids on it and asking for help in class?
What grade are you at the moment?
1st year college
What's the difficulty with fractions?
I don't really understand how to do anything with them. I've almost never used them
I think this topic is covered on duolingo math, try that, or any lower level text book.
i dont know abt precalc fractions. can u try to explain them. it should help trying to outline what u know about them anyway
I'm just talking about normal fractions
Missed all of elementary school
in terms of this are u referring to operations with fractions?
Yeah it feels like there's all these rules with fractions
do you mean like just-number fractions or do you mean algebraic fractions
Fairly understand the rules adding and subtracting fraction first then move on to understanding the rule when diving a whole number with a number expressed in a fraction form. If you nail those basics down, then you will more confident on taking the exam
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.
any precalc textbook to buy
there are tons of free texts online
openstax, libretexts, etc surely have something
wdym āprecalc fractionsā
fractions are fractions what
precalc fractions doesn't really mean much if you don't explain 
In terms of textbooks, any one will do?
I sort of donāt like the way some textbooks are, where it doesnāt feel like itās enough info
Or they omit something that other textbooks have, weird quirks like that
Iām more curious about the whyās as I engage in the howās
looking for algebra and pre calculus textbooks
I briefly saw art of problem solving, openstax, and stewart textbook. But confused which one to go for
I donāt mind purchasing the book, need physical copies as digital does me no good
who can help me on this
example problems but i still dont get it
like i hate graphs
ugh just think of it this way
$f\circ g(a)$ means whatever you find for $g(a)$ i.e. let's say $g(a)=k$ then that becomes the input for $f$ i.e $f(k)$
parabolicinsanity
then all that's for you to do
okay
alright
would 5. be f(g(-5)) = 2
$f:A\longrightarrow B \land g: B \longrightarrow C$ so $g\circ f: A\longrightarrow C$
hmmmm
parabolicinsanity
would the second one be g(f(2)) = 1
g(f(-1))=1 for the last one?
uhm how
tysm
hi
Real
I solved the integration but how tf do I find f(x)
this is the answer I got
but Can't find f(x)
Ok this is rlly bad question design but Iāll digress on that front
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.
Civil Service Pigeon
what if I wanted to find f(x)
????
also this is wrong I believe
denomiantor would cos1 - sin1
I got the answer by comparing but what if I wanted to find the function?
should I just differentiate both the sides?
Uh you could do the algebra but itāll be ugly
Eh whatever Iām not too worried about the details - as long as the concept gets across
,w solve for y if |(x sin x + cos x)/(x cos x - sin x)|=|tan(pi/4 + y/2)|
I assume youāre working over the reals
So you donāt need to worry about the complex stuff
But itās still not the prettiest
Hello is this a channel for calcul ? like division and stuff ? š
ācalculā as in ācalculusā or ācalculationā (arithmetic)?
calculation i think in this case about patterns
Throw it in #prealg-and-algebra ig
About 1;4;9:16 etc
Or just open a help channel ngl
analysis
Those get way more attention
ok thanks š
Hi there I need quite a bit of help
So Iām stuck on how to graph the inverse of functions
Itās 18-20 and I really have no issue with 21-23 but itās solely 18-20
& Yes I did page back to section 6.3!
There is actually no way to graph 18
I canāt graph said set
isnt to graph inverse functoins is js switch the x and y coords
Yes for basic ones but in this scenario Desmos wasnāt picking up my answer so what I had to do was
F(x)=-logbase9(x)
Instead of the actual relevant answer
it doesn't like F^-1 as a function name.
if you clicked the ā ļø symbol you could have seen desmos' exact complaint.
look at the error messages
desmos doesn't like function inverses besides the library functions
don't even try

just define it as another function
Ye I canāt lie I have no way to graph this
or know wtf it means

For comparison I tried this as well
That works
I'm 26 years old and self studying math too. Some friend suggested this:
1a
https://artofproblemsolving.com/store [Introduction-level & Intermediate-level]
For if you need a review of ābasicsā. I suggest working through Introduction to Algebra & Intermediate Algebra & Precalculus.
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1b
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]
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Book: An Introduction to Mechanics, Kleppner and Kolenkow
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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.
Buy print or online math books for gifted students. Purchase a full math curriculum plus math contest preparation for elementary through high school.
They say AOPS is challenging compared to others.
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
OH HELL NAWW, I AIN'T DOING ALL DAT
I don't think desmos supports $f^{n}(x)$ notation
Enterlessguy
That's probably the issue
You could just define $g(x)=f^{-1}(x)$ and graph it as $g(x)$ instead
Enterlessguy
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
Enterlessguy
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
Let $u=3x=> du=3dx, u_{1}=3,u_{2}=9 => I=\frac{1}{3}\int_{3}^{9} \ln{u}du$
Enterlessguy
The calculus channel isnt showing up for me
Now using integration by parts we have: $I=\frac{1}{3}[u\ln{u}-u]_{3}^{9}$
Enterlessguy
Enterlessguy
$I=5ln{3}-2$ that's the solution but if you're wondering about the anti derivative it's: $x\ln{3x}-x+C$
Enterlessguy
Thank you
Your teacher simplified but forgot to exclude $\frac{1}{3}$
Enterlessguy
Enterlessguy
The one on the right had to be the same on the left
One forgot the 1/3)*3
So the right one is the completely correct one??
No that one is wrong
Your teacher simplified the expression ambut forgot to exclude 1/3
Thatās what I wanted to say
Itās quite evident what mistake had occurred in the right one
What do you get in (m) if you write 1-x³ as (1-x)(1+x+x²) and put on a common denominator?
For z, make x² -5x +6 as (x-a)(x-b)
Oh i mean the small z
Not capital Z
Ohh you do it like that?
Not every limit is L'H
It will turn into L'H prob
Similar principle for z)
Not every limit is just L'H
$(x^2)^2 - (1^2)^2$
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
ā° š š ā š š½ š¼ ā ā®
x^4 - 1
Yes
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.
a² - b² = (a-b)(a+b)
I always forget commen denom
What
I thought you meant something else by L'H
@viscid thistle
What
Consider a = 1² and b = x²
So a² = 1ā“ and b² = xā“
What did you think i meant with L'H other than hospriala rule
That's different
a³ - b³ = (a-b) (a² + ab + b²)
Difference of cubes
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
Well
The only thing you would be doing in b)
Is just looking at the degrees
Of your polynomials
And at coefficients near highest powers of x
Oh waot
I mightve mistaken for sequence limits oops
Wasnt there one for real functions too?
Or im tripping rn
That is a useful shortcut when the limit is for x->0.
No, the "coefficient with highest power" principle Prelude spoke about.
90% of the limits here are lh
Wha-
Dont you just substitute for such limits
There's no such thing as a limit "being LH".
Ohhhh when likeee
I know
The ones with infinity work exactly the same as the ones for sequences
And limits in PREcalculus should not need L'Hospital, since by the nature of the name, derivatives are not even available yet here!
You can, but doing the substitution can easily be so much work that it's not a shortcut anymore.
Ah they make it so you cant plug in that easily breh
I think you can solve them all without it + I don't think you learned l'hobital before university
(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).
Yea ik
I just misremembered which method for which but now ik
So basically these limits is just simplifying to plug in x or substitutions or L'H spam or the common denominator and expanding stuff
Meaning that its kinda boring and cumbersome
so b) is gonna be -4/3, e) will be -1/2 etc
When tending to 0 need look at lowest powers of x it seems
But it wont even apply in b) hm
Shit might not even hold
Well it does seem to work for when deg(P(x)) = deg(Q(x))
But in g the limit is a bit ohio
well, you need the right rule of thumb for looking at the coefficients of course :-)
Oh, sorry, I was confused.
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.
So in (b) we have $$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{x^3-4x}{2x^2+3x} = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{-4x}{3x}$$
Troposphere
Where u only differentiate at highest powers of x
U cant rly
Look at g)
Its limit is 0
But u will get 1/1 if u look at lowest powers of x
If I look at the lowest-degree terms, I get lim x²/x = lim x = 0.
thatās not what theyāre saying
It's not enough simply to take the coefficients, you need to have the entire terms.
he didnāt say divide coefficients
Oooooh
anyone can help me understand this, Iām horrible at understanding graphs
try doing q5 first
for the inverse function, you swap x and y for each point
so graphically, that means you draw the dotted line y = x then draw the mirror image of g(x) across y = x
after you do that, is this mirror image a function?
then that's your answer to q4
you mean, g(x) is not invertible
but yes that's correct
hopefully you've found online the condition for a function to be invertible
by doing a graphical example it should hopefully click why
@willow skiff Is this a good sketch ?
you've mistakenly reflected it across y = -x instead
oh lemme fix that š
The dashed line you've drawn is not y = x, by the way
which is the function and which is its inverse because it looks kinda weird
yeah I can't make heads or tails of what you just did
can someone check if I solved this correctly šš
these are the class examples
yes
thanks
That looks interesting. Does anyone mind explaining this to me. Am in grade 10 rn.
- Find D and R of the original function (this is being taught in earlier lectures)
- swap all x and y in f(x), D and R. (This is mirroring the graph y=f(x) by the line y=x)
- After step 2 you get "x = expression of y". Solve this equation into "y = expression of x"
all those steps is to make sure one x does not map to multiple f^(-1) (x)
Change Y TO X, SOLVE FOR Y. THATS HOW YOU FIND THE INVERSE OF F(X) (f of x)
(did you forget to turn off your caps lock)
No I think he was just yelling
skibidi dop dop dop yes yes
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 š
There is some simplification that you can do with the factors of 2 though to make it "easier" to calculate
(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).)
Also I don't know why the question states for all n greater than equal to 2 and then starts from n=1
š š
Nvm technically the recurrence starts from n=2 and both terms are pre defined on n=1 so its fine...
This is university level problem (except if you are indian or chinese) , you should ask in competition-math or theoretical-cs.
I was reading Concrete Mathematics and found this problem similar to that book's
(Alternatively you can derive that An here has the closed form solution : n(n-1)/2+1)
Doesn't really look like theoretical-cs to me.
can't you just brute force
It's from the Indian National Astronomy olympiad, for what it's worth
what is conical sections abt
The T is just a geometric series uptill 8
several classes of curves which can all be obtained by slicing through an infinite cone with a plane
two cones
oh ok
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!
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How many 3 of a kind hands contain the card queen of spades in standard deck
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whats a 3 of a kind 
exactly three cards of the same rank and two cards with uniquely different ranks.
it's poker
@heavy pewter just google it
wait ill solve it
hmmm 3 cards from 5....
man dont answer if u dont understandthe qs
i solved it
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
Am I right?
oh sorry
the * sign made the text italic
lemme edit
you couldve just picked 4C3 for three queens 
oh wait
queen of spades
hmmm i guess it should be correct
but uhm
you didnt factor in that the remaining two have to be different
and could be either spade, diamond, clubs, etc.
maybe...
i did
nah bro
its from JEE Mains
I am indeed Indian
But I'm referring to where they sourced the question (INA Jan 29 2023)
It's JEE Mains 29th January 2023 bro
I gave that exam
š
INA doesn't stand for thatš
Idk why they wrote INA
but it's definitely JEE Mains
yh found the original question
It doesn't help however that the question posted here was also labelled "115"
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)
uhm, pretty easy
lets say you are given ith term and jth term
then we know
$t_i =ar^{i-1}, t_j = ar^{j-1}$
parabolicinsanity
parabolicinsanity
$\frac{t_i}{t_j}=r^{i-j}$
then just take the root of i+j
$r=\left(\frac{t_i}{t_j}\right)^{\frac{1}{i-j}}$
@long tapir something like this
ive generalised it to any ith term and jth term but you can do it for i=3, j=4
Because division minuses the exponents
yes!
ohh yeah i forgor a little bit of laws of indices 
generalisation is always good
oh that
And make it part of the left side
just take the root of i-j
Im not the best with factoring exponents
raising the whold equation
ohhhh true
to one over i-j
does that make sense to you?
like we have x²=5y
then we raise the whole equation to a powe of ½ i.e. square root the whole thing
to leave us with x=(5y)½
admittedly thsres plus or minus as well but thats besides the point
Makes sense makes sense
Question
Should i be the smaller value
And j the larger value
what the heck is the antiderivative of x^4
can someone help to explain to me how to find derivatives using log and e
the antiderivative is the same thing as the (indefinite) integral
because the antiderivative of a function f(x) is a function whose derivative is equal to f(x)
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
ohhh okay
so the reverse chain rule only applies to f(ax + b)
check: you have this (where f(x) = x^4) ā
when you differentiate this you need to multiply by d/dx (5x - 7) = 5
so to undo the differentiation, you need to divide by 5
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
the other thing is that you integrate this normally, without changing the inside
so, u^5 / 5, where u = 5x - 7
careful with brackets also
(you can add the +c on the end yourself)
ok i think this was enough to send me in the right direction thanks m8
any i and j
doesnt matter
thats how generalisation works 
this is #precalculus š
no problem matey
happens all the damn time
ehhh your textbook will explain, or org chem tutor on YT will also explain
it's hard without showing a problem and telling us what you don't understand
most probably, if I have to guess, is some mistake when applying the chain rule to ln(f(x)) or e^(f(x))
you could try deriving it yourself using the definition of a derivative 
as well
or something
can anyone here teach me limits
i dont really understand why some limits dont exsist
and some do
do you recall this definition for a limit to exist?
(the top one)
the limits from the left and the right must be equal
Can anyone tell me what's the correct choice?
B
Bc if itās concave down, the second derivative is negative
So the first derivative is decreasing
Therefore f(2)>f(3)
Derivatives *
Okay but we don't know the concave is increasing or decrease
Like this
I mean the first derivative won't be the same as it is the tangent
You do
The 2nd derivative is the derivative of the derivative
So
If itās negative
Then the derivative is decreasing
Just as if the derivative is negative, the function is decreasing
So fā(2)>fā(3)
What your saying is the derivative could be negative or positive which is true, but it will still be decreasing
Okay thanks
im bit confused with this, where should I start?
try drawing a graph with any value of m and b of the function
then find the vertices of the triangle
so i just make up m and b and deteremine the area of triangle?
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
so its like 1/2(b)(formula for xintercept) ?
yeah
when in doubt draw it
Well yeah, I just wasnt sure what question were asking in first place, evotushon reworded question so i understand what it asked for
would the antiderivative of e^-0.1t = 1/0.9e^0.9t?
also is there a latex discord bot or something that can make these equations more readable
if you type a message in LaTeX it will automatically be rendered
no, it would be 1/(-0.1) e^(-0.1 t) = -10 e^(-0.1 t)
and you could add whatever constant you'd like ofc
why did you put -0.1 under 1?
whats the derivative of e^(ax)
ae^(ax)
so whats the antiderivative of e^(ax)
hmmm
when you differentiate you multiplied by a on the outside
so when you integrate, you would divide by a....right
i think that makes sense
you can also differentiate your result to make sure
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?
omg i think i get it
by "sub" i meant use the power rule
not sure why i said sub lol i'm not paying attention š
oh i meant subtract one lol
lol
XD
your good
so you mean that for x^a you would subtract 1, so what would you do for e^(ax) instead?
use the chain rule, and the fact that the derivative of e^x is e^x
so d/dx (e^(ax)) = d/d(ax) e^(ax) * d/dx(ax) = e^(ax) * a = a e^(ax)
ok ok, this helps, do you know of a good resource i can look into
y min value will be -4 at x=3/4 right??
y min is indeed -4
but it's not x = 3/4
I recommend you learn where x-coordinate of vertex = -b/(2a) comes from
š pre calc but trivially solvable by derivatvies
but
you have to understand what happens in a parabola
hmmm
no i do have some knowledge abt it but first time studying differ..
using double differentiaion right?
no
you just set the first derivative to zero
because that means the slope equals zero, which all turning points satisfy
slope equals zero could also imply a saddle point however
like what happens with the graph of y = x^3 at x = 0
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
yea that
second derivative just tells you where its bent
by it i mean
uhhh
inflection intervals or whatever
yep got it
Given this is precalc tho
And that this is a quadratic
I'd recommend completing the square
but yeah it's a bit dumb to apply calculus to a quadratic
the point of calculus is that you can find these things out for functions which are not straight lines nor quadratics
as an exercise it's fine though
how to explain relations between coefficients in area and volume of, respectively, circle and sphere?
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thx!
there's not as neat of an answer for the volume
depends if you already accept the formula for the volume of a cone
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.
It must be a typo that is says f: R->R instead of f: N->R.
I have the same question as well
The condition doesn't menion values of f other than f(1), f(2), f(3) ...
I need some help on this
lets see
P is on the unit circle and it makes an angle theta
so ur looking at this
and x = 2y
can u express x and y in terms of theta?
solution:
||x = cos theta, y = sin theta||
||therefore cos theta = 2 sin theta||
||therefore ½ = tan theta||
||therefore theta = arctan(½) = 0.464||
Or equivalently:
||tan(Īø) = y/x
Īø = arctan(y/x)
x = 2y
Īø = arctan(y/2y)
Īø = arctan(1/2) ā 0.464||
doesnt x=rcostheta and y=rsintheta
Yes, but the problem said "the unit circle", so r=1 here.
oh ok
#multivariable-calculus , also wdym "anybody got"...are you looking for the derivation?
or use disc/washer method
i tried integrating with cylinders instead of rectangles where the radius is governed by the eq x^2 + y^2 = z^2
so you did the shell method?
probably not. idk
i dont know what im doing here
thats a cone......
Nope
Integrated within the bounds of-r and r
Multiply by 2
Got the volume of a sphere
I never used it
Donāt have to
No wait you have to
Also I donāt think itās for the cone
z^2 = x^2 + y^2 is the equation of a cone
In 2d I mean
not sure how you'd get volume of a sphere outta that
it has three variables so it lives in 3d idk what u mean
I let z be a constant quantity for the radius
It is not a another variable
I know wrong notation
hello, this is calculus right?
thanks
I think im being a bit special, or i may have just forgotten
but why is this true
nvm
i was being special
what are you using "special" as euphemism for :X
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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
whATs the material?
do you have a textbook?
i think
did he say what sections the test is on?
we have a packet we do and he said if you can do the first 2 pages of trig youll be fine
he was annoyingly upset with me for asking
can you send me the first 2 pages of the packet?
yeah
I am in pre calc but sorry for the confusion maybe Iām in a different curriculum
How to find the range of this function
((cosx - 2)(cosx - 3))/((sinx - 4)(cosx - 5))
$\frac{(\cos(x) - 2)(\cos(x) - 3)}{(\sin(x) - 4)(\cos(x) - 5)}$
Ann
Yes!
god ok this looks ugly LMAO
if the bottom left bracket were cos(x)-4 it would have been much easier
what's your progress thus far
I tried calculating the derivative to find the critical points but it would take ages
Sometimes ugly things need to be solved
Nah just graph it on a calculator lol
Thatās not so analytical lol

Any thoughts ?
I would probably just try it's derivative
But then again finding an analytical solution to that is quite hard
can someone help me
!da2a
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Why not simply make the bottom equal to 0?
i'm not sure if you mean ping the moderators or ping everyone but neither one seems to be working
the mods are all asleep, nobody on the nightwatch š
the guy is gone
what guy?
I meant my ping š
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
Thatās not so precalc
it could be
im in precalc and im learning about derivitavtaves
Different
Usually r is the inside integral and theta is the outside integral, if the question asks for the area of some sector
Also split the integral up into parts, from when the upper and lower functions swap places
Beyond it's just general integration
In particular trig subs and recognising integrals of trig functions
can someone help me do part A idk how to get the x coordinates
doesnt it cycle
sorry im still in middle high school
like
after pi/2 radians it goes down/up/up again
yh
thx
i thought trig identites had something to do with it thats why
i need to think simpler sometime
is help still needed
The chain rule is a good method for starting calculus
Do you need help? Or is it too late?
I would avoid that, you could write like (pi + 1)/pi * x^2
should i lump up pi and change it all into one fraction
yes it would be better for the eyes
like this better, got accepted as well
i guess that's fine too
Wish I could figure out the steps you did to arrive at that
tips for getting good at conics in 2 days?
practise 
woah
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?
Hard to say where you went wrong when you're not disclosing why you think your answer is correct?
E.g. why do you think 32 would look like C?
I think it is d because the eccentricity is greater than one but after looking at another assignment I think that re looking at my notes could help
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.
On the other hand, in (33) the denominator vanishes for two different angles, so there should be two asymptotes.
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
the function is modeling the rate of change of the number of people
how does that show that the center is at its maximum
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
ohh ok thanks
Yo gango
If a function has x^2 in the numerator and just x in the denominator
Would that be a hole at x?
i think so
since its removed from the denominator
kind of like
(x^2)/x is undefined
because you cant exactly divide by 0
No but like
It would be a hole
With a x left
In the numerator
yes
its a hole dont overthink it (i think)
Can we go to dm I have a couple questions before my exam tmrw?
Alr
lemme se
ok sure
!noping
Please do not ping individual helpers unprompted.
Can u help w this why is it b?
its a logarithmic graph of base 4
its inverse will be an exponential graph with base 4
How do u know itās base 4
because
IM CONFUSED
$\log _x{(4)}=1\implies x^1=4$ i.e. $x=4$
parabolicinsanity

Ok but why wouldnāt 8 work
Why 16
I still dk why itās log base 4
How do h know?
do you literally not see what i just did?
if it was not base 4
hpw would inputting 4
give you 1
in the graph?
Why do we input 4?
because its in the graph?
(4,1)
thats in the graph
-_-
so you use x=4,y=1 in the function
parabolicinsanity
here?
for all x>1, logarithm base x of 1 is 0
i think you should really brush up on
logarithms
and exponentials
before pursuing anything any further
Can u show what u did
erm
Why wouldnāt 8 work
because $4^2\neq 8$
parabolicinsanity
$4^2=16$
parabolicinsanity

Ok but Iām confused how the 4 became the x
oh no, thats true for
any x>1
that
it passes (1,0)
i just wanted to illustrate that
Isnāt exponential 0,1
OH YEH ITS THE INVERSE
So the base changes?
WAIT
IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE
its because the exponent is a variable
?
Yeh
Im lowk scared for the mcq
me too amigo
Like the questions are worded weirdly
the graph is exponential š
Do u know the transformations in logs?
huh?
Translation or dilation
Transformations???
you worded it weirdly
Yeh
horiz translations are inside the parentheses and are "the opposite" of what it says
dialations make stuff wider and smaller
transformations just move the graph
thats what i mena
Same
this question is simply not fair
no calc section
youve gotta do the damn quad formula
in like 4 mins
unless you don't have a calculator you could jsut.... add the value in...
y = 0
you cant plug it in
huh
you have to zero out
wait omg
if you have a calc (lazy route)
i dindt think of that
its on the non calc section
well shii
you have to find it then
convert the cos into a sine
and yeah, quadratic equation solution
should give you 4 answers honestly
not just 3 atmost
Thought it gives 2
pi periodicity
Oh

Well depends on if itās the cos or sin value
U end up with
no its 2 no matter what
yeah with sin
its not a whole number
need to quad fomula without a calc
U can still do u that
no xbox
Can someone exlpain why this isn't A?
is anyone else taking ap precalc test tomorrow
AP exam tomorrow for this course, I wished I'd actually studied days prior because my stress is through the roof right now
i feel pretty confident, though polar might be the death of me
also tranformations are kinda not my best
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 functionās output is changing with respect to the input not just whether itās going up or down.
yes
my confidence is actually fading... I don't know what to do at this point, the study material im using is just not helping me š
is it cause you already know it or you dont understand it
I dont understand
show me a problem
also if this makes you feel any better https://www.albert.io/blog/ap-precalculus-score-calculator/
thanks
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We arenāt doing unit 4
And the exam is much harder in terms of criteria
k
yeah unit 4 has been out of question
not really
only very slightly based on what i see on college board
are there any resources with practice ap questions


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