Area, Volume and Perimeter

March 23, 2008

Consider the regions \displaystyle \mathcal{R}_{1}\,\mathrm{and}\,\mathcal{R}_{2} enclosed by the curves \displaystyle y=x^{3}+\frac{1}{2} and \displaystyle x=-\left(y-\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2}. Set-up the integrals representing the following:

  1. The perimeter of \displaystyle \mathcal{R}_{2}.
  2. The total area of the regions \displaystyle \mathcal{R}_{1} and \displaystyle \mathcal{R}_{2}.
  3. The volume of the solid generated when \displaystyle \mathcal{R}_{1} is rotated about the line \displaystyle y=-\frac{1}{2} using the method of washers.
  4. The volume of the solid generated when \displaystyle \mathcal{R}_{2} is rotated about the line x=-1 using the method of cylindrical shells.

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Related Rates

March 23, 2008

A particle moves along the curve y=\ln x so that its abscissa is increasing at a rate of 2 units per second. At what rate is the particle moving away from the origin as it passes through the point (e,1)?

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Largest Rectangle in Some Region in the First Quadrant

March 23, 2008

Find the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in the region bounded by the curve y=e^{-x}, the line x=0 and the positive x-axis.

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Normal Line Problem

March 23, 2008

Find the equation of the line normal to the curve \displaystyle y=\tanh \left[\sin^{-1} \left( x-\sqrt{2}\right) \right] at the point where \displaystyle x=\sqrt{2}.

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Integrals Involving Transcendental Functions

March 23, 2008

Evaluate the following integrals.

  1. \displaystyle \int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}\frac{\ln^{2}\left(\sin x\right)}{\tan x}\: dx
  2. \displaystyle \int\frac{2^{x}\: dx}{\left(2^{x}+1\right)\sqrt{4^{x}+2^{x+1}-8}}
  3. \displaystyle \int\frac{dx}{x+4\sqrt{x}+13}

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Indeterminate Forms Involving Transcendental Functions

March 23, 2008

Logarithmic and Implicit Differentiation

March 23, 2008