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Chapter 2: Q. 19 (page 120)
Inscribe a right circular cylinder of height h and radius r in a sphere of fixed radius R. See the illustration. Express the volume V of the cylinder as a function of h.
[Hint: . Note also the right triangle.]
The volume of the cylinder as a function of h is.
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A right triangle has one vertex on the graph of at , another at the origin, and the third on the positive y-axis at , as shown in the figure. Express the area Aof the triangle as a function of x.
Cost of Trans-Atlantic Travel A Boeing 747 crosses the Atlantic Ocean (3000 miles) with an airspeed of 500 miles per hour. The cost C (in dollars) per passenger is given by
where x is the ground speed (airspeedwind).
(a) What is the cost per passenger for quiescent (no wind) conditions?
(b) What is the cost per passenger with a head wind of 50 miles per hour?
(c) What is the cost per passenger with a tail wind of 100 miles per hour?
(d) What is the cost per passenger with a head wind of 100 miles per hour?
If is a function defined by the equation , then is called the ____________ variable and y is the ____________ variable.
A rectangle is inscribed in a circle of radius of . See the figure. Let be the point in quadrant I that is a vertex of the rectangle and is on the circle.
Part (a): Express the area Aof the rectangle as a function of x.
Part (b): Express the perimeter pof the rectangle as a function of x.
Part (c): Graph . For what value of xis Alargest?
Part (d): Graph . For what value ofxis p largest?
Wind Chill The wind chill factor represents the equivalent air temperature at a standard wind speed that would produce the same heat loss as the given temperature and wind speed. One formula for computing the equivalent temperature is
where represents the wind speed (in meters per second) and represents the air temperature . Compute the wind chill for the following:
(a) An air temperature of localid="1645962228946" and a wind speed of 1 meter per second localid="1645962235368"
(b) An air temperature of localid="1645962241584" and a wind speed of localid="1645962248218"
(c) An air temperature of localid="1645962254138" and a wind speed of localid="1645962259043"
(d) An air temperature of localid="1645962265610" and a wind speed of localid="1645962274629"
(e) Explain the physical meaning of the equation corresponding to localid="1645962280348"
(f) Explain the physical meaning of the equation corresponding to localid="1645962285160" .
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