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Mystery
Mr. E
100

lim_(x->3)(x^2-9)/(x-3)

6

100

 f(x)=(2x+3)^3 . Find  f'(x) 

f'(x)=6(2x+3)^2

100

Who walked on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission?

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

100

List the courses that Mr. E is teaching this year?

Sports analytics, Algebra III, AP Calculus AB

200

lim_(x->7)(2x^2-8x-42)/(x-7)

20

200

f(x)=sin^3(x), f'(x)=?

3sin^2(x)cos(x)

200

Who was the first US President to live in the White House?

John Adams

200

What are Mr. E's favorite TV shows? (Any of the top 3 answers counts)

House, True Detective, and Seinfeld

300

lim_(x->4)(2x^3-128)/(5x-20)

96/5

300

xy+e^(y)+3x=15, dy/dx=?

dy/dx=(-3-y)/(x+e^y)

300

Air is being pumped into a spherical balloon at a rate of 5 (cm^3)/min . Determine the rate at which the radius of the balloon is increasing when the diameter of the balloon is 20 cm. (The volume of a sphere is  V=4/3pir^3 ).

(dr)/dt=1/(80pi)

300

If Mr. E was going to teach a subject other than math, what would it be?

English

400

lim_(x->oo)(e^(4x))/(x^2+1)

oo

400

 f(x)=sin^2(x) . What is the third derivative of f(x)? FULLY SIMPLIFY (but don't use trig identities)

f'''(x)=-8sinxcosx

400

A rectangular fenced in area is to be created. If you have 400 feet of fencing to work with, what is the maximum area of a fenced in area you can create?

10,000 sq ft

400

What is Mr. E's preferred snack and drink at the movies?

Skittles/Vanilla Coke

500

 log_3(x)+e^(2y)+cot^-1(y)=xe^(y^2), dy/dx=? You can keep complex fractions in this answer.

dy/dx=(e^(y^2)-1/(xln3))/(2e^(2y)-1/(1+y^2)-2xye^(y^2)

500

A 15 foot ladder is resting against a wall. The bottom is initially 10 ft away from the wall, and is being pushed towards the wall at a rate of  1/4 (ft)/sec . How fast is the top of the ladder moving 12 seconds after we start pushing?

7/(4sqrt(176)) or 0.1319 (ft)/sec

500

Besides Rutgers, Mr. E got into two other schools. What were they?

Michigan and Northeastern