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Halloween Trivia
100

d/dtt^2lnt

2tlnt+t

100

d/dx(tanx/(1+cosx))

No need to simplify as long as the answer is one fraction

Anything equivalent to

((secx)^2(1+cosx)-tanx(-sinx))/(1+cosx)^2

100

The position of a particle moving along a straight line at any time t is given by s(t) = t2 + 4t + 4.  What is the acceleration of the particle when t = 4?

a(4) = 2

100

If x = 2, y = 1, and dx/dt = -4, find dy/dt for:

6y^2+x^2=2-x^3e^(4-4y)

dy/dt=8/11

100

The name of the villain in "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

Oogie Boogie

200

If  y=e^(1/x)/x^2 

Then  y'= 

y'=(-e^(1/x)-2xe^(1/x))/x^4

200

If  f(x)=x^2sin(πx) 

Then  f'(x)= 

2xsin(πx)+πx^2cos(πx)

200

If the position of a particle on the x-axis at time t is 

s(t) = -5t2

then the average velocity of the particle for 0 ≤ t ≤ 3 is

-15

200

A rectangle's length is always 3 times its width.  If the shorter side is decreasing at a rate of 2 inches per minute, at what rate is the area decreasing? (include units)

The area is decreasing at a rate of 72 square inches per minute.

(Changing at -72 square inches per minute)

200

another name for a "lycanthrope"

werewolf

300

d/dt (4log_3t-ln(8t^2))

4/(tln(3))-2/t

300

d/dxcot(3x^2+5)

-6xcsc^2(3x^2+5)

300

A particle moves along the x-axis so that at any time t ≥ 0 its position is given by

x(t) = t3 – 3t2 – 9t + 1.  

For what value(s) of t is the particle at rest?

only at t = 3
300

A person is standing 350 feet away from a model rocket that is fired straight up into the air at a rate of 15 ft/sec. At what rate is the distance between the person and the rocket increasing 20 seconds after liftoff?  (calculators permitted, answers must be correct to at least 3 decimal places)

9.7618 (ft)/sec

300

The author of the 1818 novel, "Frankenstein"

Mary Shelley

400

d/dx3^(arctan(5x))=

3^(arctan(5x))(ln3)(5/(1+25x^2))

400

d/dxcsc^2(sinx)=

-2(csc^2(sinx))(cot(sinx))(cosx)

400

A bug begins to crawl up a vertical wire at time t = 0. The velocity v of the bug at time t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 8, is given by the function whose graph is shown above.

At what value(s) of t does the bug change direction?

t = 6 only

400

A light is mounted on a wall 5 meters above the ground. A 2 meter tall person is initially 10 meters from the wall and is moving towards the wall at a rate of 0.5 m/sec. After 4 seconds at what rate is the tip of the shadow moving towards or away from the wall?

The tip of the shadow is moving towards the wall at a rate of 5/6 m/sec.

400

Rotten Tomatoes lists this movie as the #1 scariest of all time

The Exorcist

500

If  f(x)=(5x)^(3x^2-2x+8) 

Then  f'(x)= 

lny=(3x^2-2x+8)ln(5x)

f'(x)=[(6x-2)ln(5x)+(3x^2-2x+8)(1/x)](5x)^(3x^2-2x+8)

500

If  f(x)=sin(tansqrt(1+x^3)) 

Then 

f'(x)=

f'(x)=cos(tansqrt(1+x^3))(sec^2sqrt(1+x^3))((3x^2)/(2sqrt(1+x^3))

500

A bug begins to crawl up a vertical wire at time t = 0. The velocity v of the bug at time t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 8, is given by the function whose graph is shown above.

What is the total distance the bug traveled from t = 0 to t = 8?

13

500

A tank of water in the shape of an inverted cone is being filled with water at a rate of 12 m3/sec. The radius of the tank is 26 meters and the height of the tank is 8 meters. At what rate is the depth of the water in the tank changing when the radius of the top of the water is 10 meters?

3/(25π) m/sec

500

The most popular Halloween costume in the US in 2023

Barbie