Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Books a la Carte, and MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Title-Specific Access Card Package (3rd Edition)
Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Books a la Carte, and MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Title-Specific Access Card Package (3rd Edition)
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Author: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett, Eric Schulz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Have you ever seen a bridge in the shape of a parabola? Where is its maximum on the bridge? The maximum of that bridge is the highest point on that bridge. The process of finding the maximum of the bridge here is called the maximization.
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Ch. 12.1 - Identify the graph generated by the parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 2QCCh. 12.1 - Prob. 3QCCh. 12.1 - Prob. 4QCCh. 12.1 - Prob. 5QCCh. 12.1 - Prob. 6QCCh. 12.1 - Explain how a pair of parametric equations...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 2ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 3ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 4E
Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 5ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 6ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 7ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 8ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 9ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 10ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 11ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 12ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 13ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 14ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 15ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 16ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 17ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 18ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 19ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 20ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 21ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 22ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 23ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 24ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 25ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 26ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 27ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 28ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 29ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 30ECh. 12.1 - Eliminating the parameter Eliminate the parameter...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 32ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 33ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 34ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 35ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 36ECh. 12.1 - Parametric equations of circles Find parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Parametric equations of circles Find parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Parametric equations of circles Find parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Parametric equations of circles Find parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 41ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 42ECh. 12.1 - Curves to parametric equations Give a set of...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 44ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 45ECh. 12.1 - Curves to parametric equations Find parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 47ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 48ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 49ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 50ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 51ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 52ECh. 12.1 - Circular motion Find parametric equations that...Ch. 12.1 - Circular motion Find parametric equations that...Ch. 12.1 - Circular motion Find parametric equations that...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 56ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 57ECh. 12.1 - More parametric curves Use a graphing utility to...Ch. 12.1 - More parametric curves Use a graphing utility to...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 60ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 61ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 62ECh. 12.1 - Implicit function graph Explain and carry out a...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 64ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 65ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 66ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 67ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 68ECh. 12.1 - Derivatives Consider the following parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 70ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 71ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 72ECh. 12.1 - Tangent lines Find an equation of the line tangent...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 74ECh. 12.1 - Tangent lines Find an equation of the line tangent...Ch. 12.1 - Tangent lines Find an equation of the line tangent...Ch. 12.1 - Slopes of tangent lines Find all the points at...Ch. 12.1 - Slopes of tangent lines Find all the points at...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 79ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 80ECh. 12.1 - Arc length Find the arc length of the following...Ch. 12.1 - Arc length Find the arc length of the following...Ch. 12.1 - Arc length Find the arc length of the following...Ch. 12.1 - Arc length Find the arc length of the following...Ch. 12.1 - Arc length Find the arc length of the following...Ch. 12.1 - Arc length Find the arc length of the following...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 87ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 88ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 89ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 90ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 91ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 92ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 93ECh. 12.1 - Parametric equations of ellipses Find parametric...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 95ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 96ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 97ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 98ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 99ECh. 12.1 - Beautiful curves Consider the family of curves...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 101ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 102ECh. 12.1 - Area under a curve Suppose the function y = h(x)...Ch. 12.1 - Area under a curve Suppose the function y = h(x)...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 105ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 106ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 107ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 108ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 109ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 110ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 111ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 112ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 113ECh. 12.1 - Prob. 114ECh. 12.2 - Which of the following coordinates represent the...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 2QCCh. 12.2 - Prob. 3QCCh. 12.2 - Prob. 4QCCh. 12.2 - Prob. 5QCCh. 12.2 - Prob. 6QCCh. 12.2 - Prob. 1ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 2ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 4ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 5ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 6ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 7ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 8ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 9ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 10ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 11ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 12ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 13ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 14ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 15ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 16ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 17ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 18ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 19ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 20ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 21ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 22ECh. 12.2 - Rader Airplanes are equipped with transponders...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 24ECh. 12.2 - Converting coordinates Express the following polar...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 26ECh. 12.2 - Converting coordinates Express the following polar...Ch. 12.2 - Converting coordinates Express the following polar...Ch. 12.2 - Converting coordinates Express the following polar...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 30ECh. 12.2 - Converting coordinates Express the following...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 32ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 33ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 34ECh. 12.2 - Converting coordinates Express the following...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 36ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 37ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 38ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 39ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 40ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 41ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 42ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 43ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 44ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 45ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 46ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 47ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 48ECh. 12.2 - Cartesian-to-polar coordinates Convert the...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 50ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 51ECh. 12.2 - Cartesian-to-polar coordinates Convert the...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 53ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 54ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 55ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 56ECh. 12.2 - Graphing polar curves Graph the following...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 58ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 59ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 60ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 61ECh. 12.2 - Graphing polar curves Graph the following...Ch. 12.2 - Graphing polar curves Graph the following...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 64ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 65ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 66ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 67ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 68ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 69ECh. 12.2 - Using a graphing utility Use a graphing utility to...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 71ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 72ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 73ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 74ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 75ECh. 12.2 - Using a graphing utility Use a graphing utility to...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 77ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 78ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 79ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 80ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 81ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 82ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 83ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 84ECh. 12.2 - Navigating A plane is 150 miles north of a radar...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 86ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 87ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 88ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 89ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 90ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 91ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 92ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 93ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 94ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 95ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 96ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 97ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 98ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 99ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 100ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 101ECh. 12.2 - Spirals Graph the following spirals. Indicate the...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 103ECh. 12.2 - Spirals Graph the following spirals. Indicate the...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 105ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 106ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 107ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 108ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 109ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 110ECh. 12.2 - Prob. 111ECh. 12.3 - Verify that if y = f() sin , then y'() =f'() sin ...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 2QCCh. 12.3 - Prob. 3QCCh. 12.3 - Prob. 4QCCh. 12.3 - Prob. 1ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 2ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 3ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 4ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 5ECh. 12.3 - Find a polar equation of the line with slope 1...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 7ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 8ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 9ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 10ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 11ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 12ECh. 12.3 - Slopes of tangent lines Find the slope of the line...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 14ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 15ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 16ECh. 12.3 - Slopes of tangent lines Find the slope of the line...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 18ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 19ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 20ECh. 12.3 - Tangent line at the origin Find the polar equation...Ch. 12.3 - Tangent line at the origin Find the polar equation...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 23ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 24ECh. 12.3 - Horizontal and vertical tangents Find the points...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 26ECh. 12.3 - Horizontal and vertical tangents Find the points...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 28ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 29ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 30ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 31ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 32ECh. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 40ECh. 12.3 - Intersection points and area a. Find all the...Ch. 12.3 - Intersection points and area a. Find all the...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 43ECh. 12.3 - Intersection points and area a. Find all the...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 45ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 46ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 47ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 48ECh. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Areas of regions Make a sketch of the region and...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 52ECh. 12.3 - Area of plane regions Find the areas of the...Ch. 12.3 - Area of plane regions Find the areas of the...Ch. 12.3 - Area of plane regions Find the areas of the...Ch. 12.3 - Area of plane regions Find the areas of the...Ch. 12.3 - Area of polar regions Find the area of the regions...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 58ECh. 12.3 - Area of polar regions Find the area of the regions...Ch. 12.3 - Area of polar regions Find the area of the regions...Ch. 12.3 - Two curves, three regions Determine the...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 62ECh. 12.3 - Arc length of polar curves Find the length of the...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 64ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 65ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 66ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 67ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 68ECh. 12.3 - Arc length of polar curves Find the length of the...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 70ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 71ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 72ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 73ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 74ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 75ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 76ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 77ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 78ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 79ECh. 12.3 - Area of roses Assume m is a positive integer. a....Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 81ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 82ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 83ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 84ECh. 12.3 - Grazing goat problems Consider the following...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 86ECh. 12.3 - Prob. 87ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 1QCCh. 12.4 - Prob. 2QCCh. 12.4 - Prob. 3QCCh. 12.4 - Prob. 4QCCh. 12.4 - Prob. 5QCCh. 12.4 - Prob. 6QCCh. 12.4 - Prob. 1ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 2ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 3ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 4ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 5ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 6ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 7ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 8ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 9ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 10ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 11ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 12ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 13ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 14ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 15ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 16ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 17ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 18ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 19ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 20ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 21ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 22ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 23ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 24ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 25ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 26ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 27ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 28ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 29ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 30ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 31ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 32ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 33ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 34ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 35ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 36ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 37ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 38ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 39ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 40ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 41ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 42ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 43ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 44ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 45ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 46ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 47ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 48ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 49ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 50ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 51ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 52ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 53ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 54ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 55ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 56ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 57ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 58ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 59ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 60ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 61ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 62ECh. 12.4 - Tracing hyperbolas and parabolas Graph the...Ch. 12.4 - Tracing hyperbolas and parabolas Graph the...Ch. 12.4 - Tracing hyperbolas and parabolas Graph the...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 66ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 67ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 68ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 69ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 70ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 71ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 72ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 73ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 74ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 75ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 76ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 77ECh. 12.4 - The ellipse and the parabola Let R be the region...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 79ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 80ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 81ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 82ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 83ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 84ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 85ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 86ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 87ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 88ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 89ECh. 12.4 - Focal chords A focal chord of a conic section is a...Ch. 12.4 - Focal chords A focal chord of a conic section is a...Ch. 12.4 - Focal chords A focal chord of a conic section is a...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 93ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 94ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 95ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 96ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 97ECh. 12.4 - Prob. 98ECh. 12 - Explain why or why not Determine whether the...Ch. 12 - Prob. 2RECh. 12 - Prob. 3RECh. 12 - Eliminating the parameter Eliminate the parameter...Ch. 12 - Prob. 5RECh. 12 - Prob. 6RECh. 12 - Prob. 7RECh. 12 - Prob. 8RECh. 12 - Prob. 9RECh. 12 - Prob. 10RECh. 12 - Prob. 11RECh. 12 - Prob. 12RECh. 12 - Prob. 13RECh. 12 - Prob. 14RECh. 12 - Prob. 15RECh. 12 - Prob. 16RECh. 12 - Prob. 17RECh. 12 - Prob. 18RECh. 12 - Prob. 19RECh. 12 - Prob. 20RECh. 12 - Prob. 21RECh. 12 - Prob. 22RECh. 12 - Prob. 23RECh. 12 - Prob. 24RECh. 12 - Prob. 25RECh. 12 - Prob. 26RECh. 12 - Prob. 27RECh. 12 - Prob. 28RECh. 12 - Prob. 29RECh. 12 - Prob. 30RECh. 12 - Prob. 31RECh. 12 - Prob. 32RECh. 12 - Prob. 33RECh. 12 - Prob. 34RECh. 12 - Prob. 35RECh. 12 - Prob. 36RECh. 12 - Prob. 37RECh. 12 - Prob. 38RECh. 12 - Prob. 39RECh. 12 - Slopes of tangent lines a. Find all points where...Ch. 12 - Slopes of tangent lines a. Find all points where...Ch. 12 - Prob. 42RECh. 12 - Prob. 43RECh. 12 - Prob. 44RECh. 12 - Prob. 45RECh. 12 - Prob. 46RECh. 12 - Prob. 47RECh. 12 - Prob. 48RECh. 12 - The area that is inside the cardioid r = 1 + cos ...Ch. 12 - Prob. 50RECh. 12 - Prob. 51RECh. 12 - Prob. 52RECh. 12 - Prob. 53RECh. 12 - Prob. 54RECh. 12 - Prob. 55RECh. 12 - Prob. 56RECh. 12 - Prob. 57RECh. 12 - Prob. 58RECh. 12 - Prob. 59RECh. 12 - Prob. 60RECh. 12 - Prob. 61RECh. 12 - Prob. 62RECh. 12 - Prob. 63RECh. 12 - Prob. 64RECh. 12 - Prob. 65RECh. 12 - Prob. 66RECh. 12 - Prob. 67RECh. 12 - Prob. 68RECh. 12 - Prob. 69RECh. 12 - Prob. 70RECh. 12 - Prob. 71RECh. 12 - Prob. 72RECh. 12 - Prob. 73RECh. 12 - Prob. 74RECh. 12 - Lam curves The Lam curve described by...Ch. 12 - Prob. 76RE
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