Calculus 1 : How to find differential functions

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Example Question #1777 : Calculus

The expression of a particular function is unknown; however, we have an expression for its derivative. Knowing that  and , approximate  using Euler's Method and five steps.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The general form of Euler's method, when a derivative function, initial value, and step size are known, is:

To calculate the step size find the distance between the final and initial  value and divide by the number of steps to be used:

For this problem, we are told  and 

Knowing this, we may take the steps to estimate our function value at our final  value:

Example Question #1778 : Calculus

The expression of a particular function is unknown; however, we have an expression for its derivative. Knowing that  and , approximate  using Euler's Method and five steps.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The general form of Euler's method, when a derivative function, initial value, and step size are known, is:

To calculate the step size find the distance between the final and initial  value and divide by the number of steps to be used:

For this problem, we are told  and 

Knowing this, we may take the steps to estimate our function value at our final  value:

Example Question #1779 : Calculus

The expression of a particular function is unknown; however, we have an expression for its derivative. Knowing that  and , approximate  using Euler's Method and five steps.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The general form of Euler's method, when a derivative function, initial value, and step size are known, is:

To calculate the step size find the distance between the final and initial  value and divide by the number of steps to be used:

For this problem, we are told  and 

Knowing this, we may take the steps to estimate our function value at our final  value:

Example Question #564 : How To Find Differential Functions

The expression of a particular function is unknown; however, we have an expression for its derivative. Knowing that  and , approximate  using Euler's Method and five steps.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The general form of Euler's method, when a derivative function, initial value, and step size are known, is:

To calculate the step size find the distance between the final and initial  value and divide by the number of steps to be used:

For this problem, we are told  and 

Knowing this, we may take the steps to estimate our function value at our final  value:

Example Question #1781 : Calculus

Find the divergence of the function  at 

Hint: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divergence can be viewed as a measure of the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point.

To visualize this, picture an open drain in a tub full of water; this drain may represent a 'sink,' and all of the velocities at each specific point in the tub represent the vector field. Close to the drain, the velocity will be greater than a spot farther away from the drain.

Vectorfield

What divergence can calculate is what this velocity is at a given point. Again, the magnitude of the vector field.

We're given the function

What we will do is take the derivative of each vector element with respect to its variable 

Then sum the results together:

Derivative of an exponential: 

Note that u  may represent large functions, and not just individual variables!

At the point 

 

Example Question #1781 : Calculus

Find the divergence of the function  at 

Hint: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divergence can be viewed as a measure of the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point.

To visualize this, picture an open drain in a tub full of water; this drain may represent a 'sink,' and all of the velocities at each specific point in the tub represent the vector field. Close to the drain, the velocity will be greater than a spot farther away from the drain.

Vectorfield

What divergence can calculate is what this velocity is at a given point. Again, the magnitude of the vector field.

We're given the function

 

What we will do is take the derivative of each vector element with respect to its variable 

Then sum the results together:

At the point 

Example Question #1782 : Calculus

Find the divergence of the function  at 

Hint: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divergence can be viewed as a measure of the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point.

To visualize this, picture an open drain in a tub full of water; this drain may represent a 'sink,' and all of the velocities at each specific point in the tub represent the vector field. Close to the drain, the velocity will be greater than a spot farther away from the drain.

Vectorfield

What divergence can calculate is what this velocity is at a given point. Again, the magnitude of the vector field.

We're given the function

What we will do is take the derivative of each vector element with respect to its variable 

Then sum the results together:

Since no variables were paired with their respective variable, the divergence goes to zero.

 

Example Question #1784 : Calculus

Find the divergence of the function  at 

Hint: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divergence can be viewed as a measure of the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point.

To visualize this, picture an open drain in a tub full of water; this drain may represent a 'sink,' and all of the velocities at each specific point in the tub represent the vector field. Close to the drain, the velocity will be greater than a spot farther away from the drain.

Vectorfield

What divergence can calculate is what this velocity is at a given point. Again, the magnitude of the vector field.

We're given the function

What we will do is take the derivative of each vector element with respect to its variable 

Then sum the results together:

Derivative of an exponential: 

Note that u may represent large functions, and not just individual variables!

At the point 

Example Question #1785 : Calculus

Find the divergence of the function  at 

Hint: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divergence can be viewed as a measure of the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point.

To visualize this, picture an open drain in a tub full of water; this drain may represent a 'sink,' and all of the velocities at each specific point in the tub represent the vector field. Close to the drain, the velocity will be greater than a spot farther away from the drain.

Vectorfield

What divergence can calculate is what this velocity is at a given point. Again, the magnitude of the vector field.

We're given the function

What we will do is take the derivative of each vector element with respect to its variable 

Then sum the results together:

Derivative of a natural log: 

Trigonometric derivative: 

Note that u may represent large functions, and not just individual variables!

At the point 

 

Example Question #561 : How To Find Differential Functions

Find the divergence of the function  at 

Hint: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divergence can be viewed as a measure of the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point.

To visualize this, picture an open drain in a tub full of water; this drain may represent a 'sink,' and all of the velocities at each specific point in the tub represent the vector field. Close to the drain, the velocity will be greater than a spot farther away from the drain.

Vectorfield

What divergence can calculate is what this velocity is at a given point. Again, the magnitude of the vector field.

We're given the function

What we will do is take the derivative of each vector element with respect to its variable 

Then sum the results together:

Trigonometric derivative: 

Product rule: 

Note that u and v may represent large functions, and not just individual variables!

At the point 

 

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