Calculus For The Life Sciences
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321964038
Author: GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.
Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley,
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Chapter 6.4, Problem 27E
LIFE SCIENCE APPLICATION
Shadow Length A man 6 ft tall is walking away from a lamp post at the rate of 50 ft per minute. When the man is 8 ft from the lamp post, his shadow is 10 ft long. Find the rate at which the length of the shadow is increasing when he is 25 ft from the lamp post. (See the figure.)
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Ch. 6.1 - YOUR TURN Find the absolute extrema of the...Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 2YTCh. 6.1 - EXERCISES Find the locations of any absolute...Ch. 6.1 - EXERCISES Find the locations of any absolute...Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 3ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 5ECh. 6.1 - EXERCISES Find the locations of any absolute...Ch. 6.1 - EXERCISES Find the locations of any absolute...Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 8E
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EXERCISES Maximum Sustainable Harvest Find the...Ch. 6.2 - EXERCISES Pollution A lake polluted by bacteria is...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 10ECh. 6.2 - Maximum Sustainable Harvest In Exercise 11 and 12,...Ch. 6.2 - Maximum Sustainable Harvest In Exercise 11 and 12,...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 13ECh. 6.2 - Pigeon Flight Repeat Exercise 13, but assume a...Ch. 6.2 - Applications of Extrema Bird Migration Suppose a...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 17ECh. 6.2 - Prob. 19ECh. 6.2 - Applications of Extrema OTHER APPLICATIONS Area A...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 21ECh. 6.2 - Prob. 22ECh. 6.2 - Prob. 23ECh. 6.2 - OTHER APPLICATIONS Cost with Fixed Area A fence...Ch. 6.2 - OTHER APPLICATIONS Packaging Design An exercise...Ch. 6.2 - OTHER APPLICATIONS Packaging Design A company...Ch. 6.2 - OTHER APPLICATIONS Container Design An open box...Ch. 6.2 - OTHER APPLICATIONS Container Design Consider the...Ch. 6.2 - OTHER APPLICATIONS Packaging Cost A closed box...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 31ECh. 6.2 - Prob. 32ECh. 6.2 - Prob. 33ECh. 6.2 - Packaging Design A cylindrical box will be tied up...Ch. 6.2 - Cost A company wishes to run a utility cable from...Ch. 6.2 - Cost Repeat Exercise 38, but make point A 7 miles...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 40ECh. 6.2 - Travel Time Repeat Example 40, but assume the...Ch. 6.2 - Postal Regulations The U.S. postal service...Ch. 6.2 - Ladder A thief tries to enter a building by...Ch. 6.2 - Ladder A janitor in a hospital needs to carry a...Ch. 6.3 - Find dydx if x2+y2=xy.Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 2YTCh. 6.3 - Your Turn The graph of y4x4y2+x2=0 is called the...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 1ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 2ECh. 6.3 - Find dydxby implicit differentiation for the...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 4ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 5ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 6ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 7ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 8ECh. 6.3 - Find dy/dxby implicit differentiation for the...Ch. 6.3 - Find dy/dxby implicit differentiation for the...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 11ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 12ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 13ECh. 6.3 - EXERCISES Find dy/dxby implicit differentiation...Ch. 6.3 - Find dy/dxby implicit differentiation for the...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 16ECh. 6.3 - EXERCISES Find dy/dxby implicit differentiation...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 18ECh. 6.3 - EXERCISES Find the equation of the tangent line at...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 20ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 21ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 22ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 23ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 24ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 25ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 26ECh. 6.3 - Find the equation of the tangent line at the given...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 28ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 29ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 30ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 31ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 32ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 33ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 34ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 35ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 36ECh. 6.3 - Information on curve in Exercise 37-40, as well as...Ch. 6.3 - Information on curve in Exercise 37-40, as well as...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 39ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 40ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 41ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 42ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 43ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 44ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 45ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 46ECh. 6.3 - Biochemical Reaction A simple biochemical reaction...Ch. 6.3 - Species The relationship between the number of...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 49ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 50ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 51ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 52ECh. 6.3 - Prob. 53ECh. 6.4 - YOUR TURN Suppose x are y are both functions of t...Ch. 6.4 - 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