Monthly Archives: February 2026

Mathcounts: Sum of reciprocals of powers of 10

Solve for x :

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Width across the Canyon

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AP Calculus: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Definite Integral

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AP Calculus Differentiability at a point from graph

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AP Calculus Rotating beacon problem

A rotating beacon is located 2 miles out in the water. Let A be the point on the shore that’s closest to the beacon. As the beacon rotates at 10 revolution per minute, the beam sweeps down the shore once … Continue reading

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AP Calculus Chain Rule using Graphs

Suppose you take a car trip, traveling east along a very long highway, starting at time t=0. Let be the number of gallons of gasoline used during the first hours and let be the distance traveled in that time. Because … Continue reading

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Related rate of boat moving

A boat is being pulled in to a dock by a

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Finding slope of curve exploration ( without implicit differentiation)

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AP Calculus, Sliding Ladder, Rate of change of Area

A 5m ladder is sliding down a vertical wall so the distance between the bottom of the ladder and the wall is increasing at 6 m/ minute. at a certain instant the top of the ladder is 3 m from … Continue reading

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The Mast-top Problem

A ship has two masts, 25 ft tall and 50 ft apart. A 100 ft rope the two ends of which are fastened to the top of these masts, is pulled taut as shown in above fig. Assuming this rope … Continue reading

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