• Q : Problem-goat on a rope....
    Mathematics :

    How long should the rope be (in terms of the radius of the field) so the goat can reach and graze exactly half of the grass of the field?

  • Q : Formula for finding dimensions of a cube....
    Mathematics :

    Three college students are trapped in deep snow in northern Canada. To survive they must build an igloo using snow large.

  • Q : Vector geometry-cross products....
    Mathematics :

    Find a vector orthogonal to the plane of (subspace spanned by) the vectors u and v. Show work.

  • Q : Finding cross products and real inner products....
    Mathematics :

    Write the vector equation of the line in R^3 which passes through the two points P: (1,-1,3) and Q: (2,-1,-1). Show work.

  • Q : Vector geometry and cross products....
    Mathematics :

    Prove that if u and v are given non-zero vectors in the arbitrary inner-product space V, and are such that =0, then {u,v} is a linearly independent subset.

  • Q : Orthonormal bases-projection....
    Mathematics :

    Let Complex 3-space C^3 be equipped with the standard inner product and let W be the subspace of C^3 that is spanned by u_1= (1, 0, 1) .

  • Q : Geometric constructions....
    Mathematics :

    Using only an unmarked straight edge and a compass construct the following: a rhombus given: one side and one angle

  • Q : Equation of tangent plane....
    Mathematics :

    Find the equation of the tangent plane to the central conicoid x2 - 4y2 + 3z2 + 2 = 0 at the point (1,2,0).

  • Q : Problem on metric geometry....
    Mathematics :

    In the taxi-cab plane show that ifA=(-5/2,2),B=(1/2,2), C=(2,2), P=(0,0), Q=(2,1) and R=(3,3/2)then A-B-C and P-Q-R.

  • Q : Working with topological spaces....
    Mathematics :

    Reals with the "K-topology:" basis consists of open intervals (a,b) and sets of form (a,b) - K where K = {1, 1/2, 1/3, ... }

  • Q : Problem on countable and normal....
    Mathematics :

    Reals with the "usual topology." Is there a way to prove this space is normal other than just saying it is normal because every metric space is normal?

  • Q : Maltitudes circumcircles and circumcenters....
    Mathematics :

    For any quadrilateral one can define the so-called maltitudes. A maltitude on a side of a quadrilateral is defined as the line through the midpoint.

  • Q : Geometric application problem....
    Mathematics :

    A rectangular building whose depth is twice its frontage is divided into two parts, a front portion and a rear portion.

  • Q : Finding dimensions of a frame....
    Mathematics :

    James wanted a photo frame 3 in. longer than it was wide. The frame he chose extended 1.5 in. beyond the picture on each side.

  • Q : Finding largest possible volume of the box....
    Mathematics :

    If 2400 square centimeters of material is available to make a box with a square base and an open top, find the largest possible volume of the box.

  • Q : Finding volume and time....
    Mathematics :

    If V is the volume of a cube with edge length x and the cube expands as time passes, find dV/dt in terms of dx/dt.

  • Q : Problem on extreme value theorem....
    Mathematics :

    (Extreme Value Theorem) prove if f:K->R is continuous on a compact set K subset or equal to R, then f attains a maximum and minimum value.

  • Q : Minimizing the surface area of a box....
    Mathematics :

    A closed rectangular box with volume 576 in^3 is to be made so its top (and bottom) is a rectangle whose length is twice its width.

  • Q : Minimizing cost for bottom of cylindrical can....
    Mathematics :

    The metal used to make the top and bottom of a cylindrical can costs 4 cents/in^2, while the metal used for the sides costs 2 cents/in^2.

  • Q : Finding area of square inscribing a circle....
    Mathematics :

    The area of a circle which is inscribed in a square is 169pi. What is the area of the square?

  • Q : Topology-homomorphisms....
    Mathematics :

    Find a point x ? [0, 1) and a neighborhood N of x in [0, 1) such that f (N) is not a neighborhood of f (x) in C. Deduce that f is not a homeomorphism.

  • Q : Topological space-subspace....
    Mathematics :

    Let X be a topological space and let Y be a subset of X. Check that the so-called subspace topology is indeed a topology on Y.

  • Q : Problem on topology-subspace....
    Mathematics :

    Suppose (X,T) is a topological space. Let Y be non-empty subset of X. The the set J={intersection(Y,U) : U is in T} is called the subspace toplogy on Y.

  • Q : Determining volume of hyperspheres....
    Mathematics :

    Use an n-tuple integral to find the volume enclosed by a hypersphere of radius r in n-dimensional space Rn.

  • Q : Topologies-open sets....
    Mathematics :

    Let X:={a,b,c} be a set of three elements. A certain topology of X contains (among others) the sets {a}, {b}, and {c}. List all open sets in the topology T.

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