To All You Mathletes...

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What is the exact value of pi? none of these 22/7 3.14 both of the above

2. The Pythagorean theorem is best proved by using: simple calculations involving the areas of squares and triangles eigenvectors complex calculus equations trigonometric substitution

3. What is the derivative of (pi*e)a with respect to x? zero ln(a)*(pi*e)a a(pi*e)a-1 (pi*e)x

4. What is a recursive series? a series whose first term is higher than its last a series that derives its next term from the one preceding it a series involving imaginary numbers a polynomial expansion

5. In statistics, if you were faced with an exponential regression equation that was spitting out numbers too large to work with, you might do which of the following? run a t-test do a hypothesis test try a linear regression linearize the data

6. What is the relationship between the volume of a tetrahedron and a parallelepiped (3-D form of a parallelogram) that shares the same three defining edges/vectors? The tetrahedron has 1/2 the volume The tetrahedron has 1/6 the volume The tetrahedron has 1/4 the volume The tetrahedron has 1/3 the volume

7. Which is NOT a way to find area under a curve? Simpson's Rule Integration Newton's Method Riemann Sums

8. If a$b means ab-ba, a@b means a+b+ab, and a#b means a2-b2, what is 8#(3@(3$2))? 15 111 2232-2223 (a very large negative number) 0

9. Which is NOT a fundamental trigonometric identity? (An identity is an equation that is satisfied for all defined values of x.) sin2x-cos2x=tan2x 1+cot2x=csc2x sin2x+cos2x=1 tan2x+1=sec2x

10. Last one, so I'll go multivariable. What method could you use when trying to optimize a function subject to one or more constraints? Green's Theorem Stokes Theorem The Method of Lagrange Multipliers Gauss-Jordan Elimination