To All You Mathletes...

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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

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

4. What is a recursive series? a polynomial expansion 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

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? do a hypothesis test run a t-test linearize the data try a linear regression

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 1/3 the volume The tetrahedron has 1/2 the volume The tetrahedron has 1/6 the volume The tetrahedron has 1/4 the volume

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

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))? 2232-2223 (a very large negative number) 0 111 15

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

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