Mathematics and Statistics Flashcards
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What is the derivative of f(x) = x³ + 4x² - 7x + 2?
Answer: 3x² + 8x - 7
Using the power rule, the derivative of x³ + 4x² - 7x + 2 is 3x² + 8x - 7.
A dataset has values 4, 8, 6, 10, 12. What is the standard deviation?
Answer: 3.16
The mean is 8, sum of squared deviations is 40, variance is 8, so standard deviation = √8 ≈ 3.16.
What is the Laplace transform of f(t) = e^(at)?
Answer: 1/(s-a)
The Laplace transform of e^(at) is 1/(s-a), valid for s > a.
Which numerical method uses the formula xₙ₊₁ = xₙ - f(xₙ)/f'(xₙ) to find roots?
Answer: Newton-Raphson method
The Newton-Raphson method iteratively refines root estimates using the function and its derivative.
What is the determinant of the matrix [[2,3],[1,4]]?
Answer: 5
The determinant of a 2×2 matrix [[a,b],[c,d]] is ad - bc = (2)(4) - (3)(1) = 8 - 3 = 5.
In probability, if P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.3 and A and B are independent, what is P(A∩B)?
Answer: 0.12
For independent events, P(A∩B) = P(A) × P(B) = 0.4 × 0.3 = 0.12.