The following problem was written by Leonhard Euler: "Two persons owe conjointly 32 pistoles; they both have money, but neither of them enough to enable him, singly, to discharge this common debt." The first debtor says therefore to the second, "If you give me 
of your money, I can immediately pay the debt." The second answers that he also could discharge the debt, if the other would give him ![]()
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Find the flux of the vector field F across the surface S in the indicated direction.F = x2yi - zk; S is portion of the cone z = 4
between z = 0 and z = 4; direction is outward
A. - 
B. - 8?
C. 
?
D. - 
?
Write the Hindu-Arabic numeral in expanded form.15
A. (1 × 102) + (5 × 101) B. (1 × 101) + (5 × 102) C. (1 × 101) + (5 × 100) D. (1 × 100) + (5 × 101)
Find the derivative.y = 
+ xe
A. 
+ exe
B. 
+ exe
C. 
+ exe - 1
D. 
+ exe - 1
Solve for x using an equivalent exponential expression.log5 25 = x
A. 125 B. 2 C. 30 D. 5