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We will look into how the formula for effective radius is derived. This is a great addition to your mathematical toolbox because the radius is a really good way to quantify the "intensity" of geometrical curvature. In physics classes, this skill will also help you calculate centripetal acceleration for curves other than circles, but we will avoid physical applications in this session. Although the content could fit into the first semester of high school calculus, the problem requires a little bit of creativity and flexibility, so I highly recommend that you come with experience with derivatives, second derivatives, the chain rule, and derivatives of inverse trig functions.
Tutor Qualifications
This problem caught my attention last year, and I solved it on my own. I was at the beginning of AP Calc AB when I solved it, but now I'm in AP Calc BC. I'm certified in Units 1-9 of Calculus.