Calculus 1 : Calculus

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Example Question #381 : Spatial Calculus

The velocity function of a particle and a position of this particle at a known time are given by  and . Approximate  using Euler's Method and three steps.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The general form of Euler's method, when a derivative function, initial value, and step size are known, is:

In the case of this problem, this can be rewritten as:

To calculate the step size find the difference between the final and initial value of  and divide by the number of steps to be used:

For this problem, we are told  and 

Knowing this, we may take the steps to estimate our function value at our desired  value:

Example Question #382 : Calculus

The velocity function of a particle and a position of this particle at a known time are given by  and . Approximate  using Euler's Method and three steps.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The general form of Euler's method, when a derivative function, initial value, and step size are known, is:

In the case of this problem, this can be rewritten as:

To calculate the step size find the difference between the final and initial value of  and divide by the number of steps to be used:

For this problem, we are told  and 

Knowing this, we may take the steps to estimate our function value at our desired  value:

Example Question #382 : Spatial Calculus

The position of a  is given by the following functions:

Find the velocity.

Possible Answers:

Answer not listed

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the velocity of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

In this case, the position function is: 

Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

Then, plug  into the velocity function: 

Therefore, the answer is: 

Example Question #383 : Spatial Calculus

The position of a  is given by the following functions:

Find the velocity.

Possible Answers:

Answer not listed

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the velocity of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

In this case, the position function is: 

Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

Then, plug  into the velocity function: 

Therefore, the answer is: 

Example Question #381 : Velocity

The position of a  is given by the following functions:

Find the velocity.

Possible Answers:

Answer not listed

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the velocity of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

In this case, the position function is: 

Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

Then, plug  into the velocity function: 

Therefore, the answer is: 

Example Question #382 : Velocity

The position of a  is given by the following function:

Find the velocity.

Possible Answers:

Answer not listed

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the velocity of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

In this case, the position function is:  = 

Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

Then, plug  into the velocity function: 

Therefore, the answer is: 

Example Question #381 : Calculus

The position of a  is given by the following function:

Find the velocity.

Possible Answers:

Answer not listed

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the velocity of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

In this case, the position function is:  

Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

Then, plug  into the velocity function: 

Therefore, the answer is: 

Example Question #386 : Velocity

The position of a  is given by the following function:

Find the velocity.

Possible Answers:

Answer not listed

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the velocity of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

In this case, the position function is:  

Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function: 

Then, plug  into the velocity function: 

Therefore, the answer is: 

Example Question #382 : Calculus

Given the position function of a projectile in meters, find the velocity of the object at t=3 seconds. 

Possible Answers:

4 m/s

None of the other answers. 

20 m/s

15 m/s

16 m/s

Correct answer:

16 m/s

Explanation:

The velocity of the projectile at any given point in time is modeled by the first derivative of the position function. 


The velocity of the projectile at t=3 is then 

Example Question #382 : How To Find Velocity

Given the following position function, determine the velocity, , when :

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The velocity can be determined at any given time by taking the first derivative of the position function.

In this case, the derivative of

is the velocity function

,

using the power rule

.

The next step is to substitute 2 into the velocity equation for t, and solving to obtain,

 

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