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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.
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.
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.
Answer not listed
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.
Answer not listed
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.
Answer not listed
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.
Answer not listed
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.
Answer not listed
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.
Answer not listed
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.
4 m/s
None of the other answers.
20 m/s
15 m/s
16 m/s
16 m/s
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 :
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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