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Example Question #80 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of an object is given by the equation . What is the acceleration of the object?
The acceleration of the object can be found by differentiating the position equation twice. This can be done using the power rule where if
.
Using this rule we find that
.
Repeating this process gives us
.
Example Question #81 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of an object is given by the equation . What is the acceleration of the object?
The acceleration of the object can be found by differentiating the position equation twice. This can be done using the power rule, chain rule, and product rule.
The power rule is
.
The chain rule is
.
The product rule is
.
Using these three rules we can find the velocity equation from the position equation.
Repeating this process gives us the acceleration
Example Question #82 : How To Find Acceleration
If the acceleration function of an object is described by , what is the acceleration when ?
No deriving or integrating is necessary for this question.
Substitute the value of time into .
Example Question #471 : Calculus
Find the acceleration function of an object if the position function is .
To find the acceleration function from the position curve, take the derivative twice.
Recall the derivative of the natural log is a special case.
Therefore, the velocity functions becomes:
Example Question #81 : Acceleration
The veolcity of an object is given by the equation . What is the acceleration equation of the object?
The acceleration can be found by differentiating the velocity equation using the power rule where if
.
Using this rule we find the acceleration to be
.
Example Question #85 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of an object is given by the function . What is the acceleration of the object at ?
The acceleration of the object can be found by differentiating the position twice using the product rule where if
.
Applying this rule to the position gives us the velocity.
To differentiate a second time we must use the chain rule and the power rule where if
and if
.
Therefore the acceleration of the object is
.
The acceleration at is then
.
Example Question #86 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of an object is given by the equation . What is the acceleration of the object at ?
The acceleration of the object can be found by differentiating the position equation twice using the power rule where if
.
Using this rule we find the velocity equation to be
.
Repeating this process gives the acceleration equation
.
Therefore the acceleration at is
.
Example Question #87 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of an object is given by the equation . What is the acceleration of the object at ?
The acceleration of the object can be found by differentiating the position of the object twice using the power rule, where if
.
Applying this to the position equation gives us
.
Repeating this process gives us the acceleration equation
.
Therefore the acceleration at is
.
Example Question #88 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of an object is given by the equation . What is the acceleration of the object at ?
The acceleration of the object can be found by differentiating the position of the object twice using the power rule where if
.
This rule gives a velocity equation of
.
Repeating this process give us an acceleration of
.
Therefore the acceleration of the object is constant at .
Example Question #89 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of an object is given by the equation . What is the acceleration of the object at ?
The acceleration of the object can be by differentiating the position equation using the power rule where if
.
Applying the power rule to the position equation gives
.
Repeating this process gives us the acceleration equation
.
Therefore the acceleration of the object is a constant .
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