Calculus 1 : Calculus

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Calculus 1

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Example Questions

Example Question #41 : Distance

The position of an object is given by the equation . What is the distance from the object's location at  to the object's location at ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the distance between the two locations we can subtract the position at  from the position at .

Therefore the distance between the locations is .

Example Question #42 : Distance

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the distance covered by the object from  to ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the distance travelled we can integrate the velocity equation of the object.

This can be done using the power rule where if

.

Using this equation we find that, 

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Example Question #43 : Distance

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the distance covered by the object from  to ?

Possible Answers:

None of these.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the distance covered by the object we can integrate the velocity equation. This can be done using the power rule where if

 .

Therefore the distance covered by the object is

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Example Question #781 : Calculus

The acceleration of an object is given by the equation . What is the distance covered by the object from time  to , if the initial velocity of the object is

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance covered by the object can be found by integrating the acceleration twice. This can be done using the power rule where if

.

Using this rule gives 

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The value of  can be found using the initial velocity of the object.

Therefore  and .

Integrating the velocity equation from  to  will give us the distance covered by the object.

Example Question #44 : Distance

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the distance covered by the object between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance covered by the object can be found by integrating the velocity from  to , using the power rule where if

.

Applying this to the velocity equation gives

Example Question #45 : Distance

The velocity equation of an object is given by the equation . What is the distance covered by the object from  to 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance covered can be found by integrating the velocity from  to  using the power rule, where if

.

Therefore the distance covered is

Example Question #781 : Spatial Calculus

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the distance covered by the object from  to ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance covered by the object is equal to the velocity of the object integrated from  to . We can integrate the velocity equation using the power rule where if

.

The distance covered by the object is then 

Example Question #782 : Spatial Calculus

The velocity of a speedboat is defined by the equation . What distance does the speedboat travel between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance  of an object traveled over a certain amount of time is equal to the definite integral of its velocity over that time.

For this particular problem we will use the power rule when integrating. The power rule states,

.

Therefore, in this instance, 

.  

Solving the integral, we get .

Example Question #783 : Spatial Calculus

The velocity of a particle is defined by the equation . What distance does the particle travel between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance  of an object traveled over a certain amount of time is equal to the definite integral of its velocity over that time.

For this particular problem we will use the power rule when integrating. The power rule states,

.

Therefore, in this instance, 

Solving the integral, we get 

.

Example Question #52 : Distance

The velocity of a car is defined by the equation . What distance does the car travel between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance  of an object traveled over a certain amount of time is equal to the definite integral of its velocity over that time.

For this particular problem we will use the power rule when integrating. The power rule states,

.

Therefore, in this instance, 

Solving the integral, we get 

.

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