Calculus 1 : Calculus

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Calculus 1

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Integration

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the position of the object at time  if the object has a position of  and time ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the position of the object we must first find the position equation of the object. The position equation can be found by integrating the velocity equation. This can be done using the power rule where if

Using this rule we find that 

Using the position of the object at time  we can solve for 

Therefore  and 

We can now find the position at time .

Example Question #21 : How To Find Position

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . what is the position of the object at , if the initial position of the object is ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The position of the object can be found by integrating the velocity of the object. This can be done using the power rule where if

.

Using the power rule the position of the object is

.

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

Therefore  and .

The position of the object at  can now be found,

.

Example Question #882 : Spatial Calculus

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the position of the object at time , if the initial position of the object is ?

Possible Answers:

None of these.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The position of the object can be found by integrating the velocity of the object. This can be done using the power rule where if

Therefore the position equation of the object is

We must now solve for the constant . We can do this using the initial position of the object.

Therefore  and 

We can now find the position of the object at .

Example Question #883 : Spatial Calculus

The velocity of an object is . What is the position of the object when , if the position of the object is  at ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The position of the object can be found by integrating the object's velocity. This can be done using the power rule where if

.

Therefore the position of the object is

.

We can find the value of  using the position at .

Therefore  and .

Example Question #6 : Integration

The velocity of an object is . What is the position of the object if its initial position is ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The position is the integral of the velocity. By integrating with the power rule we can find the object's position.

The power rule is where 

.

Therefore the position of the object is

.

We can solve for the constant  using the object's initial position.

Therefore  and .

Example Question #32 : How To Find Position

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the position of the object at time  if the initial position of the object is ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The position of the object can be found by integrating the velocity. This can be done using the power rule where if

 .

Using this rule we find that 

.

We can find the value of  using the initial position of the object.

Therefore  and .

 

Example Question #33 : How To Find Position

The velocity of an object is given by the equation . What is the position of the object at time , if the initial position of the object is ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The position of the object can be found by integrating the velocity. This can be done using the power rule where if

.

Using this rule to integrate the velocity gives us

.

The value of  can be found by using the initial position of the object.

Therefore  and .

Using the position equation we find the position at .

Example Question #882 : Calculus

Find the position of an object at  if the velocity function is .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To determine the position of an object given the velocity function, integrate once to obtain the position function.

Substitute the value  into the position function.

 

Example Question #35 : How To Find Position

Suppose the acceleration function is described by .  What is the position when ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Obtain the position function by integrating the acceleration twice.

Integrate again to obtain the position function.

Substitute .

Example Question #36 : How To Find Position

Find a vector perpendicular to 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

By definition, any vector  has a perpendicular vector . Given a vector , the perpendicular vector is 

We can verify this further by noting that the product of any vector  and its perpendicular vector  is equal to , or . Taking the product of  and , we get:

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