All Calculus 1 Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #331 : How To Find Acceleration
A peach falls from a tree with a velocity given by the following function:
What is the acceleration of the peach at t=3?
To find the acceleration of the peach, we must take the first derivative of the velocity function:
The derivative was found using the following rule:
Now, to find the velocity at the specific t, plug in this t value into the acceleration function:
.
Example Question #331 : Acceleration
Find the acceleration of a jet engine at if its position is given by:
To find acceleration, we take two derivatives of position:
By the chain rule:
To take the derivative of this, we need the quotient rule:
At ,
Example Question #721 : Spatial Calculus
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the acceleration function of the string.
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the acceleration function of the string.
We start with position and are asked to find acceleration. This means we are going to find the second derivative of p(t).
Recall that the derivative of sine is cosine, and the derivative of a linear term is a constant.
With that in mind, we get the following:
So we get:
Example Question #333 : How To Find Acceleration
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the acceleration of the string when .
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the acceleration of the string when .
We start with position and are asked to find acceleration. This means we are going to find the second derivative of p(t).
Recall that the derivative of sine is cosine, and the derivative of a linear term is a constant.
With that in mind, we get the following:
So we get:
However, we need to find
So our answer is
Example Question #332 : Acceleration
What is the acceleration function when ?
To find acceleration, you must first find the velocity function, which is the derivative of the position function. To take the derivative, multiply the exponent by the coefficient and then subtract one from the exponent: . Then, take the derivative of that to find the acceleration: .
Example Question #334 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of a is given by the following functions:
Find the acceleration.
Answer not listed
Answer not listed
In order to find the acceleration of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function and the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
In this case, the position function is:
Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function:
Then take the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
Then, plug into the acceleration function:
Therefore, the answer is:
Example Question #337 : Acceleration
The position of a is given by the following functions:
Find the acceleration.
Answer not listed
In order to find the acceleration of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function and the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
In this case, the position function is:
Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function:
Then take the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
Then, plug into the acceleration function:
Therefore, the answer is:
Example Question #335 : How To Find Acceleration
The position of a is given by the following functions:
Find the acceleration.
Answer not listed
In order to find the acceleration of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function and the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
In this case, the position function is: =
Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function:
Then take the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
Then, plug into the acceleration function:
Therefore, the answer is:
Example Question #722 : Spatial Calculus
The position of a is given by the following functions:
Find the acceleration.
Answer not listed
In order to find the acceleration of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function and the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
In this case, the position function is:
Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function:
Then take the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
Then, plug into the acceleration function:
Therefore, the answer is:
Example Question #333 : Acceleration
The position of a is given by the following functions:
Find the acceleration.
Answer not listed
In order to find the acceleration of a certain point, you first find the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function and the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
In this case, the position function is:
Then take the derivative of the position function to get the velocity function:
Then take the derivative of the velocity function to get the acceleration function:
Then, plug into the acceleration function:
Therefore, the answer is: