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Example Question #361 : Spatial Calculus
The position of is given by the following function:
Find the velocity.
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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 #362 : Spatial Calculus
The position of 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 #363 : Spatial Calculus
The position of 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 #362 : Spatial Calculus
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the function which models the string's velocity.
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the function which models the string's velocity.
We start with position and are asked to find velocity. This means we are going to find the first 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:
Example Question #363 : Spatial Calculus
Find the velocity of the moving car at t=0.5 given the acceleration function and an initial velocity of 0:
To find the velocity of the moving car, we must integrate the acceleration function to get the velocity function:
The integral was found using the following rule:
Next, we can find C using the initial condition:
Rewriting the velocity function, we get
Finally, to solve for velocity at t=0.5, we simply plug this into the function:
Example Question #361 : Velocity
Find the average velocity of from to
Average velocity is another name for slope. To find this we do:
Example Question #362 : Velocity
Determine the velocity function of a particle that's experiencing an acceleration due to the electric field given by:
To find velocity from acceleration, we simply take the antiderivative:
Example Question #368 : Spatial Calculus
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the string's velocity when .
If p(t) models the position of a guitar string as a function of time, find the string's velocity when .
We start with position and are asked to find velocity. This means we are going to find the first 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:
However, we are not quite done. We need to find
So, let's simplify.
So our answer is -6.46
Example Question #366 : Spatial Calculus
When is the velocity zero for the function ?
To find the velocity, take the derivative of the position function. To take the derivative, multiply the exponent by the coefficient in front of the x and then subtract one from the exponent to get: . Then set that equal to 0 to find where the velocity equals 0. .
Example Question #363 : Velocity
What is v(1) when
To find the velocity function, take the derivative of the position function, which is Then, to find v(1), plug in 1 for t. Therefore your answer is: .