This question has several parts that must be completed sequentially. If you skip a part of the question, you will not receive any points for the skipped part, and you will not be able to come back to the skipped part. The acceleration function (in m/s²) and the initial velocity v(0) are given for a particle moving along a line. a(t) = 2t + 4, v(0) = -12, 0 ? t ? 6 Find the velocity at time t. Step 1 The velocity function is the antiderivative of the acceleration. v(t) = ?(2t + 4) dt = t² + 4t + C Step 2 We must determine the value of C. We know that v(0) = -12. Substituting 0 into our antiderivative gives -12 = v(0) = 0 + C. Therefore, C = -12.
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Given \( a(t) = 2t + 4 \), we find the antiderivative: \[ v(t) = \int (2t + 4) \, dt = t^2 + 4t + C \] Show more…
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This question has several parts that must be completed sequentially. If you skip a part of the question, you will not receive any points for the skipped part, and you will not be able to come back to the skipped part. The acceleration function (in m/s²) and the initial velocity v(0) are given for a particle moving along a line. a(t) = 2t + 6, v(0) = -16, 0 ≤ t ≤ 4 Exercise (a) Find the velocity at time t. Step 1 The velocity function is the antiderivative of the acceleration. v(t) = ∫ (2t + 6) dt = 2(t²/2) + 6t + C = t² + 6t + C Step 2 We must determine the value of C. We know that v(0) = -16. Substituting 0 into our antiderivative gives -16 = v(0) = 0 + C. Therefore, C = -16. Step 3 Therefore, what is the velocity function at time t? v(t) = 16 m/s Exercise (b) Find the distance traveled during the given time interval. Step 1 The velocity function is v(t) = t² + 6t – 16, and so the distance traveled in the time interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 4 is given by ∫₀⁴ |t² + 6t – 16| dt. Remembering that |z| = { z, z ≥ 0; -z, z < 0, we must determine where v(t) = t² + 6t – 16 is positive or negative. v(t) can be factored as t² + 6t – 16 = (t + 8)(t - 2).
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