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The position of an object is given by
s(t)=2cos(4t−8)−7sin(t−2)s(t)=2cos(4t−8)−7sin(t−2) . Note that a
negative position here...
The position of an object is given by
s(t)=2cos(4t−8)−7sin(t−2)s(t)=2cos(4t−8)−7sin(t−2) . Note that a
negative position here simply means that the position is to the
left of the “zero position” and is perfectly acceptable. Answer
each of the following questions.
- Compute (accurate to at least 8 decimal places) the average
velocity of the object between t=2t=2 and the following values of
tt. Make sure your calculator is set to radians for the
computations (i) 2.5 (ii) 2.1 (iii)2.01 (iv)2.001 (v) 2.0001 (vi)
1.5 (vii) 1.9 (viii) 1.99 (ix) 1.999 (x) 1.9999
- Use the information from (a) to estimate the instantaneous
velocity of the object at t=2t=2 and determine if the object is
moving to the right (i.e. the instantaneous velocity is
positive), moving to the left (i.e. the instantaneous
velocity is negative), or not moving (i.e. the
instantaneous velocity is zero).