Animal Adaptation 1 Adaptation 2 Arctic Fox It's thick fur and fluffy tail help it survive in it's harsh habitat. Their small, pointy ears can hear their prey moving around in underground tunnels. An Arctic fox's fur changes colors with the seasons of the year. The Arctic Fox has many unique adaptations.
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(a) 3.56 m/s
(b) 11 - 3.72a
(c) t = 5.9 s
(d) -11 m/s
For most of these problems, you're being asked the velocity of the rock as a function of t, while you've been given the position as a function of t. So first calculate the first derivative of the position function using the power rule.
y = 11t - 1.86t^2
y' = 11 - 3.72t
Now that you have the first derivative, it will give you the velocity as a function of t.
(a) Velocity after 2 seconds.
y' = 11 - 3.72t
y' = 11 - 3.72*2 = 11 - 7.44 = 3.56
So the velocity is 3.56 m/s
(b) Velocity after a seconds.
y' = 11 - 3.72t
y' = 11 - 3.72a
So the answer is 11 - 3.72a
(c) Use the quadratic formula to find the zeros for the position function y = 11t-1.86t^2. Roots are t = 0 and t = 5.913978495. The t = 0 is for the moment the rock was thrown, so the answer is t = 5.9 seconds.
(d) Plug in the value of t calculated for (c) into the velocity function, so:
y' = 11 - 3.72a
y' = 11 - 3.72*5.913978495
y' = 11 - 22
y' = -11
So the velocity is -11 m/s which makes sense since the total energy of the rock will remain constant, so it's coming down at the same speed as it was going up.
