In a video game, a bird is flung on a sling shot and follows a parabolic path. The path of the bird can be modeled by the equati
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Answer:
3.61 seconds
Step-by-step explanation:
The bird starts 50 feet in the air, so will come down to a height of 40 feet after 3.61 seconds.
We want to solve h = 40.
40 = -16t^2 +55t +50
16t^2 -55t -10 = 0
t = (55 +√(55^2 -4(16)(-10)))/(2(16)) = (55 + √3665)/32 ≈ 3.61060
The bird will be 40 ft above the ground the first time after about 3.61 seconds.
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Answer:
110.5348 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
The difference from room temperature changes from 103 to 59 in 46 minutes, so that difference can be modeled by the exponential equation ...
Δt = 103×(59/103)^(t/46)
We want to find t for the temperature difference Δt = 91 -64 = 27.
27 = 103×(59/103)^(t/46)
27/103 = (59/103)^(t/46) . . . . . divide by 103
Taking logs gives the linear equation ...
log(27/103) = (t/46)log(59/103)
Multiplying by the inverse of the coefficient of t, we get ...
t = 46·log(27/103)/log(59/103) ≈ 46·(-0.58147346)/(-0.24198521)
≈ 110.5347
It will take about 110.5347 minutes for the turkey to cool to 91 °F internally.
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<em>Comment on 4 decimal places</em>
An answer correct to 4 decimal places (7 significant digits) is a pretty good indication that the problem was worked correctly. However, that level of precision in the timing makes little sense in this context. Most thermometers will take at least a few seconds to register the temperature to within a tenth of a degree or so. This problem is asking for an answer that is within 6 milliseconds and 30 micro-degrees. Neither of these is anywhere near realistic for a kitchen meat thermometer.
More realistic would be an answer to 4 <em>significant figures</em>, a tenth of a minute and a few hundredths of a degree.
(The rate of change at the time of interest is about -0.33 degrees per minute.)
