Question

The tortoise versus the hare: The speed of the hare is given by the sinusoidal function H(t) = sin(t) and the speed of the tortoise is T(t) = cos(t), where t is time measured in hours and the speed is measured in miles per hour. Find the area between the curves from time t = 0 to the first time after one hour when the tortoise and hare are traveling at the same speed. What does this area represent?
a. The total distance traveled by both the hare and tortoise during that time.
b. The difference in the distance traveled by the tortoise and hare during that time.
c. The average difference in velocity between the tortoise and hare during that time.
d. The difference in velocity between the tortoise and hare during that time.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. The difference in the distance traveled by the tortoise and hare during that time.

Step-by-step explanation:

First the intersection points are found out on the graph. Then the area between the curves is found out.

Putting the values

H(t) = sin(t)

H(t) = sin(1) = 0.01745

T(t) = cos(t),

T(t) = cos(1)= 0.9998

As T(t) ≥ H(t)

Area is found out by taking the integral of it.

Area = Integral ( limit 0 to 0.998)  T(t)-H(t) dt

The difference represents how far the turtle is from the hare.

So it represents the difference in the distance traveled by the tortoise and hare during that time.