Whats the constant of proportinality?

Jamie is riding a Ferris wheel that takes fifteen seconds for each complete revolution. The diameter of the wheel is 10 meters a

Agata [3.3K]

Answer:

The answers to the question is

(a) Jamie is gaining altitude at 1.676 m/s

(b) Jamie rising most rapidly at t = 15 s

At a rate of 2.094 m/s.

Step-by-step explanation:

(a) The time to make one complete revolution = period T = 15 seconds

Here will be required to develop the periodic motion equation thus

One complete revolution = 2π,

therefore the we have T = 2π/k = 15

Therefore k = 2π/15

The diameter = radius of the wheel = (diameter of wheel)/2 = 5

also we note that the center of the wheel is 6 m above ground

We write our equation in the form

y = $5*sin(\frac{2*\pi*t}{15} )+6$

When Jamie is 9 meters above the ground and rising we have

9 = $5*sin(\frac{2*\pi*t}{15} )+6$ or 3/5 = $sin(\frac{2*\pi*t}{15} )$ = 0.6

which gives sin⁻¹(0.6) = 0.643 = $\frac{2*\pi*t}{15}$

from where t = 1.536 s

Therefore Jamie is gaining altitude at

$\frac{dy}{dt} = 5*\frac{\pi *2}{15} *cos(\frac{2\pi t}{15}) =$ 1.676 m/s.

(b) Jamie is rising most rapidly when the velocity curve is at the highest point, that is where the slope is zero

Therefore we differentiate the equation for the velocity again to get

$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = -5*(\frac{\pi *2}{15} )^2*sin(\frac{2\pi t}{15})$ =0, π, 2π

Therefore $-sin(\frac{2\pi t}{15} )$ = 0 whereby t = 0 or

$\frac{2\pi t}{15}$ = π and t = 7.5 s, at 2·π t = 15 s

Plugging the value of t into the velocity equation we have

$\frac{dy}{dt} = 5*\frac{\pi *2}{15} *cos(\frac{2\pi t}{15}) =$ - 2/3π m/s which is decreasing

so we try at t = 15 s and we have $\frac{dy}{dt} = 5*\frac{\pi *2}{15} *cos(\frac{2\pi *15}{15}) = \frac{2}{3} \pi$ m/s

Hence Jamie is rising most rapidly at t = 15 s

The maximum rate of Jamie's rise is 2/3π m/s or 2.094 m/s.

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Two integers, a and b, have a product of 36. What is the least possible sum of a and b?

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<h3>Answer: 12</h3>

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Explanation:

The two integers multiply to 36, so,

ab = 36

which solves to

a = 36/b

Then we want to add the numbers such that we get the smallest possible result.

a+b = (36/b)+b

So we want (36/b)+b to be as small as possible.

Let's say we replace b with x and we consider this function

f(x) = (36/x) + x

The goal is to find when f(x) is smallest, ie, we want to minimize the function.

If we were to graph out the function, we get the curve shown below.

To make things easier, we'll only focus on positive values of x.

The lowest part of the curve is what we're after. Using the "minimum" function/feature on the graphing calculator, we would then find the lowest point occurs at (6,12). This point is considered a local minimum because it's the lowest point in that given neighborhood of x values.

So the input x = 6 leads to the smallest output f(x) = 12.

This in turn means b = 6 is going to pair with a = 36/b = 36/6 = 6.

In short, a = 6 and b = 6.

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As a check,

a*b = 6*6 = 36

a+b = 6+6 = 12

We can make a table of various values to help confirm that 12 is the smallest sum.

Side note: If you're not allowed to use a graphing calculator, then you'll need to use calculus.

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