Jose Monterroso

Math 1210 Signature Assignment II

Antiderivatives

1. The first thing we want to do is change all of our units to the same units. Since our
acceleration is in ft/sec2 we want to change our maximum cruising speed from miles/hour
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to ft/sec. So, = 110 /. Next, we want to find our
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acceleration, velocity, and position formulas. In the story problem, it was told that our
acceleration is 3ft/sec2, so = . We know that velocity is the antiderivative of
acceleration, and we were never told an initial velocity (vi), so = 3 +
% , % = 0, = . Finally, we also know that position is the antiderivative
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of velocity, and we were never told the initial position (so), so = / +
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+ , + 0, = .

a. Question A asked what is the total distanced traveled in 20 minutes, when the
train starts from rest, accelerates to its maximum cruising speed and continues for
that speed and decelerates to a complete stop. First, since we are dealing with
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seconds we want to convert the 20 minutes to seconds. So, 20 min =
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1200 . Second, we already know that our maximum cruising speed is 110
ft/sec, so to find out the time in seconds it takes to get to that velocity, we use our
velocity function. So, 110 = 3, = 36.7 . Because we know that the train
accelerates and decelerates at the same rate we can subtract the acceleration and
deceleration times from our 1200 sec (20 min) total. So, 1200
2 36.7 = 1126.6 . Next, we use our position function to find the
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distance traveled. So, 36.7 = 36.7 / , 36.7 = 2020.3 . During the
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1126.6 seconds the train traveled at its max cruising speed of 110 ft/sec. To find
the distance traveled during that time interval we multiply the time traveled by its
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velocity. So, = 1126.6 sec = 123926 . As you can see the
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seconds cancel out and we end up with feet. Next, we want to add up all those
distances. = 2020.3 + 123926 + 2020.3 = 127966.6.
 Lastly, the questions asked to convert the answer to miles so, 127966.6
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= 24.2 .
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b. Question B asked to find the minimum time to travel between 2 consecutive

stations that are 50 miles apart. First lets convert our 50 miles to our common
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units feet. So, 50 = 264000. Because of question A and
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because we know that the train accelerates and decelerates at the same rate, we
know that it takes 36.7 seconds to accelerate and 36.7 to decelerate from our
maximum cruising speed, furthermore, during those 36.7 seconds the train travels
2020.3 feet for a total of 4040.6 feet. Since there are 264000 feet (50 miles)
between the 2 stations we can subtract our acceleration and deceleration total
distance traveled from the 264000 feet. So, 264000 4040.6 =
259959.4 . The remaining feet is the distance traveled at our max cruising
speed 110 ft/sec. To find how long it took the train to travel 259959.4 ft we divide
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it by the max cruising speed. So, 259959.4 = 2363.3 . Notice that
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our feet units canceled out and we remained with seconds. Now, we add up all the
times. = 36.7 sec + 2363.3 + 36.7 sec = 2436.7 . Finally,
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the questions asked us for the answer in minutes. So, 2436.7 sec =
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40.6 .
c. Question C asked us to find the distance traveled in miles, when the time between
the stations is 18.5 minutes. First, we want to convert 18.5 minutes to seconds so,
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18.5 min = 1110 . Next, because of question A and because we
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know that the train accelerates and decelerates at the same rate, we know that it
takes 36.7 seconds to accelerate and 36.7 to decelerate from our maximum
cruising speed, furthermore, during those 36.7 seconds the train travels 2020.3
feet for a total of 4040.6 feet. Next, we subtract the rate of time of acceleration
and deceleration from our 1110 sec (18.5 min) to give us the time that the train
was going at its maximum cruising speed. So, 1110 sec 36.7 sec 36.7 sec =
1036.6 . To find the distance traveled during that time we already know that
the train was going at its maximum cruising speed, so we would multiple the time
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by its maximum cruising speed. So, 1036.6 sec = 114026 , notice that
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the seconds canceled out and we remain with feet. Now, we add up all the
distances together, = 2020.3 + 114026 + 2020.3 =
118066.6 . Lastly, the question asked for the answer in miles so,
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118066.6 = 22.4 .
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2. The first time I read the question, it seemed like a very difficult question. But then I read
it again and again, until I finally had a little sense of direction. The first thing I noticed
was that the units were different, so I converted all of them to ft/sec. The next thing I
noticed was that the acceleration was given, and I knew that I had to find the velocity and
position functions. Because I knew that velocity is the antiderivative of acceleration, and
that position is the antiderivative of velocity, it was easy to find their respected equations.
When it came to the questions, what helped me out was drawing a picture for each of the
scenarios, and realizing that its always accelerating and decelerating at the same rate. So,
Im either subtracting the time of acceleration and deceleration from the time given and
finding the distance traveled by multiply the remaining time by the maximum cruising
speed and adding up all the distances, or Im subtracting the distance of acceleration and
deceleration from the distance given and finding the time by dividing the remaining
distance by the maximum cruising speed and adding up all the times. Questions A, and C
were similar while B was the opposite process. A real-world application using
antiderivatives that I could think of with help from my calculus teachers video called
Net change, is in chemistry, or any science for that matter that measures the
concentration of the product of a chemical reaction. Antiderivatives are used in the
fundamental theorem of calculus by showing that the definite integral of a function can
be found using its antiderivative. Therefore, the concentration of the reaction from time 1
to time 2 would be the net change of the concentration of the product. That being said we
would first have to find the antiderivative of the function of the concentration of the
reaction. Then we would plug in time 1 and time 2 into the antiderivative and substrate
the first time from the second time to find out net change. This whole process would not
be achieved without antiderivatives.