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Position, Velocity, Acceleration Homewor k Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

1. Use the velocity vs. time graph at right to v(t)

complete the table below. Note that the
units on the function are in feet/second.
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2
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2 4

-2

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A B C D E
Acceleration (slope)
(+, - , 0)
Acceleration
(yes/no)
Velocity/ Acceleration
(+,-)
Speed up, slow down,
constant

2. Use the graph of the velocity function above to find the following.
A. How far did the particle move in the first 10 seconds?

8. What is the average velocity over the 12 second time interval?

C When does the particle change directions?

3. If a billiard ball is dropped from a height of 100 feet, its heights at time tis given by the
position function s(t) = - 16t 2 + 100, wheres is measured in feet and t is measured in
seconds. Find the average velocity over the time interval [1, 2].
 • . . d h t · 32 feet above the water. The positi0
4. At time t = 0 a diver jumps from a dwmg boar t a is
1
d. ~ t n
of the diver is given by s(t) = -16t + 16t + 32, wheres is meaSure m ee '
2

and t is measured in seconds.

A. When does the diver hit the water? B. What is the diver's velocity at impact?

S. Aprojectile is shot upward from the surface of the earth with an initial velocity of 120 meters
per second. The position function is s(t) = -4.9t 2 +120 t. What is its velocity after
A. S seconds? B. 10 seconds?

6. A potato launcher fires a potato downward, from the top of a 128 ft. tall building. The potato
hits the ground in two seconds. Find the initial velocity of the potato. The position function is
s(t) = -16t 2 + v 0 t + 128

7. Find the initial velocity of a small rocket that is launched upward, from ground level, if its
maximum height is 1200 feet. The position function is s(t) = - 16t 2 + v 0 t + 0
8. A car is traveling at a rate of 66 feet per second ( 45 miles per hour) when the brakes are
applied. The position function for the car is s(t) = -8.25t 2 + 66t, wheres is measured in
feet and tis measured in seconds.

A. Use this function to complete the table, and

B. Find the average velocity during each time interval.

t 0 1 2 3 4

s (t)
V (t)

a (t)

9. An astronaut standing on the moon throws a rock into the air. The height of the rock is
27
s(t) = - 10 t 2 + 27t + 6, wheres is measured in feet, and tis measured in seconds.

A. Find expressions for the velocity and B. Find the time when the rock is at its
acceleration of the rock. highest point by finding the time when
the velocity is zero.
What is its height at this time?

C. How does the acceleration of the rock compare with the acceleration due to gravity
on the earth?

10. Hayley drops a rock from a bridge. How high is the bridge, in feet, if the rock hits the water
5 seconds later?
 e ground, rising
. 120 ft above th
k e when the drone is
11. A drone delivery service drops _a p~c (~) == -l6t2 + 12t + 120.
at 12 ft/sec. The position function IS s f the package at
B. What is the speed o
A. How Jong will it take for the package to impact?
hit the ground?

. . . . eloci of 84 ft/sec from a building

12. A projectile is fired vertically upward w'.th ~n I~Itial v ty__ 1 t2 + 84t + 224.
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that is 224 feet high. The position function IS given by s(t) -
B. What is its maximum height?
A. How long will it take for the projectile
to reach its maximum height?

C. How long will it take the projectile to D. What is the velocity when it passes
reach its starting height on the way the starting point on the way down?
down?

13. Derivative Airlines can calculate the total dollar cost of a flight with x passengers using the
model C(x) = 0.000Sx 3 - 0.4x 2 + 125 x

A. Estimate the marginal cost (that is, the B. Compare your estimate to the actual
cost of producing one additional unit) cost of an additional passenger.
of an additional passenger if the flight
already has 160 passengers.

C. Is it more expensive to add a passenger when x = 160 or when x = 180 ? Explain.

 Camila's car runs out of gas as it goes up a hill. The car rolls to a stop then starts rolJing
b_a ckwards. As it rolls, its displacement d(t), in feet from the bottom of the hill at t seconds
smce the car ran out of gas is given by: d(t) = 120 + 30t - t 2 •

A. When is his velocity positive? What B. When did the car start to roll
does this mean in real world terms? backwards? How far was it from the
bottom of the hill at that time?

C. If Camilo keeps his foot off the brake, D. How far was Camilo from the bottom
when will he be at the bottom of the of the hill when he ran out of gas?
hill?

15. A 45-caliber bullet fired straight up from the surface of the moon would reach a height of
s(t) = 832t - 2.6t 2 feet after t seconds. On Earth, in the absence of air, its height would be
s(t) = 832t - 16t 2 feet after t seconds. How long would it take the bullet to hit the ground
in either case?

16. Some psychologists contend that the number of facts of a certain type that are remembered
90
after t hours is given by F(t) = 99t - t 90 . Find the rate at which the number of facts
remembered is changing after 1 hour.