Q:
A particle is moving in a straight line and its distance s cm from a fixed point in the line after t seconds is given by s = 12t 15t² + 4t³. What will be the distance between the two positions of the particle at two times, when the velocity is instantaneously 0?
Answer & Explanation
Answer: A) 27/4 cm
Explanation: We have, s = 12t 15t² + 4t³
.(1)
Differentiating both side of (1) with respect to t we get,
(ds/dt) = 12 30t + 12t²
Clearly, the velocity is instantaneously zero, when
(ds/dt) = 12 30t + 12t² = 0
Or 12 30t + 12t2 = 0
Or (2t 1)(t 2) = 0
Thus, t = 2 or t = ½
Putting the value t = 2 and t = ½ in (1),
We get, when t = 2 then s = (s1) = 12(2) 15(2)² + 4(2)³ = -4.
When t = ½ we get, s = (s2) = 12(1/2) 15(1/2)² + 4(1/2)³ = 11/4.
Thus, the distance between the two positions of the particle at two times, when the velocity is instantaneously 0 = s2 s1
= 11/4 (-4)
= 27/4 cm.
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