K kitkalin New member Joined Nov 13, 2013 Messages 10 Nov 17, 2013 #1 An object moves according to the following distance function: for t > 0. When is the object stopped (velocity = 0)? This object never stops, right?
An object moves according to the following distance function: for t > 0. When is the object stopped (velocity = 0)? This object never stops, right?
W wjm11 Senior Member Joined Nov 13, 2004 Messages 1,417 Nov 18, 2013 #2 kitkalin said: An object moves according to the following distance function: for t > 0. When is the object stopped (velocity = 0)? This object never stops, right? Click to expand... How do you know the object never stops? What is your reasoning? Consider: you've been given a displacement function. The velocity function is the derivative of the displacement function. In general, you need to take the derivative, set it equal to zero, then solve.
kitkalin said: An object moves according to the following distance function: for t > 0. When is the object stopped (velocity = 0)? This object never stops, right? Click to expand... How do you know the object never stops? What is your reasoning? Consider: you've been given a displacement function. The velocity function is the derivative of the displacement function. In general, you need to take the derivative, set it equal to zero, then solve.