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Application of derivatives in Physics.

A report by: Khozhiakbar Khudoiarov


About: The Application of Derivatives.
Class: Calculus 1 (MATH 131, section 2)
Professor: Mr. Kanal Hun

In my video, I talked about how you can find the velocity v(t) by taking the derivative of the
position equation s(t) and how you can find the acceleration a(t) by taking the derivative of the
velocity.

s(t) = position equation


s’(t) = velocity, or v(t)
v’(t) = acceleration, or a(t)
But what do the terms mean?
Velocity – how much your position (where you are) changes over a certain
amount of time (t).
Change∈ position
v=
Time interval

Acceleration – rate of change of velocity (Or just velocity that is changing,


because when you accelerate, your velocity (speed with direction) changes.

Let’s take a look at this problem:


The displacement of a car moving on a straight road is given by
3
s ( t )=5 t +3 t+ 8

If we plug in any value as our time t, it will give the displacement.

Ex: Let’s say we want to calculate the displacement of the car when t
= 5 seconds.

s ( 5 )=5 (5 )+3 (5)+ 8= 6 4 8 m


3

Which means the car would have travelled 648m in 5 seconds.

How can we find the velocity of the car when t=2?

Step 1: Take the derivative of our position function s(t)


3
s ( t )=5 t +3 t+ 8

s’(t) = velocity v(t)

3
s ( t )=5 t +3 t+ 8
We ke e p t h e 5 a n d u s e t h e p o w e r r u l e fo r t 3
3
s ( t )=5 t +3 t+ 8

A d e r i va t i v e o f 3 t i s j u st i t s c o e f f i c i e n t ,
which is 3.
3
s ( t )=5 t +3 t+ 8

T h e d e r i va t i v e o f 8 i s 0 , s i n c e i t i s a c o n st a n t .

v(t) = 5∗( 3 t2 ) +3+ 0


Here we took the derivative of each three parts of our equation.
After we simplify, it looks like this:
v(t) = 15 t 2+3
And if we plug 2 for t, as asked in our question, our velocity v(t) = 63 m/s

Let’s find acceleration.

v(t) = 15 t 2+3
v’(t) = a(t)
a ( t )=15∗( 2 t ) +0

Once again, we use the Power Rule of derivatives to


get 2(t) from t 2, and the derivative of 3 is 0.
If we simplify it, we will get 30t
60 m
If we plug 2 for t, we will get our acceleration = 2
s
References:
Application of derivatives in Physics:
https://www.almabetter.com/bytes/tutorials/applied-statistics/
derivatives-and-application-of-derivatives
Position, velocity, acceleration
http://mechanicsmap.psu.edu/websites/1_mechanics_basics/1-
2_position/position.html

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