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ECE C3 CW #8: Rates of Change

1) Suppose s(t) = t
2
+ 2t 8 gives the position of a point on a line, in units, after t
seconds.
a) Evaluate the following.
s(0) = s(1) = s(2) = s(3) =

s(3.1) = s(3.5) = s(4) =


b) Find the average velocity of the point between t = 3 and t = 4.



c) Find the average velocity from t = 3 to t = 3.5.



d) Find the average velocity from t = 3 to t = 3.1.



e) Find the instantaneous velocity at t = 3.



2) Suppose f(x) = x
2
+ 10x + 120 is the number of freckles on Johnnys face x
minutes after exposure to the sun.
a) Find the average rate of change from x = 10 to x = 15 minutes.



b) Find the instantaneous rate of change at x = 15 minutes.
3) A point moves along the x-axis so that its position at time t, in seconds, is given
by P(t) = t
3
6t
2
+ 9t + 4.
a) At what time(s) is the point at rest?



b) Where is the point at rest?


4) Suppose s(t) = 96t 16t
2
gives the height, in feet, of an object projected
upward from the ground after t seconds.
a) What is the velocity of the object when t = 1?


b) What is the velocity of the object when t = 5? Explain this answer.


c) What is the maximum height reached by the object?


d) How fast is the object moving when it hits the ground?

5) A programmer of X-ray equipment uses lines perpendicular to tangent lines of
curves, called normal lines, to create 3-D images. Find the equation of the normal
line to f(x) =

at x = 3.