A particle moving back and forth along a straight line has position function given by x(t)=sin(π(t−1)) with t in sec.
(a) Estimate its instantaneous velocity at t=1 sec using a table of values (up to two decimal places).
(b) Using part (a), what can you say about the limit limx→0sin(πx)/x ?
a) Estimate its instantaneous velocity at t=1 sec using a table of values (up to two decimal places).
What does your "table of values" say when t=1?.
(b) Using part (a), what can you say about the limit limx→0sin(πx)/x = Pi
A particle moving back and forth along a straight line has position function given by x(t)=sin(π(t−1)) with t in sec.
(a) Estimate its instantaneous velocity at t=1 sec using a table of values (up to two decimal places).
You have not given us a table so I will use calculus.
\(x(t)=sin(\pi(t-1))\\ \dot{x}(t)=\pi cos(\pi(t-1))\\ \dot{x}(1)=\pi cos(\pi(1-1))\\ \dot{x}(1)=\pi cos(0)\\ \dot{x}(1)=\pi *1\\ \dot{x}(1)=\pi\\ \dot{x}(1)\approx3.14\)
So instantaneous velocity when t=1 is pi
(b) Using part (a), what can you say about the limit limx→0sin(πx)/x ?
I am really not sure what you are being directed to do here but this is the answer.
Using L'Hopital's rule
\(\displaystyle\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\;\frac{sin(\pi x)}{x}\\ =\displaystyle\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\;\frac{\frac{d}{dx}sin(\pi x)}{\frac{d}{dx}x}\\ =\displaystyle\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\;\frac{\pi cos(\pi x))}{1}\\~\\ =\pi \)