Consider a particle moving along the x-axis where x(t) is the position of the particle at time t, x'(t) is its velocity, and x''(t) is its acceleration. A particle moves along the x-axis at a velocity of v(t) = 5/√t, t > 0. At time t = 1, its position is x = 12. Find the acceleration and position functions for the particle.

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Answer:

We know that the acceleration of the particle is defined as

[tex]a(t)=\frac{dv}{dt}[/tex]

Since it is given that

[tex]v(t)=\frac{5}{\sqrt{t}}\\\\\therefore a(t)=\frac{d(\frac{5}{\sqrt{t}})}{dt}\\\\a(t)=5\times \frac{dt^{-\frac{1}{2}}}{dt}\\\\=\frac{-5}{2}t^{\frac{-1}{2}-1}\\\\\therefore a(t)=x''(t)=\frac{-2.5}{t^{\frac{3}{2}}}[/tex]

Now by definition of velocity we have

[tex]v(t)=\frac{dx(t)}{dt}\\\\\Rightarrow dx(t)=v(t)dt[/tex]

Integrating on both sides we get

[tex]v(t)=\frac{dx(t)}{dt}\\\\\int dx(t)=\int v(t)dt\\\\x(t)=\int v(t)dt[/tex]

Applying values we get

[tex]v(t)=\frac{dx(t)}{dt}\\\\\int dx(t)=\int v(t)dt\\\\x(t)=\int \frac{5}{t^{\frac{1}{2}}}dt\\\\\therefore x(t)=\frac{5}{0.5}\int t^{-0.5}dt\\\\x(t)=10\sqrt{t}+c[/tex]

To find the constant we note that at t=1 the particle is at x=12 Thus applying values in the above equation we get

[tex]c=12-10\\\therefore c=2\\\\x(t)=10\sqrt{t}+2[/tex]

The acceleration  function of the particle is [tex]a(t) = \frac{-2.5}{t^{3/2}}[/tex].

The position of the particle is [tex]x (t) = 10\sqrt{t} + 2[/tex].

Acceleration of the particle

The acceleration of the particle is detemine from the differentiation of the velocity.

a = dv/dt

[tex]v= \frac{5}{\sqrt{t} } = \frac{5}{t^{1/2}} = 5t^{-1/2}\\\\a = \frac{dv}{dt} = -0.5 \times 5t^{-3/2}= -2.5t^{-3/2}= \frac{-2.5}{t^{3/2}}[/tex]

Position of the particle

The position of the particle is determined from the integration of the velocity;

[tex]x = \int\limits {v} \, dt\\\\v = 5t^{-1/2}\\\\x = 10t^{1/2} + C\\\\12 = 10(1)^{1/2} + C\\\\12 = 10 + C\\\\C = 2\\\\x (t) = 10t^{1/2} + 2\\\\ x (t) = 10\sqrt{t} } + 2[/tex]

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