An object starts with an initial velocity of 3 m/s at t = 0 and it accelerates with an acceleration of a(t) = 7t m/s2 . Find the total distance traveled in 4 s using two polyint(), and print your answer with units to the command window.
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I'm not sure if it is necessary to look up physics formulas for this or what? I have no experience with polyint, I just know that it integrates polynomials, but I don't think that is where my problems with this lie. I'm also pretty sure all we need to use are the 2 polyint functions to get the answer.
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Stephen23
on 21 Sep 2017
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James Tursa
on 15 Nov 2016
Edited: James Tursa
on 15 Nov 2016
Start with:
doc polyint
doc polyval
Then use the following:
acceleration = a polynomial in t (per your question)
velocity = initial velocity + integral of acceleration
position = initial position + integral of velocity
For the integrals, use polyint as directed (look at the examples in the doc to see how to make a vector of coefficients to represent your polynomials). To get the numeric answer at t = 4 you can use the polyval function.
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