Calculus Made Easy: Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to by Silvanus P. Thompson F.R.S. (auth.)

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D d 2y d~ =2bt + 4ct3 ; dt 2 =2b + 12ct2. (2) A body falling freely in space describes in t seconds a space s, in feet, expressed by the equations= l6t 2 • Draw a curve showing the relation between s and t. Also determine the velocity of the body at the following times from its being Jet drop: t=2 seconds; t=4·6 seconds; t=O·Ol second. t. (4) If a body move according to the law 8 = 12 -4·5t + 6·2t2, find its velocity when t =4 seconds; 8 being in feet. (5) Find the acceleration of the body mentioned in the preceding example.

Nothing to do even with birth-rate or death-rate, though these words suggest so many births or deaths per thousand of the population. When a motor-car whizzes by us, we say: What a terrific rate! When a spendthrift is flinging about his money, we remark that that young man is living at a prodigious rate. What do we mean by rate 1 In both these cases we are making a mental comparison of something that is happening, and the length of time it takes to happen. If the motor-car flies past us going 10 yards per second, a simple bit of mental arithmetic will show us that this is equivalent-while it lasts-to a rate of 600 yards per minute, or over 20 miles per hour.

D d 2y d~ =2bt + 4ct3 ; dt 2 =2b + 12ct2. (2) A body falling freely in space describes in t seconds a space s, in feet, expressed by the equations= l6t 2 • Draw a curve showing the relation between s and t. Also determine the velocity of the body at the following times from its being Jet drop: t=2 seconds; t=4·6 seconds; t=O·Ol second. t. (4) If a body move according to the law 8 = 12 -4·5t + 6·2t2, find its velocity when t =4 seconds; 8 being in feet. (5) Find the acceleration of the body mentioned in the preceding example.

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