Total distance formula...

I want to know the formula for total distance traveled by the particle.

absolute value something....I forget.


Thank You!

-qbkr21

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I want to know the formula for total distance traveled by the particle.

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You must integrate the speed function over the time interval.
The “absolute value” you referred to may be notation for the speed function.

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Given a function v(t) for the velocity of a particle, the speed of the particle is |v(t)|. The distance travelled (for a particle moving in 1-D anyway) will be:
d = Int[|v(t)|dt ,t]

-Dan