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The position ( in feet) of an object oscillating up and down at the end of a spring is given by s = A sin [ (square root of ( k/m)) * t ]
at time t ( in seconds). The value of A is the amplitude of the motion, k is a measure of the stiffness of the spring, and m is the mass of the object. Find the object's velocity at time t.
Velocity would be the derivative of position, so differentiate.
A slight error in terminology.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jameson
This was a distance/speed problem.
Problems with position/velocity based involved vector function and that is not the case here.
Speed is intrinsicaly positive, here its velocity because it is signedQuote:
Originally Posted by ThePerfectHacker
(that is a one dimensional vector).
RonL