PROBLEM 11.

1
A snowboarder starts from rest at the top of a double black diamond hill. As he rides down the slope, GPS
coordinates are used to determine his displacement as a function of time: x= 0.5t3 + t2 + 2t where x and t are
expressed in ft and seconds, respectively. Determine the position, velocity, and acceleration of the boarder
when t = 5 seconds.

SOLUTION

Position: x 0.5t 3 t2 2t
dx
Velocity: v 1.5t 2 2t 2
dt
dv
Acceleration: a 3t 2
dt
3
At t 5 s, x 0.5 5 52 2 5 x 97.5 ft
2
v 1.5 5 25 2 v 49.5 ft/s

a 3 5 2 a 17 ft/s 2

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 PROBLEM 11.3

The vertical motion of mass A is defined by the relation x 10 sin 2t 15cos 2t 100,
where x and t are expressed in mm and seconds, respectively. Determine (a) the position,
velocity and acceleration of A when t 1 s, (b) the maximum velocity and acceleration of A.

SOLUTION

x 10sin 2t 15cos 2t 100

dx
v 20cos 2t 30sin 2t
dt
dv
a 40sin 2t 60 cos 2t
dt
For trigonometric functions set calculator to radians:
(a) At t 1 s. x1 10sin 2 15cos 2 100 102.9 x1 102.9 mm

v1 20cos 2 30sin 2 35.6 v1 35.6 mm/s

a1 40sin 2 60cos 2 11.40 a1 11.40 mm/s2

(b) Maximum velocity occurs when a 0.
40sin 2t 60 cos 2t 0
60
tan 2t 1.5
40

2t tan 1 ( 1.5) 0.9828 and 0.9828

Reject the negative value. 2t 2.1588
t 1.0794 s

t 1.0794 s for vmax

so vmax 20 cos(2.1588) 30sin(2.1588)

36.056 vmax 36.1 mm/s
Note that we could have also used

vmax 202 302 36.056

by combining the sine and cosine terms.
For amax we can take the derivative and set equal to zero or just combine the sine and cosine terms.

amax 402 602 72.1 mm/s2 amax 72.1 mm/s 2

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 PROBLEM 11.4

A loaded railroad car is rolling at a constant velocity

when it couples with a spring and dashpot bumper
system. After the coupling, the motion of the car is
defined by the relation x 60e 4.8t sin16t where x and t
are expressed in mm and seconds, respectively.
Determine the position, the velocity and the
acceleration of the railroad car when (a) t 0,
(b) t 0.3 s.

SOLUTION
4.8t
x 60e sin16t
dx
v 60( 4.8)e 4.8t sin16t 60(16)e 4.8t
cos16t
dt
v 288e 4.8t sin16t 960e 4.8t cos16t
dv 4.8t 4.8t
a 1382.4e sin16t 4608e cos16t
dt
4.8t 4.8t
4608e cos16t 15360e sin16t
4.8t 4.8
a 13977.6e sin16t 9216e cos16t
(a) At t 0, x0 0 x0 0 mm

v0 960 mm/s v0 960 mm/s

a0 9216 mm/s 2 a0 9220 mm/s2

(b) At t 0.3 s, e 4.8t e 1.44 0.23692

sin16t sin 4.8 0.99616
cos16t cos 4.8 0.08750
x0.3 (60)(0.23692)( 0.99616) 14.16 x0.3 14.16 mm

v0.3 (288)(0.23692)( 0.99616)

(960)(0.23692)(0.08750) 87.9 v0.3 87.9 mm/s

a0.3 (13977.6)(0.23692)( 0.99616)

(9216)(0.23692)(0.08750) 3108 a0.3 3110 mm/s2

or 3.11 m/s2
 PROBLEM 11.9

The brakes of a car are applied, causing it to slow down at a rate

of 10 ft/s2. Knowing that the car stops in 100 ft, determine
(a) how fast the car was traveling immediately before the brakes
were applied, (b) the time required for the car to stop.

SOLUTION

a 10 ft/s 2
(a) Velocity at x 0.
dv
v a 10
dx
0 xf
vdv ( 10)dx
v0 0

v02
0 10 x f (10)(300)
2
v02 6000 v0 77.5 ft/s2
(b) Time to stop.
dv
a 10
dx
0 tf
dv 10dt
v0 0

0 v0 10t f
v0 77.5
tf tf 7.75 s
10 10

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