A girl lives 500m from school. She starts walking at 2m/s but by the time she has walked x metres, he speed has dropped to (2-(x/400))m/s how long does she take to get to school?
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v (speed) = 2 - x/400
Speed can also be written as v = dx/dt
dx/dt = 2 - x/400
Seperating dx and dt we get,
dx / (2 - x/400) = dt
Integrate both sides with limits
x 0---->500
t 0----->t (required time)
On integration we get,
(-400) ln (2 - x/400) = t
On applying limits,
(-400) [ ln 3/4 - ln 2 ] = t - 0
t = 400 ln (8/3) = 392.3 sec
Speed can also be written as v = dx/dt
dx/dt = 2 - x/400
Seperating dx and dt we get,
dx / (2 - x/400) = dt
Integrate both sides with limits
x 0---->500
t 0----->t (required time)
On integration we get,
(-400) ln (2 - x/400) = t
On applying limits,
(-400) [ ln 3/4 - ln 2 ] = t - 0
t = 400 ln (8/3) = 392.3 sec
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V = dx/dt
dx/dt = [2-x/400]
dx/dt = (1/400)(800-x)
400 dx = (800-x) dt
dt = 400/(800-x) dx
t = int [400/(800-x)] dx
t = - 400 ln(800-x) + C
at t = 0 , x = 0
0 = -400 ln(800-0) + C
C = 400 ln(800)
particular solution:
t = - 400 ln(800-x) + 400 ln(800)
t = 400 ln(800) - 400 ln(800-x)
at x = 500
t = 400 [ ln(800) - ln(800-500) ]
t = 400 [ ln(800) - ln(300) ]
t = 400 ln (800/300)
t = 400 ln(8/3) sec.
dx/dt = [2-x/400]
dx/dt = (1/400)(800-x)
400 dx = (800-x) dt
dt = 400/(800-x) dx
t = int [400/(800-x)] dx
t = - 400 ln(800-x) + C
at t = 0 , x = 0
0 = -400 ln(800-0) + C
C = 400 ln(800)
particular solution:
t = - 400 ln(800-x) + 400 ln(800)
t = 400 ln(800) - 400 ln(800-x)
at x = 500
t = 400 [ ln(800) - ln(800-500) ]
t = 400 [ ln(800) - ln(300) ]
t = 400 ln (800/300)
t = 400 ln(8/3) sec.