MHB General motion in a straight line

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The discussion revolves around calculating the total distance traveled in a motion problem involving integration of velocity functions over specified time intervals. The user successfully calculated the distance for the first interval but encountered discrepancies with the textbook answer for the second interval. They provided detailed integration steps but expressed uncertainty about potential calculation errors. Despite their efforts, the calculated total distance was 65.34m, while the textbook stated 69.2m. The conversation highlights the challenges of integrating piecewise functions and verifying results in physics problems.
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after integrating both of them you will get this
 

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DaalChawal said:
after integrating both of them you will get this
Thank you so so so so much! That was so so helpful!
 
DaalChawal said:
after integrating both of them you will get this
Can you also pls tell how to calculate 7(c).
I calculate s1 for interval between t=0 and t=1 and s2 for the interval between t=1 and t=5 by integrating their respective velocities. I did that and I get the ans 30m but the textbook ans is 69.2m. Pls help
 
For $0 \le t \lt 1$ $s= 1/2 t^2 + 2/3 t^3$ putting t=1 we get 7/6
For $1 \le t \le 5 $ $v= 30/4 t + 5/4 t^{-2} - 23/4 $ integrate and putting limits we get $x-7/6 = (15/4) (5^2 - 1^2) + (5/4)(1- 1/5)+ (23/4)(1-5)$ I'm getting x =63 + $7 \over 6$ So total distance = 63 + $7 \over 3$ = 65.34
Even I am also not getting the answer may be I made a calculation mistake or the answer is wrong. Afaik this will be done here.
 
DaalChawal said:
For $0 \le t \lt 1$ $s= 1/2 t^2 + 2/3 t^3$ putting t=1 we get 7/6
For $1 \le t \le 5 $ $v= 30/4 t + 5/4 t^{-2} - 23/4 $ integrate and putting limits we get $x-7/6 = (15/4) (5^2 - 1^2) + (5/4)(1- 1/5)+ (23/4)(1-5)$ I'm getting x =63 + $7 \over 6$ So total distance = 63 + $7 \over 3$ = 65.34
Even I am also not getting the answer may be I made a calculation mistake or the answer is wrong. Afaik this will be done here.
Thank you very much!
 
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