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Homework Statement
An object moves in two dimensions according to the parametric equations x(t) = At^2 + Bt and y(t) = D cos(Et). The constants A, B, D, and E are A = 2 m/s^2, B = 3 m/s, D = 4 m, and E = 1 rad/s. What is the magnitude of the total velocity of the object at t = 3 s?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm not sure if I did this problem right. I plugged back in the constants
x(t) = 2 t^2 + 3 t
y(t) = 4 cos(t)
dx/dt = 4 t + 3
dy/dt = -4 sin(t)
dy/dx = dy/dt dt/dx = [-4 sin(t)]/[4 t + 3]
I thought that this was the velocity?
I then plugged in 3 for t and then plugged this into my calculator
[-4 sin(3)]/(12+3) and got about - .038 m/s but sense it said magnitude only I ignored the negative sign and put .038 m/s
I have the feeling I did this problem wrong. This is for my physics 2 course and is suppose to be a introductory physics course after taking physics 1 (non calculus based) and this is just suppose to be like calculus I based but parametric equations is a calculus 2 topic (in most american schools) and I'm in calculus 2 at the moment and haven't covered the topic yet and only have a brief understanding of it so I'm not sure