The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed on April 24, 1990, by the space shuttle Discovery. A model for the velocity of the shuttle during this mission, from liftoff at t = 0 until the solid rocket boosters were jettisoned at t = 1 2 6 , is given by:
v ( t ) = 0 . 0 0 1 3 0 2 t 3 − 0 . 0 9 0 2 9 t 2 + 2 3 . 6 1 t − 3 . 0 8 3
( in feet per second) . Referring to this model, if the integer part of the absolute maximum and minimum values of the acceleration (in feet per second square) of the shuttle between liftoff and the jettisoning of the booster is I 1 and I 2 respectively, compute I 1 + I 2 .
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Nice solution! +1
Yes. In a closed interval, boundary is also to be seen. I missed there.
I failed to see the minus on the t^2 term.:(
Challenge Student Note: Your solution is incomplete. You have to prove that there exist no other points where minima(lesser than 21.522...) exists. You'll have to prove it by the second derivative method.
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I know that. I wanted you to add that to your answer.
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@Aditya Kumar – Thanks, I really missed on that.
The acceleration is a quadratic function, a ( t ) = 0 . 0 0 3 9 0 6 t 2 − 0 . 1 8 0 5 8 t + 2 3 . 6 1 . Since the quadratic coefficient is positive, this function has precisely one minimum, at the vertex, where t ⋆ = 2 ⋅ 0 . 0 0 3 9 0 6 − ( − 0 . 1 8 0 5 8 ) = 2 3 . 1 2 s . This lies in the given interval ( 0 ≤ 2 3 . 1 2 ≤ 1 2 6 ), so this is where the minimum acceleration happens. Evaluate a ⋆ = a ( t ⋆ ) = 2 1 . 5 2 3 ft/s 2 ∴ I 2 = 2 1 . The maximum must occur at the edges of the domain. Clearly, a ( 0 ) = 2 3 . 6 1 , but this is less than a ( 1 2 6 ) = 6 2 . 8 7 ft/s 2 ∴ I 1 = 6 2 . The desired answer is therefore I 1 + I 2 = 8 3 .
Woahh! This is extremely well written! Wonderful
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We are given, v ( t ) = 0 . 0 0 1 3 0 2 t 3 − 0 . 0 9 0 2 9 t 2 + 2 3 . 6 1 t − 3 . 0 8 3 ∴ acceleration a ( t ) = δ t δ v = 0 . 0 0 3 9 0 6 x 2 − 0 . 1 8 0 5 8 x + 2 3 . 6 1 s 2 feet
a ′ ( t ) = 0 . 0 0 7 8 2 1 x − 0 . 1 8 0 5 8 a ′ ( t ) = 0 ⟹ x = 0 . 0 0 7 8 2 1 0 . 1 8 0 5 8 = 2 3 . 0 8 9 1 1 9 0 3 8 4 8 6 1 2 5 a ( 2 3 . 0 8 9 1 1 9 0 3 8 4 8 6 1 2 5 ) = 2 1 . 5 2 2 8 8 4 4 5 8 6 3 4 2 0 6 a ( 0 ) = 2 3 . 6 1 … (the lower bound value of domain) a ( 1 2 6 ) = 6 2 . 8 6 8 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 … ( the upper bound value of domain ) ∴ l 1 = 6 2 & l 2 = 2 1 ⟹ l 1 + l 2 = 8 3