Question

A particle moves along the x-axis according to the equation x(t)= 2.9- 4.1t^2 m. what are the velocity (in m/s) and acceleration (in m/s^2) at t=3.0 s and t=6.0 s

Answer 1

From the equation you can tell that your particle is moving with a costant acceleration. The generic movement equation is
`x= x_0 +v_0 t + \frac 1 2  a t^2` , and velocity is given by
`v= v_0 + at` with
`x_0` and
`v_0` being the position and velocity at
`t=0`s.

By comparing the two acceleration is costant, and it's the same at t=0, t=3.0, or t=3000s, and is
`\frac 1 2 a = 4.1`. Velocity comes from the second formula, you found the acceleration in the previous step, and you just have to plug 0 for
`v_0`, the value of a you found, and 6 s for t.