Question

The velocity of an object is given by the following function defined on a specified interval. Approximate the displacement of the object on this interval by sub-dividing the interval into the indicated number of sub-intervals. Use the left endpoint of each sub-interval to compute the height of the rectangles.

v= 4t + 5(m/s) for 3 < t < 7; n = 4
The approximate displacement of the object is______m.

Answer 1

The approximate displacement of the object is 23 m.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

v = 4t + 5 (m/s) for 3< t< 7; n= 4

The approximate displacement of the object can be calculated as follows:

The velocities at the intervals of t are :

3

4

5

6

the velocity at the intervals of t = 7 will be left out due the fact that we are calculating the left endpoint Reimann sum

n = 4 since there are 4 values for t, Then there is no need to divide the velocity values

v(3) = 4(3)+5

v(3) = 12+5

v(3) = 17

v(4)= 4(4)+5

v(4) = 16 + 5

v(4) = 21

v(5)= 4(5)+5

v(5) = 20 + 5

v(5) = 25

v(6) = 4(6)+5

v(6) = 24 + 5

v(6) = 29

Using Left end point;

`= (1)/(4)(17+21+25+29)`

= 23 m