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Originally posted by Saviellyare you posting your dynamics homework?
Over the interval 0<t<30, the velocity of a partical is given by sqrt(tan(x)).
Give an expression that gives the exact distance that the particle has traveled at time (t).
Int[x,0] (1/Sqrt(tan(x))*dx = t
good luck evaluating it!
assuming at t0, x is 0
Tan(0)=(0)
sqrt(tan(0)) = 0
velocity = 0
the particle does not move.
Therefore X at 30 = 0.
what put me onto this was that dx/dt is not a function of T and it is very sensitive to the initial value of x. As no initial value of x is given, I assume it is zero?
If X does not start at zero, we get a problem because X increases with time until it gets to x=pi/2 when tan(x) is infinite, an instant after that, tan(x) goes negative and the sqrt becomes imaginary. So, unless x is allowed to be a complex number, it pretty much has to start, and remain, at zero.