MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.
50) ThefunctionI(t)=40sin60πt–π
2representstheamperesofcurrentproducedbyanelectricgeneratoras
afunctionoftimet,wheretismeasuredinseconds.Findthesmallestvalueoftforwhichthecurrentis20
amperes.Roundyouranswertothreedecimalplaces,ifnecessary.
A) 0.011 B) 0.033 C) 0.017 D) 0.008
51) Aweightsuspendedfromaspringisvibratingverticallywithupbeingthepositivedirection. The
functionf(t)=10sin3πt
4–π
4representsthedistanceincentimetersoftheweightfromitsrestpositionas
afunctionoftimet,wheretismeasuredinseconds.Findthesmallestpositivevalueoftforwhichthe
displacementoftheweightaboveitsrestpositionis5cm.Roundanswertothreedecimalplaces,if
necessary.
A) 0.556 B) 0.222 C) 2.293 D) 1.586
SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.
52) Youareflyingakiteandwanttoknowitsangleofelevation.Thestringonthekiteis43meterslongand
thekiteislevelwiththetopofabuildingthatyouknowis28metershigh.Useaninversetrigonometric
functiontofindtheangleofelevationofthekite.Roundtotwodecimalplaces.
53) Beforeexercising,anathletemeasuresherairflowandobtainsa=0.65sin2π
5twhereaismeasuredin
literspersecondandtisthetimeinseconds.Ifa>0,theathleteisinhaling;ifa<0,theathleteisexhaling.
Thetimetocompleteonecompleteinhalation/exhalationsequenceisarespiratorycycle.Findthevaluesof
tforwhichtheathleteʹsairflowiszero.Findallvaluesoftfort<20seconds.
54) Amasshangsfromaspringwhichoscillatesupanddown.ThepositionP(infeet)ofthemassattimet(in
seconds)isgivenbyP=4cos(4t).Forwhatvaluesoft,0≤t<π,willthepositionbe22
feet?Findthe
exactvalues.Donotuseacalculator.
55) Thepathofaprojectilefiredataninclinationθ (indegrees)tothehorizontalwithaninitialvelocityv0isa
parabola.TherangeRoftheprojectile,thatis,thehorizontaldistancethattheprojectiletravels,isfound
byusingtheformula
R=
v2
0
gsin(2θ)
wheregistheaccelerationduetogravity.Supposetheprojectileisfiredwithaninitialvelocityof400feet
persecondsandg=32feetpersecond2.Whatangleθ,0°≤θ<90°,wouldyouselectfortherangetobe
2500feet?(Thereshouldbetwovaluesofθ.)
56) Wildlifemanagementpersonnelusepredator–preyequationstomodelthepopulationsofcertain
predatorsandtheirpreyinthewild.SupposethepopulationMofapredatoraftertmonthsisgivenby
M=750+125sinπ
6t
whilethepopulationNofitsprimarypreyisgivenby
N=12,250+3050cosπ
6t
Findthevaluesoft,0≤t<12,forwhichthepredatorpopulationis875.Findthevaluesoft,0≤t<12,for
whichthepreypopulationis10,725.
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