CALCULUS Understanding
Its Concepts and Methods
CALCULUS Understanding
Its Concepts and Methods
Velocity, Position function, Average velocity, Instantaneous velocity, Speed
The function s(t) that gives the position of a moving point at time t is called its position function.
The average velocity of the point between two
times
a
and
b
is
The
(instantaneous) velocity
of the point is the first derivative of its position function:
The
speed of the point is the absolute value of
its
velocity:
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