Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 1 - Ingredients of Change: Functions and Limits - 1.7 Activities - Page 74: 28

Answer

$c(x(t)) =12e^{2t}-4e^t+5$ and $c(2) =12 e^{4}-4 e^{2}+5$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ c(x)=3 x^{2}-2 x+5 ; x(t)=2 e^{t} $$ Since $c(x(t))$ given by \begin{align*} c(x(t))&=3 x^{2}-2 x+5 \\ &=3 (2 e^{t})^{2}-2(2 e^{t})+5\\ &=12e^{2t}-4e^t+5 \end{align*} and $c(2) =12 e^{4}-4 e^{2}+5$
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