Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Section 4.7 - Antiderivatives - Exercises 4.7 - Page 240: 81

Answer

$v(t)=\frac{1}{2}sec(t)+\frac{1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given $\frac{dv}{dt}=\frac{1}{2}sec(t) tan(t)$, we can find its general antiderivatives as $v(t)=\frac{1}{2}sec(t) +C$ where $C$ is a constant. Step 2. Using the initial condition $v(0)=1$, we have $\frac{1}{2}sec(0) +C=1$ which gives $C=1-\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{2}$ and we can get the solution as $v(t)=\frac{1}{2}sec(t)+\frac{1}{2}$
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