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Stuck on this M2 question

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I feel like it's easy but I just can't do it for some reason. What am I missing?

I've tried:

If s = 15, but you can't sub t in so how do you find out A?
If s = 0, t = 0, and you can't find A here.
Original post by 2014_GCSE
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I feel like it's easy but I just can't do it for some reason. What am I missing?

I've tried:

If s = 15, but you can't sub t in so how do you find out A?
If s = 0, t = 0, and you can't find A here.


What else do you know when t=0?
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Original post by morgan8002
What else do you know when t=0?


initial velocity = 20

Do I differentiate the equation and put it equal to 20?
Original post by 2014_GCSE
initial velocity = 20

Do I differentiate the equation and put it equal to 20?

yeah
Reply 4
Original post by morgan8002
yeah


Thanks for helping me here :smile: but urhh I'm still having trouble haha

so

S = A - Ae^-kt
V = kAe^kt

20 = kAe^k(0)

20 = kA

What have I done wrong...?
Original post by 2014_GCSE
Thanks for helping me here :smile: but urhh I'm still having trouble haha

so

S = A - Ae^-kt
V = kAe^kt

20 = kAe^k(0)

20 = kA

What have I done wrong...?


Sorry. I looked at the question quickly and didn't take into account the extra k when differentiating.
Sketch a graph of s against t. What happens as tt \rightarrow \infty? This is another common way of getting around the problem and removing the ks.
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Original post by morgan8002
Sorry. I looked at the question quickly and didn't take into account the extra k when differentiating.
Sketch a graph of s against t. What happens as tt \rightarrow \infty? This is another common way of getting around the problem and removing the ks.


S gets bigger and moves towards the asymptote of A?
Original post by 2014_GCSE
S gets bigger and moves towards the asymptote of A?


Yes. The question says that the particle stops at s=15m, so this is the value of A.

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