1 If an object is launched straight up into the air from a s
1. If an object is launched straight up into the air from a starting height of h0 feet, the the height of the obkect after t seconds is approximately h(t)=-16t^2+v0t + h0 feet, where v0 is the intial velocity of the object. Find the starting height and intial velocity of an object that attains a maximum height of 562 feet four seconds after being launched.
2. The concentration of a certain drug in the bloodstream t hours after the durg is administered is given by c(t)=35gte^(-bt) ng/ml, where b is some positve constant. Suppose that the drug reaches maximum concentration exactly seven hours after being administered. find the constant b.
Solution
a) h(t)= -16t2 +v0t+h0
given that-> at 4 seconds h=562 feet
562= -16*4*4+v0*4+h0
4v0+h0=818 ----------equation 1
Further, d( h(t))/dt = -32t+v0
at maxima -32t+v0 =0 ; i.e. v0= 32t= 32*4= 128 feet/sec
substituting in equation 1 ->> 4*128+h0 = 818 =>> h0 =818-4*128 = 306 feet
b) c(t) = 35gte^(-bt)
d(c(t))/dt = 35ge^(-bt)+-35bgte^(-bt)
at maxima; d(c(t))/dt = 0 =>> 35ge^(-bt) - 35bgte^(-bt)
= 35ge^(-b7) - 35bg7e^(-b7)
=>1=b7
=>b =1/7
