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Careful measurements have been made of Olympic sprinters

in the 100 meter dash. A quite realistic model is that the sprinter’s

velocity is given by

vx=a(1-e-bt)

where t is in s, vx is in m/s, and the constants a and b are characteristic

of the sprinter. Sprinter Carl Lewis’s run at the 1987

World Championships is modeled with a = 11.81 m/s and

b = 0.6887 s-1.

a. What was Lewis’s acceleration at t = 0 s, 2.00 s, and 4.00 s?

b. Find an expression for the distance traveled at time t.

c. Your expression from part b is a transcendental equation,

meaning that you can’t solve it for t. However, it’s not hard to

use trial and error to find the time needed to travel a specific

distance. To the nearest 0.01 s, find the time Lewis needed to

sprint 100.0 m. His official time was 0.01 s more than your

answer, showing that this model is very good, but not perfect.

Short Answer

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Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity with respect to time.

Step by step solution

01

Calculating the acceleration :

The given velocity is vx=a1-e-bt

Acceleration is calculated as the derivative of velocity with respect to time.

ax→=dvxdt=ddta(1-e-bt)=0-a.-b.e-bt=ab.e-bt

02

Calculating the acceleration at t=0.00s:

The acceleration is calculated above and substitute a=11.81 m/s and b=0.6887s-1 :

ax→=11.81m/s×0.6887s-1×e-0.6887t=8.31m/s2×e-0.6887t

At t=0.00s, the value of acceleration is calculated as:

ax0→=8.13×e-0.6887×0=8.13m/s2

03

Calculating acceleration at t=2.00s and t=4.00 s:

At t=2.00s, the value of acceleration is calculated as:

ax2→=8.13×e-0.6887×2=2.05m/s2

At t=4.00s, the value of acceleration is calculated as :

ax4→=8.13×e-0.6887×4=8.13×0.0636=0.52m/s2

04

Calculating the distance travelled by the sprinter at time t:

Distance is the anti derivative of velocity with respect to time.

r→=∫vxdt=∫a(1-e-bt)dt=at+abe-bt+C

Calculating the integrating constant C: at t=0, r=0

r→=a.0+abe-b×0+C0=ab+CC=-ab

Therefore, the distance travelled at t is given by:

r→=at+ab×e-bt-ab=at+ab(e-bt-1)

05

Calculating the time needed to sprint 100.0 m:

Since the equation of r is a transcendental equation, assume that the average time of the sprinter for 100 m dash is 10 s.

Substitute t=10s into the above equation for r:

r→=11.81×10.00+11.810.6887(e-0.6887×10.00-1)=100.97m

Repeat the process of hit and trial method and substitute at t=9.92 s:

r→=11.81×9.92+11.810.6887(e-0.6887×9.92-1)=100.03m

Therefore, at t=9.92 s, the length of the dash is 100m.

Therefore, the time Lewis needed to sprint 100.0 m is 9.92 s.

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