Finding the distance if speed is $v=frac{63}{200}tcos t$












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So I have the following exercise:




Student is running in the straight corridor with the spdeed $v = frac{63}{200}tcos t$ m/s where $t$ is the time that has passed since the student started running in seconds. Find the distance that student has traveled
during the period of time $ t in [6,11]$ , the distance form the starting point and average speed.




What I found out is that student is $-3.24$ m from the starting point, but I can't find the total distance that he has travelled, since I can't put that $frac{63}{200}tcos t =0$ and $int|frac{63}{200}tcos t |$ doesn't exist either.
And I also don't know the equation for finding the average speed










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    The average speed is the distance traveled divided by the time spent traveling. What do you mean the integral doesn't exist? Of course it does.
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So I have the following exercise:




Student is running in the straight corridor with the spdeed $v = frac{63}{200}tcos t$ m/s where $t$ is the time that has passed since the student started running in seconds. Find the distance that student has traveled
during the period of time $ t in [6,11]$ , the distance form the starting point and average speed.




What I found out is that student is $-3.24$ m from the starting point, but I can't find the total distance that he has travelled, since I can't put that $frac{63}{200}tcos t =0$ and $int|frac{63}{200}tcos t |$ doesn't exist either.
And I also don't know the equation for finding the average speed










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    The average speed is the distance traveled divided by the time spent traveling. What do you mean the integral doesn't exist? Of course it does.
    $endgroup$
    – saulspatz
    Dec 7 '18 at 14:13














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So I have the following exercise:




Student is running in the straight corridor with the spdeed $v = frac{63}{200}tcos t$ m/s where $t$ is the time that has passed since the student started running in seconds. Find the distance that student has traveled
during the period of time $ t in [6,11]$ , the distance form the starting point and average speed.




What I found out is that student is $-3.24$ m from the starting point, but I can't find the total distance that he has travelled, since I can't put that $frac{63}{200}tcos t =0$ and $int|frac{63}{200}tcos t |$ doesn't exist either.
And I also don't know the equation for finding the average speed










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So I have the following exercise:




Student is running in the straight corridor with the spdeed $v = frac{63}{200}tcos t$ m/s where $t$ is the time that has passed since the student started running in seconds. Find the distance that student has traveled
during the period of time $ t in [6,11]$ , the distance form the starting point and average speed.




What I found out is that student is $-3.24$ m from the starting point, but I can't find the total distance that he has travelled, since I can't put that $frac{63}{200}tcos t =0$ and $int|frac{63}{200}tcos t |$ doesn't exist either.
And I also don't know the equation for finding the average speed







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  • $begingroup$
    The average speed is the distance traveled divided by the time spent traveling. What do you mean the integral doesn't exist? Of course it does.
    $endgroup$
    – saulspatz
    Dec 7 '18 at 14:13


















  • $begingroup$
    The average speed is the distance traveled divided by the time spent traveling. What do you mean the integral doesn't exist? Of course it does.
    $endgroup$
    – saulspatz
    Dec 7 '18 at 14:13
















$begingroup$
The average speed is the distance traveled divided by the time spent traveling. What do you mean the integral doesn't exist? Of course it does.
$endgroup$
– saulspatz
Dec 7 '18 at 14:13




$begingroup$
The average speed is the distance traveled divided by the time spent traveling. What do you mean the integral doesn't exist? Of course it does.
$endgroup$
– saulspatz
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The average of a function $f:mathbb{R}tomathbb{R}$ on $[a,b]subseteqtext{dom}(f)$ is
$$bar f_{[a,b]} = frac{1}{b-a}int^b_af$$
And by definition,
$$v=dot{x}$$
So total distance travelled will be
$$d=int_a^b|v|mathrm{d}t$$
It's not so hard to find the roots of your velocity function, and based on that, you can take apart the integral into $3$ smaller one, and remove the absolute value sign on them accordingly to the sign of the velocity.






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    The average of a function $f:mathbb{R}tomathbb{R}$ on $[a,b]subseteqtext{dom}(f)$ is
    $$bar f_{[a,b]} = frac{1}{b-a}int^b_af$$
    And by definition,
    $$v=dot{x}$$
    So total distance travelled will be
    $$d=int_a^b|v|mathrm{d}t$$
    It's not so hard to find the roots of your velocity function, and based on that, you can take apart the integral into $3$ smaller one, and remove the absolute value sign on them accordingly to the sign of the velocity.






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      $begingroup$

      The average of a function $f:mathbb{R}tomathbb{R}$ on $[a,b]subseteqtext{dom}(f)$ is
      $$bar f_{[a,b]} = frac{1}{b-a}int^b_af$$
      And by definition,
      $$v=dot{x}$$
      So total distance travelled will be
      $$d=int_a^b|v|mathrm{d}t$$
      It's not so hard to find the roots of your velocity function, and based on that, you can take apart the integral into $3$ smaller one, and remove the absolute value sign on them accordingly to the sign of the velocity.






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        $begingroup$

        The average of a function $f:mathbb{R}tomathbb{R}$ on $[a,b]subseteqtext{dom}(f)$ is
        $$bar f_{[a,b]} = frac{1}{b-a}int^b_af$$
        And by definition,
        $$v=dot{x}$$
        So total distance travelled will be
        $$d=int_a^b|v|mathrm{d}t$$
        It's not so hard to find the roots of your velocity function, and based on that, you can take apart the integral into $3$ smaller one, and remove the absolute value sign on them accordingly to the sign of the velocity.






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        The average of a function $f:mathbb{R}tomathbb{R}$ on $[a,b]subseteqtext{dom}(f)$ is
        $$bar f_{[a,b]} = frac{1}{b-a}int^b_af$$
        And by definition,
        $$v=dot{x}$$
        So total distance travelled will be
        $$d=int_a^b|v|mathrm{d}t$$
        It's not so hard to find the roots of your velocity function, and based on that, you can take apart the integral into $3$ smaller one, and remove the absolute value sign on them accordingly to the sign of the velocity.







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