A van weighing 2200 lb is parked on a street with an 8 ° incline. a. Write the force vector F representing the weight against a single tire. Write F in terms of i and j and assume that the weight of the van is evenly distributed among all four tires. b. Find the component vector, F 1 of F parallel to the street. Round to 1 decimal place. c Find the magnitude of the force required by the brakes on each wheel to keep the truck from rolling down the street. Round to the nearest tenth of a pound.
A van weighing 2200 lb is parked on a street with an 8 ° incline. a. Write the force vector F representing the weight against a single tire. Write F in terms of i and j and assume that the weight of the van is evenly distributed among all four tires. b. Find the component vector, F 1 of F parallel to the street. Round to 1 decimal place. c Find the magnitude of the force required by the brakes on each wheel to keep the truck from rolling down the street. Round to the nearest tenth of a pound.
Solution Summary: The author calculates the force F for a van weighing 2200lb, assuming that the weight of the van is evenly distributed among all the four tires.
A van weighing
2200
lb
is parked on a street with an
8
°
incline.
a. Write the force vector F representing the weight against a single tire. Write F in terms of i and j and assume that the weight of the van is evenly distributed among all four tires.
b. Find the component vector,
F
1
of F parallel to the street. Round to 1 decimal place.
c Find the magnitude of the force required by the brakes on each wheel to keep the truck from rolling down the street. Round to the nearest tenth of a pound.
Quantities that have magnitude and direction but not position. Some examples of vectors are velocity, displacement, acceleration, and force. They are sometimes called Euclidean or spatial vectors.
3. We'd like to know the first time when the population reaches 7000 people. First, graph the
function from part (a) on your calculator or Desmos. In the same window, graph the line y =
7000. Notice that you will need to adjust your window so that you can see values as big as
7000! Investigate the intersection of the two graphs. (This video shows you how to find the
intersection on your calculator, or in Desmos just hover the cursor over the point.) At what
value t> 0 does the line intersect with your exponential function? Round your answer to two
decimal places. (You don't need to show work for this part.) (2 points)
Suppose the planet of Tattooine currently has a population of 6500 people and an annual growth rate of
0.35%. Use this information for all the problems below.
1. Find an exponential function f(t) that gives the population of Tattooine t years from now. (3
points)
A house was valued at $95,000 in the year 1988. The value appreciated to $170,000 by the year 2007.
A) If the value is growing exponentially, what was the annual growth rate between 1988 and 2007?
Round the growth rate to 4 decimal places.
r =
B) What is the correct answer to part A written in percentage form?
r = 3
%.
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