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If a ball is thrown straight up into the air with an initial velocity of 75 ft/s, it height in feet after t second is given by y=75tâ?'16t^2. Find the average velocity for the time period beginning when t=1 and lasting

(i) 0.1 seconds
(ii) 0.01 seconds
(iii) 0.001 seconds

Finally based on the above results, guess what the instantaneous velocity of the ball is when t=1.

On the given Equation, the 2 is an exponent.

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y=75t - 16t^2

(i)

Average velocity

= (y(1.1) - y(1))/(1.1-1)

= ((75*1.1 - 16*1.1^2) -(75*1 - 16*1^2))/0.1

= 41.4 ...

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