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Unread 30-09-2007, 11:26
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Re: What is your team up to at your hotel?

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
I just used my ti-84 to be honest

I integrated the acceleration of 9.8m/s/s to get a velocity as 9.8(x) m/s.

I then graphed the integral of that (position) and just saw where it intersected a horizontal line that was the distance traveled. That gave the time to travel that distance; From there the speed was as easy as putting that time into the velocity equation above.

It's all really basic calculus. So, if you haven't taken it yet, don't worry; you'll get it really fast once you do.

Wow. I had forgotten about this thread.
Just promise me that once you have this all figured out, you won't try to test it out in 2008
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