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A camera is accidentally knocked off an edge of a cliff 400 ft high. The camera falls a distance of s = 16t2 in t seconds. What is the instantaneous velocity of the camera when it hits the ground? - Mathematics

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A camera is accidentally knocked off an edge of a cliff 400 ft high. The camera falls a distance of s = 16t2 in t seconds. What is the instantaneous velocity of the camera when it hits the ground?

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f(t) = 16t2

f'(t) = 32t

f'(t) at t = 5 = 32(5)

= 160 ft/sec

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अध्याय 7: Applications of Differential Calculus - Exercise 7.1 [पृष्ठ ८]

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अध्याय 7 Applications of Differential Calculus
Exercise 7.1 | Q 2. (iii) | पृष्ठ ८

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