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APPLICATIONS
Range of a projectile: Exercises 109 and 110 refer to
Example 9. In Example 9, we noted that the range of a
projectile was maximized at . If or
, the projectile falls short of its maximum potential
distance. In Exercises 109 and 110 assume that the
projectile has an initial velocity of 96 ft/sec.
109. Compute how many feet short of maximum the
projectile falls if (a) and (b) .
Answer in both exact and approximate form.
110. Use a calculator to compute how many feet short of
maximum the projectile falls if (a) and
and (b) and . Do you
see a pattern? Discuss/explain what you notice and
experiment with other values to confirm your
observations.
Touch-tone phones: The diagram given in Example 10
shows the various frequencies used to create the tones for a
touch-tone phone. One button is randomly pressed and the
resultant wave is modeled by y(t) shown. Use a product-to-
sum identity to write the expression as a sum and determine
the button pressed.
111.
112.
113. Clock angles: Kirkland
City has a large clock
atop city hall, with a
minute hand that is 3 ft
long. Claire and Monica
independently attempt to
devise a function that
will track the distance
between the tip of the
minute hand at t minutes between the hours, and
the tip of the minute hand when it is in the
vertical position as shown. Claire finds the
function , while Monica devises
. Use the identities
from this section to show the functions are
equivalent.
114. Origami: The
Japanese art of
origami involves the
repeated folding of a
single piece of paper
to create various art
forms. When the
upper right corner of
d1t2
A
18
c
1 cos
a
t
30
bd
d1t2 `6 sina
t
60
b`
y 1t2 2 cos 11906t2cos 1512t2
y 1t2 2 cos 12150t2cos 1268t2
52.5° 37.5° 50°
40°
67.5° 22.5°
6 45°
7 45°
45°
a rectangular 21.6-cm by 28-cm piece of paper
is folded down until the corner is flush with the
other side, the length L of the fold is
related to the angle by . (a) Show
this is equivalent to , (b) find the
length of the fold if and (c) find the angle
if .
115. Machine gears: A machine
part involves two gears.
The first has a radius of 2 cm
and the second a radius of
1 cm, so the smaller gear
turns twice as fast as the
larger gear. Let represent
the angle of rotation in the
larger gear, measured from
a vertical and downward
starting position. Let P be a
point on the circumference
of the smaller gear, starting at the vertical and
downward position. Four engineers working on
an improved design for this component devise
functions that track the height of point P above
the horizontal plane shown, for a rotation of
by the larger gear. The functions they develop
are: Engineer A:
Engineer B: Engineer C:
and Engineer D:
Use any of the identities
you’ve learned so far to show these four
functions are equivalent.
116. Working with identities: Compute the value of
two ways, first using the half-angle identity
for sine, and second using the difference identity
for sine. (a) Find a decimal approximation for each
to show the results are equivalent and (b) verify
algebraically that they are equivalent. (Hint:
Square both sides.)
117. Working with identities: Compute the value of
two ways, first using the half-angle identity
for cosine, and second using the difference identity
for cosine. (a) Find a decimal approximation for
each to show the results are equivalent and
(b) verify algebraically that they are equivalent.
(Hint: Square both sides.)
cos 15°
sin 15°
h12 1 cos 122.
k12 1 sin
2
cos
2
;
g12 2 sin
2
;
f 12 sin 12 90°2 1;
°
L 28.8 cm
30°,
L
21.6 sec
sin122
L
10.8
sin cos
2
28 cm
L
21.6 cm
2 cm
1 m
P
h
2
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