Calculus - Velocity Review

If the position of a particle is represented by s(t) = -t² + 1, what is its position at t = 1? 

• Position = 0
• Position = 1
• Position = 2
• Position = -1 

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

If the position function for a particle is s(t) = -t² - t, what is the instantaneous velocity function for the particle? 

• v(t) = -2
• v(t) -2t - 1 
• v(t) = t³
• v(t) = -t

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CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.2

CCSS.HSN.VM.A.3

If the position of a particle is represented by s(t) = -t² + 1, what is its instantaneous velocity at t = 1?  

• Velocity = 0
• Velocity = 1
• Velocity = -1
• Velocity = -2

The acceleration function is the first derivative of...

• position
• velocity
• calculus
• particle motion

A bug begins to crawl up a vertical wire at time t = 0.  The velocity v of the bug at time t, 0 < t < 8, is given by the function whose graph is shown behind this text. At what value of t does the bug change direction? 

• 2
• 4
• 6.5
• 7

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.7

The position function x(t)=7t²-18t-7 is given. What is the velocity function?

• v(t)=14t-18
• v(t)=14t+18
• v(t)=18t-14
• v(t)=18t+14
  

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.2

The position function x(t)=t³+6t²+16t-18 is given on the interval of 0<x<9. What is the velocity at t=6?

• 197
• 190
• 18
• 196

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CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.2

The velocity of an object is given as v = 2t + 3t³. What is the acceleration of the object at t = 2 secs?

• 38 m/s/s
• 27 m/s/s
• 16 m/s/s
• 49 m/s/s

Given x(t)=t³-4t²+7, what is the initial position?

• 11
• -10
• 7
• 0

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

A particle's speed is decreasing if

• it's acceleration is positive
• it's velocity is positive
• it's velocity and acceleration have the same sign
• it's velocity and acceleration have different signs

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.3