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| 2 | + |
| 3 | +<exercises component="proteus" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xml:id="proteus-4-2"> |
| 4 | +<title>PROTEUS exercises</title> |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +<exercise component="proteus" label="proteus-saturn-rocket" xml:id="proteus-saturn-rocket" attachment="yes"> |
| 7 | + <statement> |
| 8 | + <p> |
| 9 | + In <xref ref="PA-4-2"/>, we used a formula for a velocity function to choose the heights of rectangles. However, in real-world scenarios, it is often the case that a formula is not given, and all we have is discrete data. For instance, here is <url href="https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/weekly/8Page2.pdf">velocity data</url> from the first 12 seconds after ignition of the Saturn V rocket. |
| 10 | + <sidebyside widths="47% 47%" valign="middle"> |
| 11 | + <table xml:id="saturn-data"> |
| 12 | + <title>Data for the Saturn V rocket.</title> |
| 13 | + <tabular halign="center"> |
| 14 | + <row bottom="minor"> |
| 15 | + <cell>seconds, <m>t</m></cell> |
| 16 | + <cell>Velocity in m/s, <m>v(t)</m></cell> |
| 17 | + </row> |
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| 23 | + <cell>2</cell> |
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| 44 | + <cell>31</cell> |
| 45 | + </row> |
| 46 | + </tabular> |
| 47 | + </table> |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | + <figure xml:id="saturn-axes"> |
| 50 | + <caption>Axes for plotting the data in <xref ref="saturn-data"/>.</caption> |
| 51 | + <image> |
| 52 | + <prefigure xmlns="https://prefigure.org" |
| 53 | + label="prefigure-saturn-axes"> |
| 54 | + <diagram dimensions="(300,300)" margins="30"> |
| 55 | + <coordinates bbox="(0,0,14, 32)"> |
| 56 | + <grid-axes |
| 57 | + decorations="no" |
| 58 | + xlabel="t" |
| 59 | + ylabel="v" |
| 60 | + spacings="((0,2,14),(0,4,32))" |
| 61 | + hticks="(0,2,14)" |
| 62 | + hlabels="(0,4,12)" |
| 63 | + vticks="(0,4,32)" |
| 64 | + /> |
| 65 | + </coordinates> |
| 66 | + </diagram> |
| 67 | + </prefigure> |
| 68 | + </image> |
| 69 | + </figure> |
| 70 | + </sidebyside> |
| 71 | + Throughout this activity, we'll use four rectangles, each with a width of <m>\Delta t = 2</m> sec, to estimate the area under the velocity function <m>v(t)</m>. |
| 72 | + </p> |
| 73 | + <ol> |
| 74 | + <li> |
| 75 | + <p> |
| 76 | + Plot the given data on the set of axes provided in <xref ref="saturn-axes"/> with time on the horizontal axis and the velocity on the vertical axis. |
| 77 | + </p> |
| 78 | + </li> |
| 79 | + <li> |
| 80 | + <p> |
| 81 | + Create four rectangles in a consistent way, using the plotted data to provide the heights of each rectangle. Draw the four rectangles on your graph. |
| 82 | + </p> |
| 83 | + </li> |
| 84 | + <li> |
| 85 | + <p> |
| 86 | + Use the heights you determined for each rectangle to determine the area of each rectangle; include units in your answer. What does the area of each rectangle represent in the context of the rocket launch? |
| 87 | + </p> |
| 88 | + </li> |
| 89 | + <li> |
| 90 | + <p> |
| 91 | + Add up the areas of each of the four rectangles to produce an estimate for the <em>total</em> area under the velocity function <m>v(t)</m>. Give your answer as a number with units. What does this value represent in the context of the rocket launch? |
| 92 | + </p> |
| 93 | + </li> |
| 94 | + <li> |
| 95 | + <p> |
| 96 | + As illustrated in <xref ref="PA-4-2"/>, there are <em>multiple</em> consistent ways to use the plotted data points to determine the heights of rectangles. Try another one and produce a <em>different</em> estimate of the distance traveled by the rocket. |
| 97 | + </p> |
| 98 | + </li> |
| 99 | + </ol> |
| 100 | + </statement> |
| 101 | + <response /> |
| 102 | +</exercise> |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +</exercises> |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +<!-- |
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| 108 | + <title>Data for the Saturn V rocket.</title> |
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| 110 | + <row > |
| 111 | + <cell>Time (Sec)</cell> |
| 112 | + <cell>Speed (m/s)</cell> |
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