Difficult calculus question?
A meteorite entering the earth's atmosphere has a velocity inversely proportional to S^0.5 when at a distance of S from the center of the earth. Show that its acceleration is inversely proportional to S^2.

I am trying to use the chain rule A=dV/dS x dS/dt but am having problems setting this up.

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Difficult calculus question?
A meteorite entering the earth's atmosphere has a velocity inversely proportional to S^0.5 when at a distance of S from the center of the earth. Show that its acceleration is inversely proportional to S^2.

I am trying to use the chain rule A=dV/dS x dS/dt but am having problems setting this up.

anonymous · Answer

any body @lgbasallote 
                @campbell_st 

want to try!

anonymous · Answer

@Callisto

callisto · Answer

Sorry... Can't help. :(
@lgbasallote has done a tutorial on differentiation, perhaps he knows better than me :)

lgbasallote · Answer

wowww you make a tutorial and suddenly you're supposed to be a master :p haha jk...i dont know this for the reason that i dont know calculus in physics..sorry

campbell_st · Answer

I thought this  may have been of acceleration and velocity in terms of displacement
$$\frac{d^2x}{dt^2} = \frac{d}{dx} (\frac{1}{2}v^2)$$