Question

HELP!!!!! How do you find the slopes of tangent?
t=2.0 pos.=8.0, t=4.0 pos.=32.0, t=6.0 pos.=72.0, t=8.0 pos.=128.0

Answer 1

what do these mean?
t=2.0 pos.=8.0, t=4.0 pos.=32.0, t=6.0 pos.=72.0, t=8.0 pos.=128.0

Answer 2

TH time and position chart

Answer 3

It said to first plot it in a position-time graph then find the slopes of tangent...

Answer 4

The*

Answer 5

oh ok ^_^ so the table would look like this:

t | p
2.0 8.8
4.0 32
6.0 72
8.0 128

Answer 6

Yes :) Sorry!

Answer 7

have you plotted the points then?

Answer 8

Yes I did, I just don't know how to find the slopes of tangent :(

Answer 9

you know how to find slope?

Answer 10

Yes

Answer 11

How exactly do you know which angle to stop at?

Answer 12

is the slope the same for all segements between each points?

Answer 13

No, they're all different...

Answer 14

I got the slope of 5.0 for 2s, 16.0 for 4s and 32.0 or 8s

Answer 15

then from what i can tell from the question you posted, you have answered it already

Answer 16

Would the slopes be 5.0 for 2s, 16.0 for 4s and 32.0 or 8s? Is that correct?

Answer 17

i'll say yes or no depending on your answer to my next question. what grade/class is this for?

Answer 18

11

Answer 19

11th grade physics... hmmm...
oh, are you suppose to graph it on paper by hand or on the computer?

Answer 20

Graph it by hand... It doesn't look right, that's why I'm asking :(

Answer 21

man... haha i'm not sure what to do!!?
becuase a slope of a tangent means, you first need to have a curve, not a line graph and second, you need a point as to where the tangent line will be taken.... so unless you have both of those things, i'd say you have already answered the question

Answer 22

Oh man... Alright. Thanks anyways! :)

Answer 23

ur welcome
you can even repost the question and see what other people think.