Acceleration in a parbolic path

A skier moves with a constant speed of 6 m/s along a parabolic path y = x2/20 . Find the acceleration when he is at (10,5)

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satan92 ·

we have

(dy/dt)2+(dx/dt)2=v2

but as

y=x2/20

dy/dt=(x/10)(dx/dt)

thus we get dx/dt interms of x ---- (i)

and differentiating again we get d2x/dt2 in terms of x

further

dy/dt=(x/10)(dx/dt)

we know dx/dt from (i)

thus

d2y/dt2=1/10(dx/dt)2 +x/10(d2x/dt2)

we get ay and ax

thus acceleration =

√(ax2 + ay2)

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tapanmast Vora ·

Ya...

V2 = 36 = ( xVx/10 )2 + Vx2 ----------------@

thn wat v get is :

Ay = Vx2/10 + xAx/10 ----------------@

Applying x =10;
We can get

Ay = 1.8 + Ax; fir kya???

Now how to find Ay2 + Ax2

Coz at the max we hav Ay in terms of Ax, Ax still remains a variable [7]

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